Day IX in Copenhagen: Gearing Up to “Reclaim Power”
Today was a day of organizing, planning, drafting, and evading capture!
There were conversations to plan for the “Reclaiming Power” People’s Assembly Demonstration that is occurring tomorrow. The demonstration will involve folks gathering near the Bella Center and then marching to the Bella Center to protest the exclusion of civil society from negotiations and resulting lack of democracy. Simultaneously, the few who had passes to enter are going to mobilize to do a march out in solidarity.
At some point during the course of the day, the cyber-ways and hallways were filled with the word “Don’t go to the Rad” which was where we were supposed to have the big conversation to plan for the rally. Several of the planners, including Climate Justice Action’s Tadzio Mueller, had been arrested by undercover “politi” (police persons) who had infiltrated those spaces for the sole purpose of obstruction organizing for the demonstration. Rumors were that the police even used wiretaps to gain intelligence on plans for the rally.
Otherwise, our intrepid delegation spent the day drafting a letter to President Obama which was to be delivered to the US embassy in advance of his arrival and call on him to be accountable to the electorate for the campaign promises he made to advance aggressive action on climate change.
Towards the end of the day I accompanied friends to the mall. One of the friends had to retrieve a lost glove that he had left there when he took a break, from his seven hours in line to pick up his accreditation on Monday, to get something to eat. Besides spending good times with good friends, my goal was to pick up a pair of boots so that my time at the demonstration wouldn’t be marred by having to stand around for several hours in those mini-torture chambers I call my “cute boots”. So I emerged from the mall with a sturdy, albeit dowdy pair, that would do the job! J
We ended the day with a strategy session at the group house. I parted to return to my apartment just shy of midnight thinking of the day ahead and the adventures we will face.
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