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| Naomi Klein. |
Civil disobedience
has been discussed a few times Beneath
the Wisteria and was thought something to be avoided, but now it seems
inevitable.
That thought is reinforced by a story in the New Statesman
by Naomi Klein headed "Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt", in which it is suggested we should engage in some sort of civil disobedience.
The insistence from many that the solution to the world’s
troubles is to be found in further growth is both short-sighted and simply,
wrong as unfettered growth is what has left us in this lamentable position.
Klein writes: “The fact that the business-as-usual pursuit
of profits and growth is destabilising life on earth is no longer something we
need to read about in scientific journals. There early signs are unfolding
before our eyes. And increasing numbers
of us are responding accordingly: blockading fracking activity in Balcombe;
interfering with Artic drilling preparations in Russian waters (at tremendous
personal cost); taking tar sands operators to court for violating indigenous
sovereignty; and countless other acts of resistance large and small”.
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