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	<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		*<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility.</span></span><br>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility.</span></span><br>
			*<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>
	<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>

	= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =		= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =

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	<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span><br>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility.</span></span><br>
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	<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>		<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">
	<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;" >The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.~~</span>~~</span>		<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"></span>
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			<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span><br>
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	<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>		<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>

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	<strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">[Paraphrased]</strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px;" >		<strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">[Paraphrased]</strong>
			*<span style="font-size: 14.4px;">
	<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>		**<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>		**<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>		<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">There are things about taking action, where you're physically getting in the way of infrastructure... you're probably only stopping it for a few days. You might get some media coverage, and over a few days you might be able to connect with members of the local community to sway some hearts and minds.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">There are things about taking action, where you're physically getting in the way of infrastructure... you're probably only stopping it for a few days. You might get some media coverage, and over a few days you might be able to connect with members of the local community to sway some hearts and minds.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>
	*~~</strong>~~<span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"> Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.It ups the cost of the next one.</span>		*<span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"> Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.It ups the cost of the next one.</strong></span><strong style="font-size: 14.4px;"></strong>
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	=== The context of direct actions is important. ===		</strong>
	[Paraphrased]		=== <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">The context of direct actions is important.</strong> ===
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		<strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">[Paraphrased]</strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px;" >
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>		<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;" >What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>~~<span style="font-size: 14.4px;" >~~</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>
	*<span style="font-size: 14.4px;" ><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>
	~~<strong style="font-size: 14.4px;"></strong~~>		</span>
			<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>

	= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =		= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <~~strong~~ style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;" >What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;" ></span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span>		*<span style="font-size: 14.4px;" ><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);" >The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>
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	= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =		= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	*I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>
	*It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</~~strong~~>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span>
	*The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. ~~<strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">~~These moments of transformation steer lives~~</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">,~~ and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span>

	= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =		= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =

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	[Paraphrased] <span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action. </span>		[Paraphrased]
			*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>
	~~<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">~~I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy. ~~</span>~~		*I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.
			*It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</strong>
	~~<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">~~It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? ~~'''~~What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?~~'''</span>~~		*The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">These moments of transformation steer lives</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">, and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span>
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	~~<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">~~The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. ~~'''~~These moments of transformation steer lives~~'''~~, and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span>

	= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =		= How do we make demands for our direct actions? =

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">There are things about taking action, where you're physically getting in the way of infrastructure... you're probably only stopping it for a few days. You might get some media coverage, and over a few days you might be able to connect with members of the local community to sway some hearts and minds.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">There are things about taking action, where you're physically getting in the way of infrastructure... you're probably only stopping it for a few days. You might get some media coverage, and over a few days you might be able to connect with members of the local community to sway some hearts and minds.</span>
	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>
	*Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.~~</strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">~~ It ups the cost of the next one.</span>		*</strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"> Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.It ups the cost of the next one.</span>

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	*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238); font-size: 14.4px;">You might have people who have only read right-wing media their whole life who go down and have a lovely chat with you and suddenly the scales fall of their eyes because they see 'wow these aren't a bunch of hooligans. These are lovely people who had a cup of tea and chatted with me, who are willing to put their freedom on the line.' There's power in that, the power in touching hearts</span>
	*<span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"> Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.It ups the cost of the next one.</strong></span><strong style="font-size: 14.4px;"></strong>		*<span style="font-size: 14.4px; background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);"> Rarely is it stopping the infrastructure from being built, sometimes it is with enough power and a strong enough campaign. Often politicians dig in and get that one built, but <strong style="font-size: 14.4px;">might reconsider whether the next one is worth it.It ups the cost of the next one.</strong></span><strong style="font-size: 14.4px;"></strong>

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	*<span style="~~font~~-~~size~~: ~~14.4px~~;">		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">
	<span style="background-color: ~~rgb(209, 241, 238)~~;">The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span>		<span style="background-color: #d1f1ee;" >The spin off of XR is 'Just Stop Oil' in the UK, for example. Whilst they're doing incredible disruptive things, it's really polarized the public. There's been so much media against them, and they haven't been able to get the public's support and therefore political support to continue. So there's a context there that's important when considering the right strategy. It's a debate and I don't have the answer, people are making courageous life decisions in the way they're taking action.</span></span>
	**<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">I think part of the magic of direct action isn't the hard activist, the student who has dedicated their life to pursuing this, or the person who is already political. It becomes the teacher, mum, grandparent... the person who has had massive anxiety for years. They say 'forget what the system is telling me, I'm going to do it.' And suddenly they've changed the hearts of their relatives, it has this rolling effect. That's some of the magic that comes even without a mass civil disobedience that's successful. It's that surge of energy.</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span>
	**<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>		*<span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">It takes a lot of time to figure out, as it took 2 years for us to figure out as Rising Up (pre-XR), where are we? What are the sensitive points? What are people's emotions related to what's happening? What are the stories there, and the pathways to free them? <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">What's the narrative that brings a sense of possibility?</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>		<span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 241, 238);">The law-abiding grandma who has never done anything wrong who goes and sits on the street and gets arrested, that is a massive change. The person who finally breaks down in tears as they grapple with this. These things are significant. And they often get missed. These moments of transformation steer lives and then steer years of devotion, and organizing and work, finding different ways of relating that steer movements.</span></span>