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| <span style="">'''Active support '''means ''supporting a movement on an ongoing basis. This includes being present at events of the movement, convincing those around of the aims of the movement and acting independently in one's environment to advance the cause'' (according to Erica Chenoweth). </span><span style="">- Paul and Mark Engler in ''T''</span>''<span style="">his is an Uprising</span>'' | | <span style="">'''Active support '''means ''supporting a movement on an ongoing basis. This includes being present at events of the movement, convincing those around of the aims of the movement and acting independently in one's environment to advance the cause'' (according to Erica Chenoweth). </span><span style="">- Paul and Mark Engler in ''T''</span>''<span style="">his is an Uprising</span>'' |
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| == Examples of Active Popular Support <ref>https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/this-is-an-uprising-active-popular-support-the-3-5-rule/</ref> == | | == Examples of Active Popular Support <ref>https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/this-is-an-uprising-active-popular-support-the-3-5-rule/ == |
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| | '''Meena Raman in Malaysia<br>''' | | | '''Meena Raman in Malaysia<br>''' |
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| *I worked with fishing communities facing water pollution. Fish were dying from factories dumping industrial waste in the water, and farmers were suffering pesticide poisoning. In the 80s, we were trying to address some of these basic problems in food, water and fish. We were only looking at the environmental issues causing local impacts.
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| *But when we looked further, we saw this was connected to International trade. Our economy was connected to Global North economies. Industrialism was about mass production and consumption for the North. So it goes beyond regulation at the National level. It's about who is driving the investments. Everything is about protecting the 'big guys' (big oil, big pharma etc.); they don't care about people in the environment. We suffer at the hands of their investments.
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| *The Global South are commodity producers, selling at very low prices which are determined by New York and other stock exchanges. When prices go down, we go into a debt crisis, and the IMF and World Banks offer more loans to increase our debt.
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| <p>Meena also pointed out that marginalized communities in rich and powerful countries, such as Indigenous communities in North America, also suffer from these systems. See MAPA (most affected people and areas) for more.</p>
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| | <p>'''Evelyn Acham in Uganda on the 'Dash for Gas' <sup class="reference"></sup>'''</p>[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-17 [17]]<p>'''<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"></sup>'''</p>
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| *To deal with rising inflation and energy costs caused by fossil fuel companies (see our page on [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Class_issues/labour_and_the_climate_movement Class issues/labour and the climate movement] for more on this), European government's are promoting new oil and gas extraction and export infrastructure.
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| *European leaders have announced deals to increase gas production and exports with Egypt, Senegal, Angola and Republic of Congo.
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| *Oil and gas extraction and export undermines existing commitments to keep temperatures to 1.5°C and to phase out international finance for oil and gas, which was promised in Glasgow at COP26.
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| *"It also risks undermining African development, saddling countries with debts for export-oriented gas production for which there will be fewer and fewer customers as demand drops, leaving African people on the hook to cover the costs of these stranded assets." -Evelyn Acham [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-18 [18]]<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"></sup> This would put African countries in further debt; a debt caused by the Global North.
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| | <p>'''Amara Possain on Armenia <sup class="reference"></sup>'''</p>[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-19 [19]]<p>'''<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"></sup>'''</p>
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| *"In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan initially cut off Armenians’ gas supply and then their electricity. Throughout the harsh winter, Armenians could only sporadically access hot water thanks to solar water heaters. These renewable sources threaten the power of those who profit from wars and oil, thereby weakening the economic foundations of authoritarian regimes and reducing their incentives for military aggression." -Amara Possain [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-20 [20]]<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"></sup>
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| *Western nations wage wars to secure access to fossil fuels, targeting governments that nationalize oil companies. The Middle East, which holds over half of the world’s oil reserves, has been a point of conflicts driven by imperialism and greed. <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"></sup>
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| | <p>'''Friends of the Congo <sup class="reference"></sup>'''</p>[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-21 [21]]<p>'''<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"></sup> and Victoria Audu on Congo <sup class="reference"></sup>'''</p>[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-22 [22]]<p>'''<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"></sup>'''</p>
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| *The Congo Basin sequesters more carbon than the Amazon or any other rainforest.
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| *"The infrastructure of Congo has been intentionally designed for mass extraction since colonial rule began in the 1800s, leaving the majority of the Congolese people without access to their own land nor the ability to alter or end the extractive processes which governments and corporations profit from. This very design is why one of the most mineral-rich countries in the world has one of the highest poverty rates on the planet." -Friends of the Congo [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-23 [23]]<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"></sup>
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| *Congo has cobalt, gold, copper and coltan, which fuels batteries for our cell phones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. Extreme exploitation is present in these mines, including the use of child miners, and the deadly pollution impacting the communities.
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| *As of October 2023, 6.9 million Congolese people have been displaced due to violence and rebel attacks, fuelled by profits possible due to Western influence. [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-24 [24]]<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"></sup> For example, Rwanda have also been accused of funding rebel groups such as M23 to invade Congo for cobalt extraction. Rwanda has a close relationship with the West, who are eager to access cobalt.)
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| *255,000 Congolese citizens mine cobalt, and at least 40,000 of them are children. Much of the work is small-scale mining where labourers primarily use their hands, and earn less than $2 per day.
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| *Mined minerals are often hazardous and exposure to some can have profound health effects. There is also a constant risk of falling into open mine shafts, being trapped, or injured by collapsing tunnels, or drowning while mining underwater. In a survey, World Vision also found that 19 per cent of miners have witnessed a child die at a mining site, 67 per cent reported frequent or persistent coughing, and several girls had genital infections after working waist-deep in acidic water. In addition, up to 2,000 people die from cobalt mining accidents in the DRC every year. Miners also face sexual assault and forced evictions." -Victoria Audu [https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php?title=Ableism&action=tinymceedit#cite_note-25 [25]]<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"></sup><br>
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| *The extraction of mineral resources requires cutting down trees and causes the contamination of water bodies. Fish are contaminated with high levels of cobalt.
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