The Energy 202: Nonviolent climate activists reconsider protest tactics in Capitol after mob attack Dino Grandoni
with Alexandra Ellerbeck Nonviolent protests have always been a staple of climate activism on Capitol Hill. Now the attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob is forcing environmental activists to reconsider what tactics they will continue to use. The days of hounding lawmakers by disrupting their committee hearings and staging peaceful sit-ins at theirs offices are on pause, at least for the moment, as security tightens in Washington after Trump supporters violently assaulted the Capitol Building on the day Congress was set to certify President-elect Joe Biden s election win.
AMY GOODMAN: Today, a
Democracy Now! exclusive: “Four Days in Western Sahara: Africa’s Last Colony.”
Western Sahara, where peaceful protesters, led by women, are beaten in the streets. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation.
SULTANA KHAYA: [translated] He jabbed right at my eye with his baton. I was yelling at him, “Hey, you Moroccan! You pulled out my eye!”
AMY GOODMAN: Where natural resources are plundered, from phosphates to fish.
HMAD HAMMAD: [translated] I say that our damnation comes from the natural resources we have here. If it wasn’t for these natural resources, Morocco never would have invaded Western Sahara.