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
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