WE DO NOT DO PETITIONS. WE DO DIRECT ACTION.
IF PEOPLE IN POWER WILL NOT SAVE US WE WILL SAVE OURSELVES.
THERE IS NO CHOICE.
WE JUST PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN HALTING NEW GAS EXPORTS -EQUIVALENT TO OVER 500 COAL PLANTS
AND THAT WAS MERELY OUR WARMUP.
SIGN OUR PLEDGE TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION WITH US:
THEORY OF CHANGE:
Conventional tactics will not suffice
We need consistent, mass-turnout, nonviolent disruption to stop business as usual and compel politicians to act.
When we engage in direct action—whether through a strike, a blockade, or a mass occupation—we break through.
People see us. People tune in. People engage. Our movement grows.
Direct action puts the state in a double-bind: allow the action (and the disruption) to continue or crack down, further driving up public support for the cause.
ABOUT US:
We are young. We are livid. We are no longer willing to be disposable.
We have been sold out by our politicians. We have been betrayed. But we refuse to lose hope.
We come from many walks of life but are united in fighting for a thriving and just world.
We came of age in a time of great tumult. A global pandemic. A deadly assault on democracy. Mass shootings with our morning coffee.
And hovering above it all, an existential crisis that threatens every fiber of every being in every corner of the world.
Our leaders have failed to save us. So we will save ourselves.
We aim not to work within the current political reality. We aim to change it.
We can do it. We have leverage.
The laws of nature do not care what’s “realistically feasible.” And neither do we.
We will use mass-turnout, peaceful direct action to force our politicians to take action at the scope and speed necessary to avert the worst impacts of this crisis.
Join us.
PLAN:
THE RUN-DOWN
We have blockaded the White House Correspondents Dinner. Stopped play at the Congressional Softball Game. Crashed the Fed Symposium in Jackson Hole, the world’s largest gathering of central bankers. We have confronted too many Senators and Cabinet Secretaries to count.
We will continue to engage in disruptive, nonviolent direct action until our political leaders, up to the President, meet this moment with the urgency it deserves.
MISSION:
End fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters.
End sacrifice zones and usher in a just transition for those most impacted.
Stand in solidarity with our sister-struggles for racial and economic justice.
Deploy mass turnout, disruptive direct action to compel politicians to act with the urgency this moment deserves.
Elevate climate change to a top-three political issue in American politics.
Make support for any fossil fuels as unacceptable on the left as opposing abortion or gay marriage.
Move the Overton Window (the accepted terms of debate).
Make clear to Democratic lawmakers that the youth vote will only deliver for them if they deliver for us.
VISION:
RACIAL JUSTICE.
ECONOMIC EQUALITY.
A PLANET THAT SUSTAINS LIFE.
VALUES:
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To change everything, we need everyone. We must lower barriers to entry and create spaces accessible to people with full-time jobs and other obligations.
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We will stand with sister movements fighting for racial and economic justice.
Public action: Inside-game alone will not be enough to compel those in power to act. We need highly-visible, attention-grabbing, disruptive, media-earning tactics to confront the crisis we are in.
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We take care of each other.
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Our words and actions are nonviolent.
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We value our members dreaming up ideas and running with them.
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We bring joy, love and laughter to our actions.
CLIMATE DEFIANCE IN ACTION
FAQ
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Most of our actions so far have been in Washington, D.C. but we have supporters, organizers and volunteers in D.C., Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York, Ohio and Minnesota.
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Sign our pledge of resistance here. We will follow up with you from there.
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We are a scrappy, grassroots group so donations make a big difference. You can chip in here.
WORK WITH US: