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More on Activism Nation's Top Climate Scientist, 140 Others Arrested at White House Why Civil Disobedience is Key to the Climate Movement

Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why civil disobedience and #Occupy is so important in the age of big money.

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To better understand why it is so important to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and why tens of thousands rallied in DC on Sunday and why activists participated in acts of civil disobedience, you must understand the math of global warming.

Looking back at my post, I see I am talking about why people feel compelled to engage in civil disobedience, but not the effectiveness of those actions.

While he was in jail, climate activist, Tim DeChristopher wrote about his case and why more civil disobedience was needed to protect the environment:

Check it out: I know many of you are probably thinking either 1) what good does civil disobedience do anymore, or 2) Barack Obama has already done a pretty good job with his appointments and actions so far, so why should we risk arrest to close one measly power plant?

That's why a group of us at tarsandsaction.org are organizing the biggest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement's history.

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First, why is it called extremism when you try to «intimidate» companies into making policy decisions you prefer, when that intimidation is done through protest, campaigning and civil disobedience, when the grand old tradition of political lobbying and corporate campaign contributions essential does the same thing?

Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, explains why the non-profit will add civil disobedience to its roster of tactics in an effort to curtail the «global crisis unfolding before our eyes.»

Unfortunately, there are many who do not understand why some are engaging in civil disobedience on Burnaby Mountain, which is unceded Coast Salish Territory.