Citizens’ assemblies: from PR fodder of the carbon state to revolutionary confrontation with the carbon state“We have worked really hard over the past 14 years to build a reputation based on facilitating robust and independent processes using a model that has been tried and tested. We are known as an organisation that trusts citizens to …
“.. then they fight you, then you win.” – Gandhi Repression – arbitrary arrest, prison without trial, violence, lies, manipulation -the whole paraphernalia of the pathological elite is disgusting and outrageous. And I can say this from some personal experience, having been banged up for months for making a speech. But as battle-hardened readers of …
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Recently British Judge Silas pulled posters off the walls outside his court saying “Silas silences”. He had been imprisoning people for saying “climate change” in his court. The police had not followed his orders to take them down apparently. He no doubt was finding himself in new territory. We all like to stay safe but …
An interesting episode at the end of the world and the beginning of the next one At the start of last week I was having one of my periodic bouts of anger and rage. The sort of thing we don’t like to admit to but I am sure plenty of you reading this know what …
When is someone going to totally lose it? “The eternal body of the person is the imagination.” -W Blake A while ago, I travelled to Glasgow to speak at COP. I knew what I was going to do. I listened to Pink Floyd’s Echoes at Pompeii 10 times on the way up – one of …
What is it about the climate movement that it can’t come? Read More »
My interview with Novara. Let’s be clear. Showing “solidarity” in 2023 is not signing a letter, making a statement, not just going on a march, and certainly not doing another nice detached intellectual interview about obscene injustice. At the present moment doing these things is no longer just bad taste, it’s fucking disgusting. Or haven’t …
The moral depravity of virtue signalling solidarity at this time of mass murder Read More »
I got out of prison about a week ago after nearly four months. As you may know, I was imprisoned for making a 20 minute speech on zoom. That was it. I was on remand. I have yet to be convicted of any crime. I have not committed any crime. I am applying to the …
The essence of extremity is a paradox. When humiliation is piled upon humiliation, the result is desolation. And amid that desolation, there appears an escape door, the option of grace. For example, in prison, I have nothing that cannot be taken away from me. At any moment. I can get moved without notice. My detention …
“Not guilty” again Today I was found unanimously not guilty of a conspiracy to cause criminal damage without lawful excuse. Namely, putting paint over the premises of NGOs, trade unions and political parties. I successfully argued with my 11 co-defendants, Burning Pink/Beyond Politics, that these organisations would have given their consent if they had been …