NOVEMBER 30th - Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Countdown to N30:

Actions for Climate Justice are Just 3 Days Away!

On Monday, November 30, there will be actions around the world and major demonstrations, teach-ins and civil disobedience actions in nine cities across the U.S.—Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Burlington, VT, two cities in Maine, and Washington DC.  All this is happening one week before the UN climate negotiations begin in Copenhagen, and on the 10th anniversary of the successful World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle in 1999.

A broad coalition of organizations working for social, environmental, economic and racial justice is calling on you to take action in the streets on Monday to demand equitable, democratic and science-based solutions to climate change.

As the world’s biggest companies and their friends in government continue to fight a just transition away from fossil fuels, climate change is turning our world upside down with water shortages, crop failures, sea level rise and ecosystem collapse.  A million species face extinction by the end of the century. The people hit hardest by this crisis and the least responsible for causing it—working class, Indigenous and people of color communities around the world—have been systematically excluded from the UN climate negotiations. What can be done at this critical juncture, with our future at stake?
Throughout history, social change has come about when regular people get fed up with business as usual, get organized, and take to the streets. If we leave climate solutions up to politicians and corporations, then we will lose – not just a political battle, but the life-support systems of the planet. Time is running out to avert the worst impacts of climate change: the time to act is now!

The U.S. is home to some of the world’s most egregious corporate polluters such as Chevron, Exxon and American Electric Power, along with the main financiers of climate change, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase. The false solutions promoted by these corporations, such as “clean coal”, nuclear energy, bio-fuels and carbon markets, will only delay urgent emissions reductions, threaten ecosystems and subsidize the construction of more toxic industries in the backyards of the poor.

As corporate lobbyists continue to work their dirty deeds, Congress has also failed to legislate meaningful climate-saving measures.  In the midst of all this, millions of people are rising up around the world, taking action to protect their communities and the global climate. Shutting down coal plants, blockading oil refineries, and marching on the streets of their cities, an increasing number of people are speaking out against climate pollution and calling for urgent action.  

Now it the time.  Here are the places.  Join us in the streets for a demonstration in a city near you… or organize your own!

Specific Times and Locations:
·        11 a.m. CST Chicago: Rally at Federal Plaza, march to the Chicago Climate Exchange, the first and largest carbon trading institution in North America         
·        8:00 a.m. Washington DC: March from US Chamber of Commerce (H St. NW & Connecticut St. NW), to other corporate polluters and their lobbyists.
·        Nov. 29-Nov. 30 EST Boston “Sleepout” on Boston Commons in front of the State House, followed by morning lobbying and rally at the State House, followed by march to offices of Sen. John Kerry
·        12 noon EST New York: Rally at Bank of America (16th and 5th Ave. nr Union Sq.); colorful procession with marching band to offices of US CAP member Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for Speak Out with climate scientist Dr. James Hansen and others. Street theatric to follow.
·        Maine: Rally in downtown Portland; rally and march in Bangor
·        12 noon PST Seattle, Washington: Climate! Justice! Assembly, Westlake Park, 401 Pine
·        3 pm EST Burlington, VT: Davis Student Center at UVM rally, followed by a march to the federal building.
·        11:30 am PST San Francisco, CA: Justin Herman Plaza rally, followed by a march to Bank of America, 345 Montgomery St. where non-violent civil disobedience will take place

For more action details: N30 Actions

This call to action is brought to you by:
The Mobilization for Climate Justice & Beyond Talk: The Climate Pledge of Resistance… CPR for the Planet!