Saturday, May 4, 2019

We Have Got To Build A Future That Is Healthy...We Have Got To Start Today

Judy Robbins being arrested April 27, 2019 in Bath, Maine. Photo credit: Jim Anderberg
These are the words that peace and justice heroine Judy Robbins planned to share at Bath Iron Works last weekend. She decided to risk arrest by moving into Washington Street with two dozen others instead, so I am sharing them here. 


We are here
because we have something to say
and it’s important 

Senator Collins and Senator King
we want you to listen
Congressman Golden and Congresswoman Pingree
we want you to listen

we have been to your offices
we have written you letters
we have called you
we have sent emails and tweets

we need you to hear us
instead of listening to General Dynamics,
we want you to hear this message: 

the forests are on fire
the prairies are flooded
the oceans are dying
the air is toxic

this is a climate emergency
this is a climate crisis
it’s no longer global warming
it’s no longer climate change

Banner by Artists' Rapid Response Team (AART!) of the Union of Maine Visual Artists

it’s a climate crisis, a world emergency
and the earth needs your attention

Listen.

we have got to stop launching warships to kill people
we have got to build a future that is healthy
we can change this trajectory
and we have got to start today

love as if everyone is your sister or brother
take care of this world as if it is your beloved home

Judy Robbins April 27, 2019

Image: Anthony Freda

Now, compare Judy's wise words with this snarky unsigned op-ed in the Times Record ridiculing her conscientious action. It's pretty clear that the local newspaper in Bath is carrying water for General Dynamics, owner of BIW.

Consider contacting the editor of the TR here (he's already heard from me with a link to collected resources on Pentagon-fueled climate change):

John Swinconeck, Executive Editor

jswinconeck@timesrecord.com 207-504-8209
Local, State, Opinion

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