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#SavingCarbonSinks: Ecuadorian social #movements have bypassed pro-extractivist #politicians with a national #referendum to keep #oil from Block 43 also known as “Yasuní ITT,” a concession in the deepest part of the Amazonian protected Yasuní National #Forest, in the ground. While movements around the world have successfully achieved #mining moratoria, this is an important new strategy for #environmental and #Indigenous #rights activists.
#RightsOfNature #SafeguardTheCommons #YasuniITT
https://nacla.org/ecuador-yasuni-oil-historic-referendum
Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum
Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous and environmental activists against the fossil fuel consensus.NACLA
The selection processes and internal dynamics tied to their role makes them more easily extremists. #memetics
Yes, apparently a lot of #PRManagers and #writers for #politicians know how to write to two audiences at the same time. It's really one of the most #dishonest of skills.
Most of the time it seems to revolve around saying as little as possible and repeating #focusGroup-tested three-word-slogans, but entire speeches can be written that mean different things to different people.