[All] I'm going to Washington to stop the Keystone Pipeline

[S D Lachance]

Hi Lulu,
    Unfortunately peaceful demonstrations do not always stay peaceful. The well educated, well organized anarchists that travel the world creating negative, long lasting mayhem & much structural damage rob these events & the well meaning protesters like yourself of the positive attention they & their causes deserve. Any high profile event is a likely target.
     Two of the anarchists involved in the G 20 event in Toronto spoke at a conference at Laurier this year which I attended. Besides recruiting new members they were explaining their strategies such as the black hood & of course handing out pamphlets of what to do if arrested by the police. They were young & smart & not interested in making the world a better place. They totally enjoyed the celebrity of their mayhem without the hindrance of responsibility for those impacted by the fall out their damages. I was able to question them directly as part of the audience participation after their presentation.
    Thus I hesitate to  support GREN’s involvement in this event. If it goes sour & their is a good chance that it will,  GREN will lose its positive influence in the local community. I joined GREN to help create a positive, local, environmental impact through collective action. Thus, I support people like Yvonne who stand up for what they believe by running for local office or Gord & Daphne who fight for their neighbourhood by gathering petitions & showing up at Council meetings to speak to decision makers in the democratic fashion. The radicals have greater short term effect but do not guarantee  long lasting change. 
Sharing my thoughts,
Sandra Lachance



From: Louisette Lanteigne 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 8:43 PM
To: all at gren.ca 
Subject: [All] I'm going to Washington to stop the Keystone Pipeline

      Hi folks 


      I'm writing this email to notify GREN member that I am going to Washington DC at the end of August to participate in a peaceful civil disobedience to help stop the tar sands. I've discussed the matter with my family, I've registered and it's happening.  I'll be attending a day of training, a day of action with one more day to address any possible legal outcomes that may or may not occur as a result of this event. I am going into this knowing I may be arrested. In good faith I honestly believe there is no other reasonable course of action left to take on this matter. This is the last public process option available for concerned citizens. In my view Stephen Harper is an oil lobbyiest and I have no faith that he will change his course of action but I do have faith in the power of President Obama to effect change since he has the power to Veto. The decision for the Keystone pipeline may happen as soon as Sept. and if it is approved, it will be game over for stopping climate change. That is why I'm going.  This event is likely be the biggest act of civil disobedience in the climate movement history. For more information on this you can visit http://www.tarsandsaction.org


      This event is sponsored by 350.org, David Suzuki, experts from NASA and host of other agencies, NGO's and experts. 


      I would like to ask GREN if they would like me to go as a representative of GREN to this event.  If so I will relay the group's endorsement of my participation with the organizers. What say GREN?


      Lulu 



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