Frank Gresslin
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The climate is changing. Why aren't we?
National PSC March London
May 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
National PSC March London
Erica Chenoweth on current US protests:
“A catalysing moment can snap people into action. There is a sense that once you break through, whatever was holding that person back, that barrier, whether it was fear or apathy or demoralisation, there is actually no going back.”
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“A catalysing moment can snap people into action. There is a sense that once you break through, whatever was holding that person back, that barrier, whether it was fear or apathy or demoralisation, there is actually no going back.”
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Americans are protesting the Trump administration. Do they work? : Consider This from NPR
When you think of a successful protest movement, most Americans probably think of the American Civil Rights movement, and the March on Washington in 1963.Martin Luther King, Jr. standing behind a podi...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Erica Chenoweth on current US protests:
“A catalysing moment can snap people into action. There is a sense that once you break through, whatever was holding that person back, that barrier, whether it was fear or apathy or demoralisation, there is actually no going back.”
www.npr.org/2025/04/24/1...
“A catalysing moment can snap people into action. There is a sense that once you break through, whatever was holding that person back, that barrier, whether it was fear or apathy or demoralisation, there is actually no going back.”
www.npr.org/2025/04/24/1...
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Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
"The movement is there and will find new ways to confront the government. ... Nobody is shutting up shop and calling it a day. We know morally that we have to continue."
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How Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction
Climate activists may be going deeper underground.
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April 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"The movement is there and will find new ways to confront the government. ... Nobody is shutting up shop and calling it a day. We know morally that we have to continue."
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Hmmmm.....??
"Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change" [...] "Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation."
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"Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change" [...] "Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation."
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Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change • The Revelator
Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hmmmm.....??
"Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change" [...] "Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation."
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"Yes, Your Friends and Neighbors Want to Talk to You About Climate Change" [...] "Really, they do — they just don’t think you want to talk about it. So stop being afraid of pushback, break the “climate silence,” and start a conversation."
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"Making people aware that their pro-climate view [...] could unlock a social tipping point" [...] “Worrying about climate change is something people are largely doing in the privacy of their own minds – we are locked in a self-fulfilling spiral of silence.”
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Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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April 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Making people aware that their pro-climate view [...] could unlock a social tipping point" [...] “Worrying about climate change is something people are largely doing in the privacy of their own minds – we are locked in a self-fulfilling spiral of silence.”
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The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.
April 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.
"A new review of 50 recent studies finds that protests tend to sway media coverage and public opinion toward the climate cause, without appearing to backfire, even when disruptive tactics are used."
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What do climate protests actually achieve? More than you think.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote, according to recent studies.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"A new review of 50 recent studies finds that protests tend to sway media coverage and public opinion toward the climate cause, without appearing to backfire, even when disruptive tactics are used."
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The climate dissonance theory: Why we have not solved the climate crisis so far (in English)
Hier noch meine Arbeit zu #ignoranzgesellschaft, die neben Verdrängung auch auf Verleugnung, Ausreden & So-tun-als-Ob (Scheinklimaschutz) aufbaut boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The climate dissonance theory: Why we have not solved the climate crisis so far (in English)
Solidarity with jailed Environmentalists at the Royal Courts of Justice
January 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Solidarity with jailed Environmentalists at the Royal Courts of Justice
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Join us next Monday, Feb. 3 in the Psychology of Resistance virtual meeting series for a session with Dr. Eric Shuman and climate activists to discuss: "What do we know and what do we still need to know about the effects of disruptive collective action?" Registration and session info in🧵
January 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join us next Monday, Feb. 3 in the Psychology of Resistance virtual meeting series for a session with Dr. Eric Shuman and climate activists to discuss: "What do we know and what do we still need to know about the effects of disruptive collective action?" Registration and session info in🧵
"what motivates some people to join protests while others do not? ..." [...] "What are the tipping points that transform individuals from sympathizers of a movement to activists within it?"
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How effective are climate protests at swaying policy — and what could make a difference?
Why people take to the streets to march against global heating is relatively well documented. But it’s unclear why certain tactics work better than others in reaching the public and policymakers.
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December 25, 2024 at 3:44 PM
"what motivates some people to join protests while others do not? ..." [...] "What are the tipping points that transform individuals from sympathizers of a movement to activists within it?"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Future of the 'Climate Movement'
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From the Ashes | Dana Fisher
From climate shocks to climate action
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December 6, 2024 at 12:34 PM
The Future of the 'Climate Movement'
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"XR’s arrestable 2019 protests, which had significant policy influence, successfully mobilised more strongly committed participants than its lawful 2023 protests." #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateMovement
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December 5, 2024 at 2:58 PM
"XR’s arrestable 2019 protests, which had significant policy influence, successfully mobilised more strongly committed participants than its lawful 2023 protests." #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateMovement
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Andreas Malm on the new Climate Denial
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Episode 15: After Overshoot w/ Andreas Malm
The Break Down · Episode
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December 5, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Andreas Malm on the new Climate Denial
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"Whenever he drove me to school, I would give my own argument” vs. "I don't give credibility to people who are denying climate science, and I don't want to waste my energy on debunking more of their disinformation."
