It’s like being kind of pregnant, you know?
20 Nov: Climate Home: Extinction Rebellion eyes global climate campaign of non-violence
Group wants to spark civil disobedience around the world, but US campaigner says it will have to lose white, middle class image
By Chloé Farand for DeSmog UK
Extinction Rebellion is working to establish campaign groups beyond the UK, with coordinators already working in the US, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Spain. But much of the movement’s international expansion is focused on the US...
(Bernie) Sanders’ presidential campaign, which inspired Extinction Rebellion’s mobilisation strategy, has given rise to a new generation of young leaders including more women and people of colour – a trend reflected in the US’ congressional midterm elections.
Newly elected liberals, led by the 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are demanding the Democrats back a “Green New Deal” to rapidly transform the economy to 100% renewable energy in a decade – a target largely in line with Extinction Rebellion’s own demand to reach net zero by 2025...
Henn said that the only way in which the Extinction Rebellion movement would take off in the US would be by “moving away from a climate movement that is predominantly made up of older, middle-class white people”.
Instead, Henn said Extinction Rebellion had “to build a multi-racial and multi-generational movement which will include young people of colour in its leadership and tackle issues such as equity and environmental justice”...
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/20/extinction-rebellion-eyes-global-climate-campaign-non-violence/
note what ex-BBC gloBULL warming gate-keeper, Richard Black - who featured in the Climategate emails - has to say about the Extinction Rebellion (and Ocasio-Cortez-like) pipe dreams:
17 Nov: UK Times: White collar eco-warriors to spread chaos
by Will Humphries, Ben Webster
Richard Black, director of the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, which supports strong action, said the group’s 2025 target was “an ambition that technically, economically and politically has absolutely no chance of being fulfilled”. It would mean banning flying, scrapping 38 million petrol and diesel vehicles and disconnecting 26 million gas boilers – all within seven years…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/white-collar-eco-warriors-to-spread-chaos-swl273xdh