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    August 24, 2011
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Jailed Over Big Oil's Attempt to Wreck the Planet (=
 http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364904/25612/goto:http://www.to=
mdispatch.com/post/175435/tomgram%3A_bill_mckibben%2C_jailed_over_big_oil%2=
7s_attempt_to_wreck_the_planet/ )

[Note for TomDispatch Readers: At this point every year, TD  closes down.=
=C2=A0 We&rsquo;ll be back Tuesday, September 6th, with a powerful  piece f=
or the 10th anniversary of 9/11.=C2=A0 In the meantime, I briefly  morph in=
to a book editor for the American Empire Project ( http://e2ma.net/go/71770=
36018/208650059/224364905/25612/goto:http://www.americanempireproject.com/ =
) series that I co-run and also, perhaps, get a chance to answer some of  t=
hose who emailed TD this last crazy month and haven&rsquo;t yet heard back.=
=C2=A0  (My apologies!)=C2=A0 Special thanks, as ever, to the hardworking T=
omDispatch  crew who keep this site ever above the waves: Nick Turse, Andy =
Kroll,  Timothy MacBain, and Joe Duax.=C2=A0 What in the world would I do w=
ithout  you?=C2=A0 =



And one last thing: if you&rsquo;re in the mood for another dose of our abs=
urd wars, check out my latest piece, &ldquo;The New Date for Victory in Afg=
hanistan: 2024 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364906/25612/go=
to:http://www.alternet.org/world/152146/the_new_date_for_victory_in_afghani=
stan%3A_2024 ),&rdquo; written for AlterNet where Nick Turse is just in the=
 process of setting up a new &ldquo;empire&rdquo; section.=C2=A0 Tom]


What might have happened if John McCain had won the presidency in  2008?=C2=
=A0 One thing is certain: there would have been a lot more protest  from De=
mocrats, progressives, and the left.=C2=A0 Take it as an irony of his  elec=
tion, but Barack Obama has proved remarkably effective in disarming  the an=
tiwar movement, even as the use of war in American policy in the  Greater M=
iddle East has only grown.=C2=A0 That Obama, the supposed  anti-warrior of =
the 2008 campaign, has paid less than no attention to  his antiwar critics =
is no news at all.=C2=A0=C2=A0 It&rsquo;s now practically a clich=C3=A9  as=
 well that he seems to feel no need to feed his political &ldquo;base&rdquo=
; and  that, generally speaking (and explain it as you will), his base has =
not  yet pushed back.


This has been particularly true of Obama&rsquo;s wars, especially the  disa=
strous, never-ending one in Afghanistan.=C2=A0 Had Afghanistan been  &ldquo=
;McCain&rsquo;s war,&rdquo; you would surely have seen growing waves of pro=
test,  despite the way 9/11 ensured that the Afghan War, unlike the Iraq on=
e,  would long be the unassailable &ldquo;good war.&rdquo;=C2=A0 Still, as =
American treasure surged ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/22436490=
7/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175176/tomgram:__state_of_surg=
e,_afghanistan/ ) into the ill-starred enterprise ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177=
036018/208650059/224364908/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/17532=
0/tomgram%3A_engelhardt,_war_to_the_horizon/ ) in Afghanistan, while funds =
for so much that mattered disappeared at  home, I think the streets of Wash=
ington would have been filling.=C2=A0 What  protest there has been, as John=
 Hanrahan of the Nieman Watchdog website reported recently ( http://e2ma.ne=
t/go/7177036018/208650059/224364909/25612/goto:http://www.niemanwatchdog.or=
g/index.cfm?fuseaction=3Dbackground.view&backgroundid=3D00565 ), tends to b=
e remarkably ill-covered in the mainstream media.


Obama, only two points ahead ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/2243=
64910/25612/goto:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44235036/ns/politics-decision_=
2012/#.TlQVTjsfkjw ) of Ron Paul in the latest Gallup Poll in the race for =
2012, is a  beyond-vulnerable candidate.=C2=A0 (Somewhere there must be som=
e Democratic  pol doing the obvious math and considering a challenge, mustn=
't there?)=C2=A0  Fortunately, in another area at least as crucial as our w=
ars,  demonstrators against a Big Oil tar-sands pipeline from Canada that w=
ill  help despoil the planet are now out in front of the White House -- you=
  can follow them here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364911/=
25612/goto:http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ ) -- and they haven&rsquo;t been =
shy about aiming their nonviolent protests  directly at Obama.=C2=A0 Will h=
e or won&rsquo;t he act like the climate-change  president that, on coming =
into office, he swore ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364912/2=
5612/goto:http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_promises_n=
ew_chapter_on_climate_change/ ) he would be?=C2=A0 Time will tell.=C2=A0 Me=
anwhile, let Bill McKibben, TomDispatch regular ( http://e2ma.net/go/717703=
6018/208650059/224364913/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/1754=
17/bill_mckibben_the_great_american_carbon_bomb ), an organizer of the prot=
ests, and just out of a jail cell, fill you in.=C2=A0 Tom



