{"id":305633,"date":"2024-03-03T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305633"},"modified":"2024-03-03T13:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:11:46","slug":"normalizing-eco-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305633","title":{"rendered":"Normalizing eco-terror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"305635\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=305635\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?fit=2800%2C1922&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2800,1922\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?fit=723%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=723%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=1024%2C703&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=768%2C527&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=1536%2C1054&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=2048%2C1406&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?resize=1200%2C824&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/03\/02\/normalizing-eco-terror\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=normalizing-eco-terror&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=normalizing-eco-terror\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/crucker\/\">Craig Rucker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young girl in a hoodie draws a knife, kneels beside an SUV, and slashes two of its tires.&nbsp; She slaps a paper on the windshield \u2014 \u201cWhy I sabotaged your property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the opening scene of a movie you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/movie\/how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-4aa4a26f-341c-425f-8993-1857525ac158\">stream right now on Hulu<\/a>, or rent from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/amzn1.dv.gti.25fe5290-9edd-4c1c-903b-873b828fc45b?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&amp;tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20\">Amazon<\/a>, called \u201cHow To Blow Up a Pipeline.\u201d It is adapted from a book by the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Blow-Pipeline-Andreas-Malm-ebook\/dp\/B084V7M2JT\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TGPWXISN3XXA&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Yx4dZTJijM1-l_ID3MJ87wozN7CClqGA6bZllIv67vKQ7R-7nM2BMBTYhhN4LsAp6oWvaqzKAvpciu0rESeDsDEdW2TMNKkEwEhILR4wYWWxPg3mJXT7CJv-VA3YxwEm3KzPWBDpDUVUrcv3SrJjRPWFyTLzmgEGxESYecLqKMExjIzTp5E7B9biZK1WOlMs70rxlgeJClSN1iIGzME-gZsqtVDQOAkVR5n0yKsiDDU.gRW8KnMrYxxicNZTirOF3WZQlZYJc5v-4m4sLia7Lkc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=how+to+blow+up+a+pipeline&amp;qid=1709217451&amp;sprefix=how+to+blow+up+a+pipeline%2Caps%2C123&amp;sr=8-1\">Here\u2019s the book blurb on Amazon<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop\u2013with our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to show how vulnerable the oil industry is by hitting something big, like a refinery,\u201d says the hoodie-girl (looking to move up from slashing tires), \u201cwhat do you know about Texas?\u201d&nbsp; What do you know about building a bomb?\u201d her friend replies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next scene they\u2019re wiring a bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What better way to normalize eco-terrorism than invite us to follow along and identify with an appealing PC cast of multicultural young people as they attack our nation\u2019s infrastructure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/02\/29\/morano-on-fox-universities-teaching-eco-terrorism\/\">Watch CFACT\u2019s Marc Morano explain on Fox&nbsp;<\/a>that government officials are lining up in favor of eco-terror, which has even entered the curriculum at universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is coming not from just some lone nut like the author of the book \u201cHow to Blow Up a Pipeline\u201d; this is coming from NPR, Bloomberg, and the New York Times.&nbsp; It\u2019s coming from NASA. In 2010, NASA\u2019s lead global warming scientist endorsed a different book that called for ridding the world of industrial civilization.&nbsp; He literally said they should essentially be blowing up dams.&nbsp; James Hansen, the former NASA scientist in endorsing this book said the author has it right, the system is the problem\u2026 This is nothing short of eco-porn in the form of hard core terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the American empire calls us terrorists,\u201d the movie bomb-maker says, \u201cthan we are doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who will be held accountable when an impressionable young person watches this anti-American call to violence and translates their fantasies into action?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young girl in a hoodie draws a knife, kneels beside an SUV, and slashes two of its tires.\u00a0 She slaps a paper on the windshield \u2014 \u201cWhy I sabotaged your property.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":305635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A young girl in a hoodie draws a knife, kneels beside an SUV, and slashes two of its tires.\u00a0 She slaps a paper on the windshield \u2014 \u201cWhy I sabotaged your property.\u201d","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818608,691818056,691819743,691819186],"class_list":{"0":"post-305633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-activists","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-climate-propaganda","11":"tag-eco-terrorism","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0movie-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline.png?fit=2800%2C1922&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1hvz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":206848,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=206848","url_meta":{"origin":305633,"position":0},"title":"British Eco-Terrorist Group Attacks SUVs in New York","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/07\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Flat SUV Tyre.\u00a0Pujanak, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Essay by Eric Worrall h\/t Dr. Willie Soon; Tyre Extinguishers deflate SUV tyres, in the hope their nuisance actions will coerce owners to switch to eco-friendly vehicles. 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