Photo: Stacy Lanyon
I was at an Occupy education event in Washington Square Park
in 2012, and some people were there with some Spectra Pipeline information. I had never heard of the pipeline. I already hated fracking, so I started going to Occupy
the Pipeline meetings. I went a few times to the park at the very beginning. I
saw amazing energy. For years, I hated how corporations were getting bigger and
bigger and just usurping all of people’s rights. I particularly hate what the Supreme
Court has done for corporations in the past couple of years, so I thought
Occupy was wonderful. I hate it when people say that Occupy is dead. I always
say that Occupy is out there doing lots of things. Occupy the Pipeline is a lot of creative, wonderful activists who work very
hard. They do flyering. They do education, but they also do theatrical events,
which really attract a lot of attention. Then, people ask questions. It’s
a good way to educate people.
It’s important for the future. I don’t have any children,
but I’m really concerned about other people’s children and their grandchildren.
The direction the earth is headed in right now is really sad. I would
really love for the United States and the entire world to go renewable. I think
we can go renewable if we just commit to it. There are studies out now that show it's possible. As far as the corporations, I think corporations
are not people, and I think people need to have their power back. I think it’s
important to be knowledgeable about this stuff and to get active in some way.
I’d like to see a world where people care about each other,
where people are not concerned about only their tribe. I want a world where big
corporations and big government don’t rule. I want the children to have
a better world than I ever did. I think people will be able to use new
technologies in a good way, and it would be for the benefit of the earth and all the people in it. I just think that
getting beyond the tribal concept is really important. When everyone can join together and make sure everyone in the
world has something to eat, it will be a good thing.
To learn more about the Spectra Pipeline in the West Village and the pipeline being built in the Rockaways, you can visit Occupy the Pipeline's website HERE.
Interview by Stacy Lanyon
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To learn more about the Spectra Pipeline in the West Village and the pipeline being built in the Rockaways, you can visit Occupy the Pipeline's website HERE.
Interview by Stacy Lanyon
http://buildingcompassionthroughaction.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stacylanyon
https://instagram.com/stacylanyon/
https://twitter.com/StacyLanyon
http://stacylanyon.com/