Comments on: Summit hopping and movement building: some questions http://climateactioncafe.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/summit-hopping-and-movement-building-some-questions/ A space for discussion and analysis within the global climate movement Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nbo http://climateactioncafe.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/summit-hopping-and-movement-building-some-questions/#comment-47 nbo Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:19:50 +0000 http://climateactioncafe.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-47 absolutely the right questions. especially the one who can afford to take part in summit mobilisations. in the end it's a "protest elite" (that has either plenty of time or mony or even both) even if they don't regard themselves as that. there should be more coordinated local mobilisations on certain issues that take place at the same time globally (such as the anti-surveillance activities last october, www.freedom-not-fear.eu - only as an example, that could be done much more effective). leave the politicians in their summit banquets they won't be impressed anyway. absolutely the right questions. especially the one who can afford to take part in summit mobilisations. in the end it’s a “protest elite” (that has either plenty of time or mony or even both) even if they don’t regard themselves as that.

there should be more coordinated local mobilisations on certain issues that take place at the same time globally (such as the anti-surveillance activities last october, http://www.freedom-not-fear.eu – only as an example, that could be done much more effective).

leave the politicians in their summit banquets they won’t be impressed anyway.

]]> By: jody http://climateactioncafe.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/summit-hopping-and-movement-building-some-questions/#comment-45 jody Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:05:29 +0000 http://climateactioncafe.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-45 I've had similar doubts and concerns over the direction of the climate camp in relation to copenhagen. Seems like the simple creation of a working group of people interested in international networking and looking into doing stuff around copenhagen has now by default set at least part of the agenda for the entire camp over the next year. Summits up with the process when we set ourselves on a course such as this without anyone apparently knowing why exactly we are doing it or what we are actually going to do when we get there. With limited resources I think we should be careful about how we allocate them and really be clear about our goals. I’ve had similar doubts and concerns over the direction of the climate camp in relation to copenhagen. Seems like the simple creation of a working group of people interested in international networking and looking into doing stuff around copenhagen has now by default set at least part of the agenda for the entire camp over the next year. Summits up with the process when we set ourselves on a course such as this without anyone apparently knowing why exactly we are doing it or what we are actually going to do when we get there. With limited resources I think we should be careful about how we allocate them and really be clear about our goals.

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