COP: A Crime Beyond Words
COP tramples God, banishes spirit, and pretends it is doing good. We face 2°C locked in and a future without end.
What can be said about COP – the so-called “climate” conference?
Obviously, nothing. No words come close. They reach the foothills at best. They point the way but refuse to go any further. Nothing can describe the depravity, the delusion, the degradation – the utterly appalling evil of playing Russian roulette with eternity. The trampling of God, the banishment of the Spirit, the crucifixion of every son and daughter. All this only gets you so far.
There are no words for such evil. There are even fewer words for pretending you are doing good by doing such evil – for knowingly planning the end of all ends.
Have you no decency? No humanity? Do you not know who you are, where you have come from? How can you deny yourself? How can you have travelled so far off track? How did you get so lost?
To want to throw it all away. To hate so much – the other, the world, and finally yourself – what it is, merely, meekly, to be, for a while, here in this time and place between birth and death.
To shit on yourself, to sit in that shit, to spread that shit. To make everything shit. To be so, so shit.
There are no words for COP.
I cannot stand in this any longer. Let me out of here, oh God. Let my time be near. I can bear it no longer. Look. Look at what we have done.
What have we done?
We are at 1.5°C.
2°C is locked in.
After that, a quarter of the world’s population will have to move. And that is just the beginning. The cascade does not stop. There will be no end.
I say again: what have we done?
Revolution in the 21st Century (Rev21) and similar networks are working for what comes next. Training, inspiring, coming together. Preparing – across borders, cultures, and perspectives – to remake the world. To resist until our last breath. To be fully human at the end of the world.
Rev21 Induction
This workshop introduces the vision, mission, values and strategy of Rev21, as well as our current work and projects. The workshop engages with post-modern theory and the importance of inner transformation to create outer change, while also highlighting the kinds of culture that enable collaboration in tricky, tense and complex times. This is an interactive workshop, and includes innerwork practices and opportunities to share.
We anticipate that workshop attendees will include both people who are new to activist organising and culture, as well as those who have already involved themselves substantially, whether in XR, JSO, or elsewhere. Wherever you are on this spectrum, the workshop aims to respect your time, and will likely introduce ideas, framings and/or practices that are new to you.
If you're interested to know more or get involved with Rev21, then this is the workshop to attend. You'll be introduced to some of Rev21's cultural practices, and we'll explore ways for you to meet the teams and connect into organising with Rev21. Come along to find out how...
