Thoughts?

           Living in Glasgow close to the Cop-Out-26 Carnival of Illusions it seems more phoney, the hypocrisy seems to scream louder, the waffle and the phoney platitudes much more brazen. If it was a comedy on TV we could laugh, but it was for real, the illusions were meant mesmerise you, instead they angered and baffled you. Now that is all over, the ballerinas will go home and carry on as before. So what are my simple thoughts on this bizarre extravaganza. Apart from the anger, which has increased, and a feeling of "I told you so", and a desire to shout louder, not much. Of course the planet will not dye just most of the life on it, including us weird and stupid humans.

 

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New Life?

You my friend will you be the one to pluck the last flower
perhaps you’ll be the one to chop down that last tree
or maybe you will be the lonely one to eat the last fish
as you gaze in disbelief across a parched earth
though not a barren one
the planet will continue spinning on its journey
alive with millions of microbes and tiny insects
evolution will continue to develop
a new cycle of varied vibrant life
this time without it fiercest predator
the human species. 

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Angry Youth.

         What a heart warming sight it was in Glasgow today, to see thousands of young people take to the streets to voice their anger and disgust at the powers that be for the way they are plunging the planet into extinction.They are alive to the lies and the illusions that are being spun around their phoney, going green. The kids are wise to you lot and they are angry and prepared to take to the streets to vent their righteous anger and change the direction in which the present system is dragging them. They are the ones who will pick up the price tag for this plundering and pillage of the Earths resources for the personal gain of the few pampered privileged parasites. George Square was a microcosm of the planet's people, there were young people from all over the world, letting the powers that be, that they have had enough. Join them tomorrow, November 6th. no matter where you are, tomorrow is world day of action by the young and the old, and those who wish the kids and grand kids to have a planet they can live on with safety, comfort and a future.

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Our Agenda.

 

            So the pampered and the privileged have taken centre stage in this Cop-out-26, Carnival of Illusions, well according to the media, but the streets are alive with the alternative and real answers. The "plans" of the privileged and powerful will only lead to more consumption, great production, ever increasing growth and an an increase in the wealth for that pampered few. Meanwhile the world will roll merrily on to destruction, while they continue to worship at the alter of "the economy". It will take real change to have any chance of stopping this human suicide mission and that real change can only come from the united voices of the people. Letting the polluters, devout followers of the insanity of capitalism, make the plans to save the planet is like asking the foxes to look after the chickens while we go to sleep. Rather than working to get the great and the good deliver on their false promises, the people have to take control, set the agenda, and carry it through, any alternative reaps disaster.

 

 

        As the global climate summit COP26 begins in Glasgow, we're hearing another round of promises from world leaders to finally do something to tackle climate change.

But to get the elite to act on their pledges, we need to add a crucial missing ingredient: the voices of the people.

That's why Ripples is supporting the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice this Saturday, organised by the COP26 Coalition of campaign groups

Protest in Glasgow Assemble: Sat 6 Nov, 11.30am Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain Rally: 3pm, Glasgow Green

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Protest in London Assemble: Sat 6 Nov, 12pm outside the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH Rally: 3pm, Trafalgar Square

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Come to the People's Summit COP26 itself isn't open to the public – but the People's Summit will be open to all. It takes place from 7-10 Nov, around Glasgow and online.    Visit ann arky’s home at https://spiritofrevolt.info

Keelie 24.

          November issue of the free Glasgow Keelie is out, again it is pact with info, opinions, criticisms and events, Its prying eyes have looked at everything from Cop-26 to Covid 19, our councillors' shenanigans to corporate bosses duplicity. You can read it online line HERE, and now it is also available in various pubs and cafes across the city. Pick up your copy and join that ever growing band of Keelies that want to be involved in the shaping of our city and our society for the benefit of all our people. 

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Hypocrits.

 

       Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, a wonderful Victorian building, free entry and always busy. Generations of Glaswegians have wandered it corridors, families groups and individuals, Glasgow loves its magnificent Art Gallery. Kelvingrove

     Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. It reopened in 2006 after a three-year refurbishment and since then has been one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions. Wikipedia

       However, the powers that be in the Kremlin in George Square, our city council, decide to close it to the general public during the Cop-out-26 Carnival of Illusions. On the evening of November 1st.it was reopened, not to the public, but to the carbon spew entourage from around the world. They are guests at an "event" where they will be wined and dined. All the "great and the good" are there, Prince Charles, climate change hypocrite with his helicopter, personal train, limousines etc.. Other members of the Windsor family are there, each of them with a carbon footprint equivalent to a small village. They will be addressed by the Queen, via video link, while she sits in opulence in her humble abode, with its acres and army of servants and security. They will all spout about how we have to change the way we live, of course the mean you and I, not them. They will continue with their life of obscene opulence and their massive carbon footprint. Hypocrisy seem a far too mild a word to name their spewing of platitudes, it is difficult to understand why they aren't laughing out loud at their own empty words. Are they too ignorant to realise that they are part of the problem and can never supply us with the answer. 

