http://www.worldchangecafe.com/2010/02/26/after-copenhagen-how-can-we-move-forward/ Having conversations that matter. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.worldchangecafe.com/2010/02/26/after-copenhagen-how-can-we-move-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-503 LucAstro Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:03:22 +0000 http://www.worldchangecafe.com/?p=1278#comment-503 Thanks for this interesting article. How will the social movement for climate justice now unfold? What can we do? These are the questions I keep asking myself. Can one please provide answers to that? Copenhaguen was great, for all the reasons you mention. Yes, I agree, yet we could not get nor tried to get people in the streets at home during the meeting. This is one think I liked about 350.org is that we could all do something to contribute. If the NGOs and progressive movements are to attempt the same strategy in Mexico than in Copenhaguen, I can predict that we won't succeed much. First, an earlier international meeting in Cancun a couple years ago was portrayed by the media as just one more antiglobalisation demonstration, that is, with Seattle like street warfare. Because of our relation with the developped world, the accumulated frustration in the mexican society has led to (justified?) radicalisation and that is the voice you will likely see manifested in the streets of Cancun. If violence could be portayed simply as being the result of a few in Copenhagen, it may well be the opposite in Cancun. Who will then win at this game among the attention of the general public? Please, let us work rather on having demonstrations in all big cities of the world, which I see as a better framework than joining a great party in Mexico. Second argument: what about all the CO2 emission due to foreign participants coming by plane to demonstrate in Cancun. Would that not be inconsistent with what we claim to preach? Imagine the media reporting on this as well. Thanks for this interesting article. How will the social movement for climate justice now unfold? What can we do? These are the questions I keep asking myself. Can one please provide answers to that? Copenhaguen was great, for all the reasons you mention. Yes, I agree, yet we could not get nor tried to get people in the streets at home during the meeting. This is one think I liked about 350.org is that we could all do something to contribute.
If the NGOs and progressive movements are to attempt the same strategy in Mexico than in Copenhaguen, I can predict that we won’t succeed much. First, an earlier international meeting in Cancun a couple years ago was portrayed by the media as just one more antiglobalisation demonstration, that is, with Seattle like street warfare. Because of our relation with the developped world, the accumulated frustration in the mexican society has led to (justified?) radicalisation and that is the voice you will likely see manifested in the streets of Cancun. If violence could be portayed simply as being the result of a few in Copenhagen, it may well be the opposite in Cancun. Who will then win at this game among the attention of the general public? Please, let us work rather on having demonstrations in all big cities of the world, which I see as a better framework than joining a great party in Mexico. Second argument: what about all the CO2 emission due to foreign participants coming by plane to demonstrate in Cancun. Would that not be inconsistent with what we claim to preach? Imagine the media reporting on this as well.

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