<[link removed]> <codepink.org/pacificbases>The Pacific Needs to Survive! Close Our Bases!
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Dear John,
I was recently flooded with hundreds of messages about actions from Indigenous organizers, climate activists, journalists, and countries from the Global South during the scam of a conference that was COP 29. Now Pacific island nations that we’ve occupied and devastated are testifying at the World Court. No one expected much from war criminals like John Podesta, who represented the U.S.’s delegation at COP, while having a past career defending weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin — a company responsible for both genocide and ecocide in Gaza and worldwide. And we were not mistaken in this assumption.Thank you for helping to recenter militarism at COP by signing our petition to Podesta.
Tell the US Indo-Pacific Command to close its bases. The Pacific needs to survive! <codepink.org/pacificbases>
COP 29 ended with a toothless agreement. Global South countries are the least responsible for climate change but bear the vicious brunt of it. They also bear the brunt of Western imperialist intervention and occupation. The Global South needed $1.3 trillion to survive this crisis and abusive relationship. Instead, the non-binding agreement was $300 billion by 2035 at an undefined rate, not accounting for inflation, and with the possibility of creating massive levels of debt. COP 29 neglected the climate. It prioritized preserving a global system of power that will not abdicate it and will not talk about the military’s role in climate. COP was seen as such a violent scam by Papua New Guinea, an island in the Pacific Ocean, that they walked out of negotiations.
Now, Papua New Guinea is part of a historic International Court of Justice case launched by Vanuatu and Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change. The Global North’s deadly negligence threatens their existence and could violate International Human Rights Law. For decades, the U.S. military has occupied the Pacific. They have conducted bomb testing, built up ecologically toxic bases, and occupied and backed dictatorships in the Philippines. Now they are further militarizing the Pacific as China threatens our attempted global economic monopoly, including in green energy, as we heard from KJ Noh <[link removed]> in our recent webinar on what was missing from COP 29. This expansion has not only devastated ecosystems but also accounts for 22% of the Pentagon’s status as the number one institutional polluter in the world– which threatens the survival of the very islands that our bases occupy and that are currently testifying in the ICJ.
Amidst this historic case, the U.S. needs to take responsibility, listen to the nations testifying, and close its bases in the Pacific! Tell the U.S. military to listen. <codepink.org/pacificbases>
COP 29 continues to show us that we cannot expect those in power to save us from this crisis. We can not expect them to be honest about the militaristic root causes of this crisis. It’s up to us to center them.
The world is in constant flux, and so we need to be clear-eyed about how we react to this heightened instability. We must keep our sights on the root causes to chart out our plans of action. To understand that Indigenous people protect 80% of the world’s biodiversity so#Landback is crucial. To ensure that any possible Pentagon cuts come with redirecting money to life-giving programs. To center demilitarization in the fight for climate change in all environmental movements. I can’t predict the next several years of flux, but by focusing on a narrative for ourselves, maybe we can carve out better direction and action.
Join us in taking a first step post-COP in recentering the narrative of militarism in the Climate crisis. Refuse to allow for their destruction in the Pacific to be hidden! <codepink.org/pacificbases>
👉 For more:
- Join me, Wednesday, January 8th, for a War Is Not Green Community Call to begin carving out new direction and action! <[link removed]>
- Listen to our recent webinar on what was missing from COP 29, and building an anti-imperialist climate movement! <[link removed]>
- Check out the War Is Not Green Campaign! <[link removed]>
- Add your name to our list of demands for Biden before his presidency is over, including an arms embargo on Israel and diplomacy with China! <[link removed]>
- Sign up to organize and engage locally! <[link removed]>
Until Liberation,
Aaron, Jodie, and the entire CODEPINK team
P.S. If you're looking for the perfect gift for your activist friends, get the CODEPINK Pink Kuffiyeh from the West Bank! <[link removed]>
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