A taxonomy of civil resistance

1. Introduction Climate activism is often based on loosely defined concepts such as “Non-Violent Direct Action” (NVDA), “civil disobedience”, “strikes”, “protests”, and other forms, which may be used with different meanings by different groups, and, therefore, lack conceptual clarity. In the following I try to systematize forms of (climate) activism for system change to provide…

Is capitalism an intelligent agent threatening humanity?

1. Background A recent research article [1]  warned that: “an advanced agent motivated to intervene in the provision of reward would likely succeed and with catastrophic consequences” First Author Michael Cohen also summarized the contents of the paper in a presentation [2] and on social media [3]: https://twitter.com/Michael05156007/status/1567240026307575808 In addition, the article considerable attention in…

Angela Merkel weiß seit 1995 Jahren, dass 2020 der kritische Punkt in der Klimakrise war und hat Klimaschutz blockiert

Die Bundesumweltministerin und Leiterin der 1. Weltklimakonferenz (COP1, Berlin) Angela Merkel kannte den Bericht des WBGU (1995) [1] wahrscheinlich in- und auswendig , dh Kanzlerin Merkel weiß seit 1995 Jahren, dass im Jahr 2020 ein kritischer Punkt (möglicherweise point of no return) erreicht wird. “Die Fortsetzung der gegenwärtigen Emissionspraxis (Business as Usual) würde uns zwar…

Defensive public relation strategies to cover up and mislead the public

The following steps, which can follow a linear or circular (spiraling) pattern of escalation, describe defensive public relations (propaganda) strategies which organizations, mostly governments or companies, apply if they are accused of misconduct against the public interest. All actions by the accusing party (activists) can be promoted by methods of civil resistance. Action by activists,…

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