Response paper # 2
GEOG 473
SPRING 2016
Chad (Jong H) Lee
I have never heard the term “Blockadia” before, but after reading her book, it makes sense to me now where the term came from. In my understanding, the term originally started by activists in fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas, and people tried to stop it with their bodies, and their camp was called “Blockadia.” However, Klein mentioned that Blockadia is really the transnational space, roving space, where just regular people are stepping in, and they are trying to stop the era of extreme extraction with their bodies or in the courts. And as she said these peoples are not particularly looking for some sort of deal that make them financially beneficial, but they are fighting for their regular lives. Unfortunately, many of them are people that have no political power, such as indigenous people and First Nation people. Massive corporations threatened these people’s regular lives while they are simply asking for …show more content…
Sometimes their image got pictured in only a negative way that lead to misleading to general public. However, there was an older lady had an interview with a local TV about her feeling in regards of victory over canceling the recent proposal of Tacoma methane gas plant. She said, “If we don’t say anything they don’t know that we are not happy about it.” This simple statement she said stuck in my head for a while after I heard it. I believe that’s true, and it could really works if it can generate strong enough voice, and it can be really effective. In other example, Klein wrote about the Otter Creek mine in Montana, where the huge opposition was able to block the mining permit and blocking the construction of the railway and the export, and the similar effort extended all the way to the Pacific Northwest. As a Pacific Northwesters, I’m glad that we were able to make some effect like
GEOG 473
SPRING 2016
Chad (Jong H) Lee
I have never heard the term “Blockadia” before, but after reading her book, it makes sense to me now where the term came from. In my understanding, the term originally started by activists in fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas, and people tried to stop it with their bodies, and their camp was called “Blockadia.” However, Klein mentioned that Blockadia is really the transnational space, roving space, where just regular people are stepping in, and they are trying to stop the era of extreme extraction with their bodies or in the courts. And as she said these peoples are not particularly looking for some sort of deal that make them financially beneficial, but they are fighting for their regular lives. Unfortunately, many of them are people that have no political power, such as indigenous people and First Nation people. Massive corporations threatened these people’s regular lives while they are simply asking for …show more content…
Sometimes their image got pictured in only a negative way that lead to misleading to general public. However, there was an older lady had an interview with a local TV about her feeling in regards of victory over canceling the recent proposal of Tacoma methane gas plant. She said, “If we don’t say anything they don’t know that we are not happy about it.” This simple statement she said stuck in my head for a while after I heard it. I believe that’s true, and it could really works if it can generate strong enough voice, and it can be really effective. In other example, Klein wrote about the Otter Creek mine in Montana, where the huge opposition was able to block the mining permit and blocking the construction of the railway and the export, and the similar effort extended all the way to the Pacific Northwest. As a Pacific Northwesters, I’m glad that we were able to make some effect like