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Climate change: How to talk to a denier
Tips about how to engage with people who think climate change is a
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December 3, 2024 at 9:38 AM
"Whenever he drove me to school, I would give my own argument” vs. "I don't give credibility to people who are denying climate science, and I don't want to waste my energy on debunking more of their disinformation."
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“We are quite an eccentric bunch, whose academic language puts many people off guard and makes them suspicious.” […] “So if, among other things, reactance leads to a shift to the right […] then we must resolve/reduce the reactance.”
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Genoss*innenbeitrag: Klassenkampf vs. Arschlochgesellschaft
Von Lisa Pöttinger: "Jemanden als Arschloch bezeichnen mag zwar korrekt sein, hilft mir aber nicht, diese Person wieder auf die 'richtige' Seite zu ziehen..."
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December 1, 2024 at 10:53 AM
“We are quite an eccentric bunch, whose academic language puts many people off guard and makes them suspicious.” […] “So if, among other things, reactance leads to a shift to the right […] then we must resolve/reduce the reactance.”
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“There are other options. The state of the world is more important to me than my career.” via @lisapoettinger.bsky.social
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»Der Shitstorm hat mich geprägt«
Lisa Poettinger wurde als Anmelderin einer Demo gegen Rechts angefeindet, als Klimaaktivistin erhielt sie eine Gefährderansprache und nun fürchtet sie um ihre berufliche Zukunft als Lehrerin.
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December 1, 2024 at 8:05 AM
“There are other options. The state of the world is more important to me than my career.” via @lisapoettinger.bsky.social
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November 30, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“The weak spot of the fossil fuel industry is insurance” via @keertigopal.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org #ClimateMovement #ExtinctionRebellion
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To End the Fossil Fuel Era, Activists in London Target the Insurance Industry - Inside Climate News
Warning of coming floods, famine and riots, campaigners call on insurance companies to “Insure Our Survival” and stop enabling new oil, gas and coal development, joining a global movement.
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November 30, 2024 at 11:20 AM
“The weak spot of the fossil fuel industry is insurance” via @keertigopal.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org #ClimateMovement #ExtinctionRebellion
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Interesting insight... "Stupidity is perhaps less of a psychological than a sociological problem" (from a YouTube video called "Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity") e.g. less of an individual and more of a collective thing.
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Interesting insight... "Stupidity is perhaps less of a psychological than a sociological problem" (from a YouTube video called "Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity") e.g. less of an individual and more of a collective thing.
“the mainstream climate movement in Germany is ‘bourgeois,’ made up of liberal groups begging the government […] to change its policies.” via @wagingnv.bsky.social #climatemovement
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The emergence of Germany's decolonial climate movement
Migrants and people of color in Germany are building an alternative to the mainstream white climate movement with decolonization at its core.
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November 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
“the mainstream climate movement in Germany is ‘bourgeois,’ made up of liberal groups begging the government […] to change its policies.” via @wagingnv.bsky.social #climatemovement
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UK climate activist who has given so much to @extinctionrebellion.uk, HS2 rebellion, JSO and more - has Devon home ruined by floods. Help if you can:
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Help Swan Rebuild After Storm Bert Floods
This weekend Storm Bert released its fury across the United Kingdom bringing heavy rain and 'unprecedented' flooding to the South West region and South Wales.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
UK climate activist who has given so much to @extinctionrebellion.uk, HS2 rebellion, JSO and more - has Devon home ruined by floods. Help if you can:
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
Mind-boggling: Germany finalises a (heavily criticised) ‘reconciliation agreement’ with Namibia while standing steadfast with Israel.
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Germany, Namibia genocide negotiation teams meet for last round
%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% The Presidency says Namibia and Germany will have the final round of negotiations for the 1904-1908 genocide reparations today.
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November 26, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Mind-boggling: Germany finalises a (heavily criticised) ‘reconciliation agreement’ with Namibia while standing steadfast with Israel.
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On this day 53 years ago Dennis Meadows explained "The Limits to Growth" at a US Embassy event in London.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:31 PM
On this day 53 years ago Dennis Meadows explained "The Limits to Growth" at a US Embassy event in London.
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