Article Summary
Landon Clow
2/16/2014
A huge topic within the social movement scene is the on going battle against the installation of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Within this article it covers the story of protesters rallying to urge President Obama against his plan of implementing the pipeline. The major defense given by the government is that studies have shown that the pipeline will have little affect on the environment, but many activist disagree with the Federal governments claim. According to the protesters the 830,000 barrels of oil per day would accelerate global warming, and have a negative affect on the people who would live near the pipeline. The two main social movement groups discussed in the article fighting against the pipeline is 350.org and Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign. The article also states that the final report released by the state department is irrelevant according to the founder of 350.org in that the people against the pipeline know the true injustice regardless of what the government says. After finishing the article two quotes from Bill Mckibbdn of 350.og , the first being when he states, " we are not going to win the battle against global warming by stopping Keystone, but we are going to show that the fossil fuel industry doesn't always get it's way." The other statement that stood out is when his comment on Obama and, "whether they're willing to really stand up when it counts for the commitments they've made about climate change."
After our classes participation of the support of the One Billion Rising movement on Wednesday, I found an article of an interview with Eve Ensler and Kimberle Crenshaw that gives more insight on the social movement of stopping violence against women. Within the article Eve Ensler states the importance of dance within their social movement. The main reasoning behind having women dance is it is " an action of reclaiming public space with your body, which has been taken away through various acts of violence." Towards the end of the interview Eve Ensler emphasizes that there is no one leader of the social movement but rather the movement relies on each individual and their support. Lastly, after reading the article I was truly moved by the fact that although there is still much work to still be accomplished, One Billion Rising is one step closer to gender equality.
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