Here are some opinion articles on peaceful sabotage and durable disruption. They may address the topic from theoretical, political, organizational and strategic perspectives. These articles are not necessarily about Climate Defense per se, we are just compiling articles that we found inspiring, interesting or intriguing. Help us expand it by sending us articles you are aware of. You can also write opinion articles for us to publish on our website directly.
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As Their Trials Begins, Climate Protecting “Valve Turners” Say “Shut It Down” Is “Necessity”, Jeremy Brecher, Common Dreams, Mar 10, 2017
Is there anything people can do about climate change in the Trump era? The new American president has asserted that global warming is a fraud perpetrated by the Chinese to steal American jobs; threatened to ignore or even withdraw from the Paris climate agreement; and pledged unlimited burning of fossil fuels. Whatever the details, Trump’s agenda will escalate global warming far beyond its already catastrophic trajectory. As we learn that 2016 was the hottest year on record, it sounds like a formula for doom. Read more
Is breaking things the best way forward for climate activists?, Jack McGovan, Open Democracy, Oct 13, 2022
From SUVs to gas pipelines, sabotage is on the rise as the climate crisis deepens – but does it work? Read more
A year of escalation and experimentation for the climate movement, Sam Albert, Climate Defense, Jan 02, 2023
There seem to be two strands within the climate movement that lead to new tactics being experimented: the frustration strand and the strategic escalation strand. Read more
The Diversification of Tactics in The Climate Movement, Sam Albert, Z Network, Jan 21, 2023
The climate movement is embracing new (or old) techniques for enhanced disruption, like occupations and sabotage, because it has recognized that not having a radical flank is counter-productive. Read more
Towards the world we want to live in: blow up or shut down, Sam Albert, Climate Defense, Fev 10, 2023
Are public disruption and (infra)structural disruption opposing or complementary ways forward for the climate justice movement? Read more
Radical eco-activists have made it into mainstream fiction. Is reality next?, Kate Yoder, Grist, Apr 03, 2023
History suggests novels about monkeywrenching could inspire real-world copycats., Read more
Did rabid anarchists sabotage Coastal GasLink?, Jeremy Appel, The Orchard, Apr 11, 2023
The CBC and RCMP think so, but they haven’t made a strong case, nor do they appear to know what anarchism is., Read more
In Defense of Sabotage: A response to George Monbiot, Andreas Malm, Verso Books, May 5, 2023
Peaceful civil disobedience is not working in the fight against against fossil-fueled climate change. Andreas Malm, author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, argues that, contrary to George Monbiot’s recent claims, the climate struggle requires a diversity of tactics, including property destruction., Read more