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Twenty years already?

Twenty years ago today, we launched an American folly second only to Vietnam. It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years since terms like…

3 min readMar 20, 2023

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Twenty years already?

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Scott Parkin

On the spectacle of hurling soup to save the world

I’m always down for disrupting the system and creating a spectacle, but I’m unclear how this most recent wave of tactics in the UK is going…

2 min readOct 16, 2022

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We All Live by the River

“The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin A nuclear era, but I have no fear ’Cause…

10 min readAug 31, 2022

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We All Live by the River

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No Time for Polite Conversation

“Polite conversationalists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.”

8 min readAug 7, 2022

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No Time for Polite Conversation

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Climate Hegemony: Now is the Time of Monsters

he·ge·mo·ny | 1.) preponderant influence or authority over others; 2.) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted…

11 min readMay 10, 2022

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Your liberal heroes really aren’t heroes.

“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”…

6 min readApr 18, 2022

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Your liberal heroes really aren’t heroes.

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Scott Parkin
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Our Long Memories

“The long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people of that connective…

7 min readApr 11, 2022

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Our Long Memories

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Resisting Raytheon (and all the other War Pigs)

This past Monday, five courageous people occupied the roof of a Raytheon facility in Cambridge, MA in protest of the company’s war…

4 min readMar 24, 2022

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Resisting Raytheon (and all the other War Pigs)

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Scott Parkin
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The Battle in Seattle, 22 Years Later

This week is the 22nd anniversary of the direct action shutdown of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle. In late 1999…

1 min readDec 2, 2021

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The Battle in Seattle, 22 Years Later

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Oregon’s Timber Wars and the Climate Crisis

“There is new crop of forest defense climate activists feeling a new sense of urgency that the traditional environmental advocacy isn’t…

2 min readSep 30, 2021

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Oregon’s Timber Wars and the Climate Crisis

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Scott Parkin

Scott Parkin

Lover, fighter and organizer with Rising Tide North America and Mt. Diablo Rising Tide. Organizing Director at RAN. Co-Host at the Green and Red Podcast.

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