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Climate Memo Mondays, February 21, 2022
Public Relations and FF Companies
Rise of Authoritarian Rule: Hett’s Book on Hitler
Mother Jones’s Commitment to Cover War on Democracy
No War with Russia: Spend that Money on the Climate Emergency
Fossil Fuels “Public Relations”: Edelman
Why Fossil Fuels Companies Have Been Able to Continue
Extracting Oil, Coal, Gas? Public Relations Is One Explanation. From 350.org
James -
For decades, fossil fuel companies have used public relations (PR) firms to
fabricate their image, protect their reputation, greenwash their activities,
and spread disinformation to the public.
These PR firms operate in the shadows,
but they are a key element of Big Oil’s success in deceiving the public and
stopping any progress on climate action. It’s time to bring them
out of the shadows and put a face to their deception.
The world’s largest PR
firm, Edelman,
is one of the top offenders – taking $439.7 million from the American Petroleum
Institute (the U.S.’s largest oil and gas trade group) all while claiming they
promote ‘climate-friendly values.' , , , ,
.We need to increase the pressure on
the PR giant in order for them to drop their oil and gas industry clients. Sign
our petition to Edelman today? Sign the petition »
Danger of Death of US Democracy Increasing:
Big Oil’s success in deceiving the public and stopping any
progress on climate action is one force of many undermining the essential needs of people.
We can learn from a
glance back at Hitler’s success.
It
reminds us of Hitler’s takeover of the Weimar Republic by taking over the
institutions of that state: By late
summer of 1934, all effective political opposition to Nazi rule had decisively
failed. The political parties, the labor unions, the corporations, the
Reichstag, the cabinet, the federal states, and the SA had been brought under
control. The remaining source of resistance, the army, was made content
by its expansion and Hitler’s shredding of the Treaty of Versailles. From August 1934, “the switches were set for
war” to become an economic superpower “by seizing a massive land empire in
Eastern Europe.” (Benjamin Hett, The Death of Democracy, 231).
The war on the US democracy reported in Mother
Jones:
Monica
Bauerlein. “Break the Glass: It’s Time
to Cover the War on Democracy like the Emergency It Is.” Mother
Jones (March-April, 2022). Several
articles report on the growth of the right wing:
Ari Berman. “The Coming Coup.” “The
insurrectionists failed to topple a fair election. But Republican legislators are succeeding at
seizing control of how—and if—votes are counted.”
Kathryn Joyce. “Holy War.” Militant right-wing are seeking to remake the
Catholic Church.
Dan Friedman. “The Influencer.” Guo Wengui, the fugitive Chinese tycoon, Steve
Bannon, and other MAGA luminaries have joined forces to blanket the web with
far-right propaganda.
And a chapter in a book: Bill Fletcher
Jr.: “Trump and the Danger of Right-Wing Populism in the U.S.,” New Polarizations, Old Contradictions,
ed. Greg Albo, et al. 2022.
RELATED FROM VETERANS FOR PEACE: WAR AND
WARMING
“CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE NEED FOR PEACE” VFP Weekly
E-News (2-9-22).
Allies joined Veterans For Peace on Saturday,
February 5, the national day of action to say No War With Russia! Sixty concerned citizens gathered in front of
Senator Wyden’s office building and along nearby Lloyd Boulevard. Wyden, along
with Senator Merkley, is a co-sponsor of the “Rush and Crush” Senate Bill 3488,
to rush $500 million for weapons to the Ukrainian government and crush the
Russian economy with sanctions. Where’s the urgency about getting billions of
dollars to deal with the climate crisis? Read More!
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