What It Really Takes To Save the Planet

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Excellent video. It brings to mind the words of a certain Cuban revolutionary: "Revolutionaries didn't choose armed struggle as the best path, it's the path the oppressors imposed on the people. And so the people only have two choices: to suffer, or to fight."

Yesterday, the BBC declared that it will not screen a particular episode of Sir David Attenborough's new series that looks into the situation confronted by our environment. The BBC says it made this decision because they 'fear' a right wing backlash against Sir David's deep concerns regarding climate change. When an institution that doesn't mind rocking the boat from time to time is perfectly willing to 'gag' one of the world's most respected, well-informed, experienced and beloved supporters of the environment for a belief in something that may or may not upset an uneducated minority - you know that lesser-known people in society are not going to get much further.

Violence against someone that is trying to destroy you Yes it's called self-defense.

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” ― Edward Abbey

Radical Flank Effect is an extremely useful vocab word. It's amazing how much legitimacy an idea gets just by having a term attached to it.

Finally a serious video. - A protest is only useful if it's able to frustrate the aims of groups in power.

Extremely brave topic to cover. I appreciate your candidness and coverage of a variety of different viewpoints that mainstream sources refuse to cover

You just perfectly described the difference between stubborn reformism, blind adventurism, and the construction of a tactically diverse mass movement, unified in its goal. Really appreciate this one!

I just finished reading the Ministry for the Future. Interesting story and one thing that stood out to me was the description of the "war for planet Earth". Where people used violence against the people who were committing violence against the Earth. Drone attacks crashing planes, sinking shipping boats, assassinations, hacking and more. But many of the characters focus on legal and policy actions. But they do so with the backdrop of distributed war and climate disasters happening. Which over time push people in power to make real changes. Without that backdrop the changes probably wouldn't have happened. It's an interesting novel and relates to this video.

Oh yes! I am delighted someone is with a platform is taking this up!

I think the bit at the end about trying to create a positive image of the goals is the most important and overlooked part of the video.

OCC really went out and said it

When the choice is property and profits for the few, or our planet, it’s people, its animals, its life, and its future, there is a clear decision. The United States is spiraling into fascism, and we have to take action. Thank you for making this video. It’s courageous people like you that will start the necessary change.

Also you forgot to mention the most horrifying form of violence: soup on painting glass

This is a very fair and balanced view of using violence in protest/resistance in general, I think. I knew very little about the history of the environmental movement that was gone over in this video, and I really appreciate knowing it now.

First we raised our concerns, then our voices, and now our fists.

My husband and I went to a Chinese restaurant on my last birthday and this was my fortune: for a good cause, wrongdoing may be virtuous. Who am I to argue with the wisdom of a cookie?

For anyone considering taking direct destructive action be careful with what one targets and do not harm regular people. Interfering with the power grid will actually make utilities money at the expense of the rate and taxpayer.

Was about to comment that, by definition, the pollution and destruction by these corporations is mass violence, and then you said it. Great video, something a lot of us have been pondering the last few years…