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and Lund in the East people from all directions will walk to V&aring;r Frues=
 Kirke in the middle of Copenhagen. Read more <a href=3D"http://www.climatepil=
grims.dk/?id=3D288857">http://www.climatepilgrims.dk/?id=3D288857</a> 
 
3e. Seven meters art project 
 
Danish artist Jens Galschi&oslash;t starts today his visualisation of the c=
onsequences of a seven meters increase of sea level. A 24 km long line of re=
d lights seven meters high up will create the image of the potential new sea=
 level. Read more at: <a href=3D"http://www.sevenmeters.net">http://www.sevenm=
eters.net</a> 
 
3f. &quot;A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall&quot; 
 
At 13 o'clock a new film with Bob Dylan's well known song &quot;A Hard Rain=
's A-Gonna Fall&quot; will be screened for the first time at Kongens Nytorv.=
 Bob Dylan is singing his song and photographies from the project Hard Rain =
are shown in this project presented by UNEP. Read more at: 
<a href=3D"http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/en/News_archives/News/2009/1202_Bob_Dylan.=
aspx">http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/en/News_archives/News/2009/1202_Bob_Dylan.aspx=
</a> 
 
3g. Climate for dummies 
 
Danish Peoples High School organizes caf&eacute; evenings at Borup's high s=
chool each day until December 12 were no questions are to stupid and mr and =
mrs Denmark can ask experts about the climate. Read more at: <a href=3D"http:/=
/www.klimafordummies.dk">http://www.klimafordummies.dk</a> 
 
3h. Alternative conference for climate scepticism 
 
Danish People's Party organizes a conference with domestic and foreign scie=
ntists as speakers in Christiansborg, the parliament. Read more at: <a href=3D=
"http://is.gd/57DwA">http://is.gd/57DwA</a> 
 
3i. Copenhagen Consensus Center banners against climate action 
Lomborg is a Danish scientist and head of an institute that the government =
give millions of euro recently increased due to pressure from Danish peoples=
 party. This Institute called Copenhagen Consensus Center a think tank under=
 under Copenhagen Business School, will put banners up all over the city, on=
 videos in the Metro and on postcards with the message to stop climate actio=
n. 
 
3j. Copenhagen Climate Exchange 
The biggest environmental NGO in Denmark, Danish Conservation Society organ=
izes a fair at &Oslash;ksnehallen in DGI-byen excepting 25 000 visitors. The=
 focus is climate initiatives all over the world. The fair started on Decemb=
er 3 and ends today December 6. Read more at: <a href=3D"http://www.dn.dk/Defa=
ult.aspx?ID=3D4723">http://www.dn.dk/Default.aspx?ID=3D4723</a> 
 
3k. Climate Spark night club business forum during COP15 
Network and meet hundreds of business executives, entrepreneurs, investors =
and listen to a world-class panel of 5 CEOs from Suzlon, JP Morgan, Google, =
Climate Change Capital, Generation Investment Management, Danfoss, HSBC, Sol=
ar Century, Carbon Disclosure Project and 40 other companies about solutions=
 to climate change &#8212; the full programme is at www.climatespark.com 
 
4. Demonstrations 
 
4a. December 12 towards success with backing from 462 organisations an a Sy=
stem Change not Climate Change bloc! 
 
Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth and many other organisations in Climate=
 Justice Now and Climate Justice Action are now calling for a united climate=
 justice movement bloc in the 12th of December. The callout you find here: <=
a href=3D"http://www.climate-justice-action.org/news/2009/12/04/dec-12th-syste=
m-change-not-climate-change">http://www.climate-justice-action.org/news/2009=
/12/04/dec-12th-system-change-not-climate-change</a> 
 
Speakers 
 
To find out who will speak at the demonstration is harder. There is no info=
rmation at the official 09dec12 web site. Berlingske, the main conservative =
daily in Denmark have an extensive calender of very many activities and stat=
es that speakers will be: Mary Robinson, Rahul Bose, Helle Thorning-Schmidt,=
 Villy S&oslash;vndal, Margrethe Vestager, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, Kumi Nai=
doo og Helen Caldicott. As it has been stated that there should be 12 speake=
rs in total and half of them from the South this result shows a strong tende=
ncy in favour of celebrities and party leaders. Sofar none is representing a=
 popular movement. The Social democrats and Socialist people's Party both ha=
ve their leaders speaking, The social liberal party the parliamentary leader=
 and the Red Green Alliance an MP. Mary Robinson from Ireland and former UN =
human rights commissioner is honorary cahir of Oxfam. Helen Caldicott well k=
nown anti nuclear actvists. From the South already chosen are Kumi Kaidoo, c=
hair of Greenpeace and earlier at CIVICUS, and Rahul Bose, a Bollywood actor=
. Which the popular movement or other speakers from the South will be seems =
not to have been announced yet. 
 