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On The Streets.

 

 

          It's happening all over our city, groups are matching, protesting in dozens of small groups, who we hope will come together as the days go on during this Cop-Out-26 Carnival of Illusions. All have the same message, they don't trust the powers that be to deliver the necessary changes to end this ecological disaster being foisted on us all by the economic system of capitalism. The world has a to do list, but capitalism is incapable of  doing anything about the suicide mission it has set in motion. It is going to take the combined voices, and actions of the people across the globe to set the agenda and carry it through.

Footage from the Southside of Glasgow.  

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Carnival.

Getty Image, taken from BBC News site.

       The closer it gets the more I despair, I am of course referring to Cop-26, or as I prefer to call it, Cop-out-26 Carnival. It is a carnival, a gigantic show, an illusion, those who think that something great will come out of this extravaganza are naive in the extreme and sadly missing the facts. As I stated in a previous blog, the largest oil and gas producing companies have plans to increase production, not to reduce production. Now the BBC has released leak documents that show that governments and large corporations are lobbying the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. Another stated strategy for tackling this climate disaster is for richer countries to pay more to poorer countries to help them develop green policies. The leaked documents also show that rich countries are now questioning that strategy.

       We are being told by the Mafia in the Kremlin in George Square that it will show case Glasgow. What will happen is we will have a massive lockdown in Glasgow, where the citizens will be restricted and banned from large swaths of their city and their daily lives disrupted. So it will be a case of showcasing our city without the people of the city. The media will have a frenzy of a party chasing after That massive entourage of the rich and powerful and their army of security, who are jetting across the planet to grab a spot of publicity at the carnival. They will spout sounds that they think the people will like to hear, and spout them without a shred of belief in what they are saying. They will do their best to grab centre stage and create the illusion that they are the greenest government on the planet. Then they will all go back to their opulent lives of greed and exploitation, and carry on as if nothing had happened.
        The planet is not going to be saved by the rich and powerful, who are doing very well from its destruction. They are not going to listen to your appeals for change, if it means jeopardising their wealth and privileges, they are not going to be moved by your petitions if it means curtailing their opulent lifestyles, and they are quite happy to let your march from A to B, as long as you do it to the their prescribed formula.
       It will take massive direct action by the people, an eruption of righteous anger right across the planet, the like of which we have never seen before. The price of quiet appealing and protest marches is the extinction of our species along with millions of others. There is not enough time to pontificate with the destroyers, the plunderers, the exploiters, the minutes are being counted down, your children and grand children are the ones we sacrifice if we continue our appealing to the powers that be.

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Photo Op.

          It is difficult to see this Cop-26 as anything other than a chance for the powers that be to get together to spout their usual platitudes and grasp a bit of media publicity with the accompanying photo opportunities. No matter what they say or promise, the one glaring fact that blows the whole thing out the water is the fact that all the giant gas and oil companies have plans to increase gas and oil production considerably by 2030. Hardly the foundations for a green economy. Of course it makes the ordinary people believe that the powers that be, the rich and powerful are actually doing something that will end this economic suicide mission that capitalism is driving.
          Gazprom, fossil fuel production, 9.7 million barrels of oil a day. Projected increase of production, 2018-2030, 3%.
          Chevron, fossil fuel production, 2.93 million barrels of oil a day. Projected increase of production, 2018-2030 20%
          Saudi Armaco fossil fuel production, 13.0 million barrels a day. Projected increase of production, new oilfields, 550,000 barrels of oil a day.
           So in the coming few years, these three companies alone will increase oil production by a massive 1,427,000 barrels of oil a day. So how green will our world be by then?

          I penned this little verse more than 20 years ago and to all intents and purposes, we are still oblivious.

GRAND PLANS.

In this world where we serve oblivion
with a blind pride and sure conviction
creating plans to land a man on Mars
grandiose schemes to conquer the stars
eyes on horizons ever further afield
believing, to us the universe will yield.
Yet here on Earth we fail to see
a chaotic world of human debris,
our magnificent results thus far 

a planet dying from a human scar,

oblivious that our plans sublime

are mere litter scattered in space and time.

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Cop-in.

     Saturday September 24th. George Square Glasgow saw a youth protest against the pillaging and plundering of their future for the benefit of the corporate bosses. Great to see so many young people active and well keyed-up on the climate emergency issue and the array of colourful posters and street chalking was a pleasure and inspiring to see. We owe it to the younger generation to get ourselves involved and bring an end to this insane capitalist suicide mission. We owe the future generations the right to live on a planet that is sustainable and can provide for their needs.  We can't be the generation that handed our kids and grand-kids a heritage of a disintegrating eco-system and oblivion. Unless we join them on the streets, workplaces and communities, that will be our gift to the next generation, time is running out faster than we can imagine. Solidarity and direct action now could save the day, and ours and their tomorrows.

Some photos from Saturdays protest.

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