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"Recently, some climate activists have begun to openly contemplate the possibility — in their eyes, the necessity — of directly sabotaging the infrastructure of
by swamp40 4y ago
"Recently, some climate activists have begun to openly contemplate the possibility — in their eyes, the necessity — of directly sabotaging the infrastructure of the carbon economy. Foremost among them is the academic Andreas Malm, whose recent book, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” [1] calls for smashing the tools of fossil-fuel extraction as a last-ditch means of averting ecological collapse. In interviews with mainstream outlets such as Vox and The New Yorker, Malm contends that climate activists should give up their dogmatic attachment to pacifism and start to destroy the machines that actually produce carbon. " [0]
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/magazine/earth-liberation-front-joseph-mahmoud-dibee.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/magazine/earth-liberation...
[1] https://www.amazon.com/How-Blow-Pipeline-Andreas-Malm/dp/1839760257/ https://www.amazon.com/How-Blow-Pipeline-Andreas-Malm/dp/183...
- MichaelCollins 4y agoWhat are the odds they would happen to choose a pipeline that 1) Isn't actually delivering gas in the present, and may never again for political reasons. 2) Is so central to ongoing international disputes as well as a war. Point 1 negates the practical impact. Point 2, and also their failure to take credit for it, negates the symbolic value.
- swamp40 4y agoThere are similar arguments against all possible perpetrators. My point was only that it was possible. Not so deep or so complicated that only the US or Russia could have done it.