Arrested at the White House =

Acting as a Living Tribute to Martin Luther King =

By Bill McKibben ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364914/25612/=
goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/authors/billmckibben )


I didn&rsquo;t think it was possible, but my admiration for Martin Luther K=
ing, Jr., grew even stronger these past days.


As I headed to jail as part of the first wave of what is turning into the b=
iggest civil disobedience action ( http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/=
224364915/25612/goto:http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ ) in the environmental =
movement for many years, I had the vague idea that I would write something.=
 Not an epic like King's &ldquo;Letter from a Birmingham Jail, ( http://e2m=
a.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364916/25612/goto:http://www.africa.upenn.=
edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html )&rdquo; but at least, you know, a =
blog post. Or a tweet.


But frankly, I wasn&rsquo;t up to it. The police, surprised by how many  pe=
ople turned out on the first day of two weeks of protests at the White  Hou=
se, decided to teach us a lesson. As they told our legal team, they  wanted=
 to deter anyone else from coming -- and so with our first crew  they were&=
hellip; kind of harsh.


We spent three days in D.C.&rsquo;s Central Cell Block, which is exactly as=
  much fun as it sounds like it might be. You lie on a metal rack with no  =
mattress or bedding and sweat in the high heat; the din is incessant;  ther=
e&rsquo;s one baloney sandwich with a cup of water every 12 hours.


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    <span style=3D"color:#962D00;font-style:italic;">August 24, 2011</span>=
<br />

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364878/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzU0MzUvdG9tZ3JhbSUzQV9iaWxsX21j
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YW5ldC8=3D" style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none; =
color:#000000"  >Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Jailed Over Big Oil's Attempt to W=
reck the Planet</a></p>

