Jane was late to the Hotcoldwetdry party, and is doing all she can to appropriate it, even as she takes lots of fossil fueled trips and lives in a big, energy intensive mansion
‘Civil Disobedience Has to Become the New Norm.’ Jane Fonda on the Fight Against Climate Change
Jane Fonda wants to teach you about climate change. In the fall of 2019, Fonda regularly convened with fellow climate activists—and some of her Hollywood friends—on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to call for a Green New Deal and other government action on climate change. The protests, which she called “Fire Drill Fridays,â€Â deliberately ended in arrest.
Now, Fonda has written a new book about the experience. What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action, to be published Sept. 8, recounts stories from her time on the frontlines advocating for climate solutions. The book is presented as a guide for those who are concerned about the issue but unsure of how to help, offering both the science behind climate change and ways to take action.
Fonda spoke to TIME about the stakes of the movement, being inspired by young climate activists and her response to apathetic voters.
Her time on the front lines. What, all of a year, when she attempted to hijack St. Greta’s movement, apparently to cash in on weak minded climate cultists? I wonder what the carbon footprint is of all the trees killed to publish the book and distribute it? Anyhow, what does she recommend people do in their own lives?
Do you think your book will get older voters to think about climate change and affect the way they vote?
They’re already thinking about it! The young climate strikers globally have had a lot to do with that. I’m targeting the people who notice the climate crisis and don’t know what to do about it. I’m teaching them more and then giving people things to do… Civil disobedience has to become the new norm. No matter who is elected in November.
That’s weird, it’s almost like this is political
Because of climate or everything else going on in the world?
Because of everything—and out of everything, what looms is the climate crisis. If we don’t cut our fossil fuel emissions in half by 2030, everything will not only become much, much harder, but a lot of things—equality, democracy, stability in our society—will become impossible. What I want to tell voters who say, “I can’t decide who to vote for. I don’t really believe in Joe Biden,†is, “Hey, I’d rather push a moderate than fight a fascist.â€
What’s this we on cutting fossil fuels? People like Jane don’t. And, really, no one cares about having their own lives negatively affected by climate policies, especially those who push it the hardest. is it any wonder that a communist sympathizer loves a hardcore Modern Socialist movement?