The list of international supporters is impressive: <a href=3D"http://12dec09=
.dk/content/anbefalere">http://12dec09.dk/content/anbefalere</a> 
 
4b. &nbsp;4 000 in anti WTO demonstration in Geneva November 28 
 
Up to 4000 people joined march November 28 today in Geneva protesting ahead=
 of the WTO meeting in an International Demonstration as part of a week of a=
ction and debate around the WTO Ministerial which runs from 30th November to=
 2nd December. 
 
The mobilisation was seen very much in relation to the COP15 UN climate con=
ference taking place in Copenhagen 7th - 18th December - Economic Crisis, Cl=
imate Crisis, Social Crisis: It&#8217;s Time to Change Course! (see <a href=3D=
"http://www.anti-omc2009.org/spip.php?article8).">http://www.anti-omc2009.or=
g/spip.php?article8).</a> 
 
Indymedia reports in German states that activists without any provocation f=
rom the police broke out of the demonstration from the very start and smashe=
d cars and windows and then came back. At the beginning targeted against ban=
ks but soon against anything, a bijouterie and other shops, many cars and bi=
kes, a bus stop. When at least four cars also was set on fire the police att=
acked trying to separate demonstrators from people causing property damage. =
... Read more at blogpost including 
 
Press release about the demonstration by Via Campesina: 
 
Geneva mobilisation : where is the real violence? 
 
 
4c. &nbsp;40 000 in Stop the Climate Chaos demonstration in London December=
 5 
 
40,000 Climate Change Protesters took to the streets in the Climate Chaos &=
nbsp;marching through central London on Saturday, encircling the Houses of P=
arliament in a human wave of blue-clad demonstrators. Police reported 20,000=
 people joined the march. Organizers put the turnout at 40,000. The coalitio=
n organizing the march includes groups such as Oxfam, Greenpeace, Friends of=
 the Earth and the WWF. They called the protest &#8220;The Wave,&#8221; and =
organizers asked marchers to dress in blue. Oxfam was quoted in the news sta=
ting &#8220;The U.K. government must fight for a comprehensive, fair and bin=
ding deal at Copenhagen &#8211; that is our demand today and we expect it to=
 be fulfilled,&#8221; Oxfam GB chief executive Barbara Stocking said in a st=
atement. &#8220;They must return home with a strong, effective climate deal =
both for our own sakes in the U.K. and for the millions of poor people alrea=
dy suffering from the effects of climate change around the world.&#8221; 
 
 
5. The Danish letter that saved us from a split 
 
In the end of October the chair persons of Living Sea, Free Farmers member =
of Via Campesina Denmark, and of Construction Workers Union disseminated an =
open letter opposing the December 16 Push for Climate Justice action organiz=
ed by CJA and CJN as it was presented at press conferences and at the CJA we=
b site. The title was Civil disobedience or naive activism. The open letter =
defended civil disobedience as a weapon of popular movements throughout hist=
ory. &quot;The strike and the blockade are rooted in civil disobedience.&quo=
t;But the letter also claimed &quot;In our view, this experience speaks clea=
rly against using civil disobedience against legitimate political gatherings=
. 
 
Read more at blogpost 
 
6. New call-out for Reclaim Power December 16 
 
Read more at blogpost 
 
7. The new media-hype: The Never trust a COP 
 
For many months there has been a media hype about violence and the Reclaim =
power action on December 16 organized by Climate Justice Action. A week ago =
the focus suddenly shifted towards Never trust the COP instead and December =
12. &nbsp; 
 
How to respond to this media hype about the possibility of activists using =
the occasion including being part of demonstrations or mass action and then =
break out them to make property damage often impossible to see the political=
 message in for people in common? At the demonstration in Geneva against WTO=
 this kind of tactics causing criticism also from Southern WTO opponents. <B=
R>
 
The international idea to abstain from commenting other tactics have been t=
he rule so far and has many advantages. But this does not work well in Scand=
inavian political culture. 
 
Read more at blogpost 
 
8. A dynamic Via Campesina in the key position 
 
Sitting representing the strongest present global mass movement at the pres=
s conference ending the Climate Justice Action meeting in October were two w=
omen from Via Campesina. It is no coincidence. Peasants all over the world a=
re the most effected by the proposals for solutions from the rich countries =
promoted at COP15. Female Via Campesina activists are often in the forefront=
 of the struggle. A global emission trading market would open an avenue for =
massive land grabbing risking the livelihoods of millions and millions of pe=
asants. As almost no other organisation promote the values of popular moveme=
nt mobilisation globally through non-violent action. 
 
