Third Actors, Karen Szczepanski and Alice Freund, are all smiles following their release from jail for blocking the front entrance to Citibank during Spring Spark actions:

Shutting down Citibank headquarters:

Release of the Orca:

Orca joins protest:

Dancing Orca:

Bruce Patterson, Third Actor, being arrested:

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Trade Unionists Fight for Democracy and Our Planet

In our Second Act we fought bosses for ourselves and our co-workers. Now, in our Third Act, we fight the fossil fuel industry for our children and our grandchildren. 

The climate justice movement has to confront capital.  In our Second Act as trade unionists we we fought capital–we organized, united workers,  fought bosses, bargained contracts, elected public officials, lobbied for and passed legislation, and fought for racial, economic, and social justice.  We have a responsibility to bring that experience to the fight to save the planet.

All of our struggles took time, compromise, and a continuing agenda–la lucha continua.  Now we are in a different fight–a struggle to save our democracy and our planet.

The physics of the climate crisis doesn’t compromise.  Science tells us we have to stop burning fossil fuels and cut emissions by 50% in the next 6 years or face climate disasters far worse than we are already experiencing. We can’t bargain with physics.

Join us this Spring and Summer as we continue our struggle to stop the four dirty banks–Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase–from investing in future extraction and infrastructure–like the LNG pipelines and ports.  The campaign kicks off April 22, 23, and 24 with protests and civil disobedience at CITI offices and banks around the country.

In 2024 nothing could be clearer than the relationship between democracy and the climate crisis. Electing Trump and the radical republicans threatens democracy and creates the single worst global setback to saving the planet.

As retirees, we all have full plates. But leaving a legacy of democracy and a cleaner planet for our children and grandchildren isn’t an item for our bucket list. Physics doesn’t allow us the time, and we don’t have the time. We can’t say: For our legacy, for our children and grandchildren, we have to join this fight now. 

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