Climate Justice Fast Day 16: Civil Disobedience

A brief diversion from coal to mention the inspiring efforts of some of our friends in the Climate Justice Fast. It's day 16 of the hunger strike (yep, they haven't eaten a thing for 16 days!) and today one of the Australian fasters, Paul, made a great vlog post on civil disobedience.

This is very pertinent given that Steve and Nathan from Six Degrees will be facing court tomorrow for disrupting coal loading during last month's Brisbane Coal Port Blockade.

The Climate Justice Fast started on the 6th of November 2009, and is an international hunger strike calling for strong, just action on the climate crisis. There are 18 Australians in this group from 22 countries and the fast is continuing right through the Copenhagen negotiations which finish on December 18th, day 41 of the fast.

They have a very informative website here, and they have been posting videos daily on youtube.

Check out what Paul has to say on civil disobedience, and its role in achieving climate justice.