Contrary to many organisations Via Campesina is a mass organisation in most=
 countries although very small in Denmark and Sweden. As there has been crit=
icism as expressed in the letter about the Reclaim power - Push for climate =
justice action December 16 by the chairman of Frie B&oslash;nder which is a =
member of Via Campesina the situation is not easy. In spite of this Via Camp=
esina is clearly committed to make actions in Copenhagen and also expressed =
themselves about the problems at the recent anti-WTO demonstration in Geneva=
. 
 
Here is the call out for Copenhagen. 
 
Open letter from Via Campesina 
 
Small farmers cool down the earth! 
 
Copenhagen: La Via Campesina joins the mobilisations 
 
Read more at blogposts 
&nbsp; 
9. Friends of the Earth European Climate campaign meeting 
 
A travel report from Czech republic by Tord Bj&ouml;rk 
 
At the Moldau river South of Prague Friends of the Earth Europe made its la=
st meeting for climate campaigners before Copenhagen. A lot of groups from a=
ll over Europe were present. For once funding had been able to carry out a c=
ampaign through many years consistently called The Big Ask. The goal had bee=
n to make governments to adopt a climate law thus contributing to the intern=
ational struggle to combat climate change. 
 
To summarise the meeting it became clear that after Copenhagen more effort =
would be put on the national and local level which suits FoE well as it is b=
ased on national groups with local chapters in all countries. A change in in=
terest is also taking place towards focusing on climate justice rather than =
mainly focusing on emission targets. 
 
Read more at blogpost 
 
10. Students revolt in Austria and the linkage to Climate change 
 
A travel report from Austria by Tord Bj&ouml;rk 
 
Read more at blogpost 
&nbsp; 
 
11. &nbsp;Repression. 
 
11a. Police Tactics in Denmark COP 15 
 
A very informative text about police tactics in Denmark have been published=
. It is an informal text made by a few people in the Climate Collective. You=
 find it at: 
<a href=3D"http://de.indymedia.org/2009/12/267774.shtml">http://de.indymedia.=
org/2009/12/267774.shtml</a> 
 
11b. Unsuccessful demonstration in Denmark 
 
The fact that less than 200 persons participated in a demonstration against=
 the new law package now decided in parliament shows a clear weakness in the=
 capacity to respond to growing willingness to use repression against freedo=
m of speech. That this unsuccessful demonstration not have been reported on =
any of the the two most important mobilisation email lists used by Climate J=
ustice Now and Climate Justice Action is also worrisome. If we only report o=
n news that are positive we are in trouble not making it possible for everyo=
ne to make there own assessment of the situation. The way the government fal=
sely have presented the law as necessary to be able to act against violence =
when in fact it was only directed against by-standers that passively by not =
moving not follow orders from the police, sit-down strikes, pickets and the =
like. The way the media swallowed this false marketing shows how established=
 media in Denmark have merged with an oppressive state and become an anti-de=
mocratic tool against the interest of freedom of speech. Only in the UK has =
here been a really united strong protest against the new Danish law package.=
 
 
11c. Police in proactive operation hand-cuffing activists on false grounds<=
BR>
 
On the eve of the COP15 the police also showed how they are unpredictable t=
hus acting in a provocative way. CJA have had a dialogue with the police abo=
ut both the actions and sleeping quarters including a warehouse at Teglholm =
close to the harbour. 
 
Early December 4 the police invaded the warehouse at Teglholm with sleeping=
 activists and hand-cuffed 15-20 persons for almost an hour. The claim was t=
hat there was no contract for renting the building but this was false. CJA s=
pokespersons says that this incidence puts some doubts on the dialogue with =
the police wondering if the police action was to provoke or lack of internal=
 information. 
 
The police spokesperson Flemming Steen Munch claims that police acted lacki=
ng correct reasons and made an excuse. One could add that there were no reas=
ons whatsoever for the kind of action that was made even if there were no co=
ntract for the premises. The police operation was under all circumstances pr=
ovocative. 
 
 
&nbsp; 
Tord Bj&ouml;rk 
 
Finlandsgatan 2 
291 31 Kristianstad 
Sverige/Sweden 
Tel: +46 (0)44 12 32 94 
Mobile: +46 (0)738 44 68 50 
E-mail: tord.bjork at mjv.se 
 
 
 
 

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