Climate Defiance, trying to make the climate crisis a top issue in 2024 election, isn’t afraid to anger ‘cowards’ and ‘criminals’

A climate protest group backed by a cadre of Hollywood film-makers is preparing to take action against “cowards” and “criminals” of all political stripes as the 2024 election approaches.

Climate Defiance, which disrupted events featuring a string of Biden administration officials this year, and targeted Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, in December, will consider protesting at events staged by both Democrats and Republicans on the campaign trail after concluding that its “very disruptive” action was bearing fruit.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
    27·
    6 months ago

    Good, they should know what we think of their inaction. The climate is breaking down. We can’t afford to sit here and do nothing.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netM
    263·
    6 months ago

    Their approach is likely to have a fairly limited impact; you can push a reluctant ally this way, but they’re not going to shift the Republicans because they’re paid off. Actually getting more legislation is going to mean getting more and better Democrats elected in November. That means looking at close house and senate races, as well as making sure that Biden gets re-elected, and ensuring that state-level judiciary is in place to end gerrymanders in Republican-leaning areas.

    • ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social
      11·
      6 months ago

      It won’t have an impact on the 2024 elections, but it could on later ones. The group is basically saying it’s good to be mad at people killing the planet.

      But yes, I do agree the best shot we have is not giving the knife to people who want to murder earth.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
      1·
      6 months ago

      The oil barons are saying it’s time to move away from fossil fuels. The iron is hot, it’s time to strike. In every sense of the word.

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      6 months ago

      You seems to be knowledgeable, so I was wondering, are democrat states gerrymandered as well? If so, are they as bad as the republican states?

      I get that a newly elected democrat in a republican state would inherit the gerrymandered county/state, but I am talking more about traditionally democrat states vs republican states.

      Thanks

      • silence7@slrpnk.netM
        5·
        6 months ago

        A number of the biggest Democratic-leaning states, including California, have processes for independent redistricting which reasonably effectively prevent partisan gerrymanders.

        Democratic-leaning states without such rules do gerrymanders; you don’t dare engage in unilateral disarmament because that means giving the other party a permanent lock on power.