<p style=3D"font-size:11pt;">[<strong>Note for TomDispatch Readers:</strong=
> <em>At this point every year, TD  closes down.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ll be back =
Tuesday, September 6th, with a powerful  piece for the 10th anniversary of =
9/11.&nbsp; In the meantime, I briefly  morph into a book editor for </em>
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364879/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy5hbWVyaWNhbmVtcGlyZXByb2plY3QuY29tLw=3D=3D"  ><em>the American Em=
pire Project</em></a><em> series that I co-run and also, perhaps, get a cha=
nce to answer some of  those who emailed TD this last crazy month and haven=
&rsquo;t yet heard back.&nbsp;  (My apologies!)&nbsp; Special thanks, as ev=
er, to the hardworking TomDispatch  crew who keep this site ever above the =
waves: Nick Turse, Andy Kroll,  Timothy MacBain, and Joe Duax.&nbsp; What i=
n the world would I do without  you?&nbsp; </em>
<br>
<br>
<em>And one last thing: if you&rsquo;re in the mood for another dose of our=
 absurd wars, check out my latest piece, &ldquo;
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364880/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy5hbHRlcm5ldC5vcmcvd29ybGQvMTUyMTQ2L3RoZV9uZXdfZGF0ZV9mb3Jfdmlj
dG9yeV9pbl9hZmdoYW5pc3RhbiUzQV8yMDI0"  >The New Date for Victory in Afghani=
stan: 2024</a>,&rdquo; written for AlterNet where Nick Turse is just in the=
 process of setting up a new &ldquo;empire&rdquo; section.&nbsp; Tom</em>]
<br>
<br>
What might have happened if John McCain had won the presidency in  2008?&nb=
sp; One thing is certain: there would have been a lot more protest  from De=
mocrats, progressives, and the left.&nbsp; Take it as an irony of his  elec=
tion, but Barack Obama has proved remarkably effective in disarming  the an=
tiwar movement, even as the use of war in American policy in the  Greater M=
iddle East has only grown.&nbsp; That Obama, the supposed  anti-warrior of =
the 2008 campaign, has paid less than no attention to  his antiwar critics =
is no news at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s now practically a clich&eacute;  =
as well that he seems to feel no need to feed his political &ldquo;base&rdq=
uo; and  that, generally speaking (and explain it as you will), his base ha=
s not  yet pushed back.
<br>
<br>
This has been particularly true of Obama&rsquo;s wars, especially the  disa=
strous, never-ending one in Afghanistan.&nbsp; Had Afghanistan been  &ldquo=
;McCain&rsquo;s war,&rdquo; you would surely have seen growing waves of pro=
test,  despite the way 9/11 ensured that the Afghan War, unlike the Iraq on=
e,  would long be the unassailable &ldquo;good war.&rdquo;&nbsp; Still, as =
American treasure =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364881/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzUxNzYvdG9tZ3JhbTpfX3N0YXRlX29m
X3N1cmdlLF9hZmdoYW5pc3Rhbi8=3D"  >surged</a> into the =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364882/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzUzMjAvdG9tZ3JhbSUzQV9lbmdlbGhh
cmR0LF93YXJfdG9fdGhlX2hvcml6b24v"  >ill-starred enterprise</a> in Afghanist=
an, while funds for so much that mattered disappeared at  home, I think the=
 streets of Washington would have been filling.&nbsp; What  protest there h=
as been, as John Hanrahan of the Nieman Watchdog website =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364883/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy5uaWVtYW53YXRjaGRvZy5vcmcvaW5kZXguY2ZtP2Z1c2VhY3Rpb249YmFja2dy
b3VuZC52aWV3JmJhY2tncm91bmRpZD0wMDU2NQ=3D=3D"  >reported recently</a>, tend=
s to be remarkably ill-covered in the mainstream media.
<br>
<br>
Obama, only =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364884/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy5tc25iYy5tc24uY29tL2lkLzQ0MjM1MDM2L25zL3BvbGl0aWNzLWRlY2lzaW9u
XzIwMTIvIy5UbFFWVGpzZmtqdw=3D=3D"  >two points ahead</a> of Ron Paul in the=
 latest Gallup Poll in the race for 2012, is a  beyond-vulnerable candidate=
.&nbsp; (Somewhere there must be some Democratic  pol doing the obvious mat=
h and considering a challenge, mustn't there?)&nbsp;  Fortunately, in anoth=
er area at least as crucial as our wars,  demonstrators against a Big Oil t=
ar-sands pipeline from Canada that will  help despoil the planet are now ou=
t in front of the White House -- you  can follow them =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364885/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy50YXJzYW5kc2FjdGlvbi5vcmcv"  >here</a> -- and they haven&rsquo;t =
been shy about aiming their nonviolent protests  directly at Obama.&nbsp; W=
ill he or won&rsquo;t he act like the climate-change  president that, on co=
ming into office, he =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364886/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL2NoYW5nZS5nb3YvbmV3c3Jvb20vZW50cnkvcHJlc2lkZW50X2VsZWN0X29iYW1hX3By
b21pc2VzX25ld19jaGFwdGVyX29uX2NsaW1hdGVfY2hhbmdlLw=3D=3D"  >swore</a> he wo=
uld be?&nbsp; Time will tell.&nbsp; Meanwhile, let Bill McKibben, =

<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7177036018/208650059/224364887/25612/b64/aHR0=
cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vYXJjaGl2ZS8xNzU0MTcvYmlsbF9tY2tpYmJlbl90
aGVfZ3JlYXRfYW1lcmljYW5fY2FyYm9uX2JvbWI=3D"  >TomDispatch regular</a>, an o=
rganizer of the protests, and just out of a jail cell, fill you in.&nbsp; <=
em>Tom</em></p>

<blockquote>

<p><span style=3D"font-size: x-large;"><strong>Arrested at the White House<=
/strong></span> <br />
<span style=3D"font-size: medium;"><strong>Acting as a Living Tribute to Ma=
rtin Luther King</strong></span> <br />
By =

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r King, Jr., grew even stronger these past days.</p>


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bS5odG1s"  >Letter from a Birmingham Jail,</a>&rdquo; but at least, you kno=
w, a blog post. Or a tweet.</p>


<p>But frankly, I wasn&rsquo;t up to it. The police, surprised by how many =
 people turned out on the first day of two weeks of protests at the White  =
House, decided to teach us a lesson. As they told our legal team, they  wan=
ted to deter anyone else from coming -- and so with our first crew  they we=
re&hellip; kind of harsh.</p>


<p>We spent three days in D.C.&rsquo;s Central Cell Block, which is exactly=
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o  mattress or bedding and sweat in the high heat; the din is incessant;  t=
here&rsquo;s one baloney sandwich with a cup of water every 12 hours.</p>


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