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A Citizen’s ArrestCarsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen — Thu, 12 May 2022 07:00:18 +0000

“What if I got to jail?” I thought, when Extinction Rebellion Denmark asked me to speak at the opening of its week of protest. Because this is the point we’ve reached: the point where states come down more heavily on climate protest than on tax evasion. When he was jailed for his role in [...]

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The last speech I gave before I became a criminalCarsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen — Mon, 09 May 2022 09:52:25 +0000

If you think you can live the way you have always lived, you are wrong. If you think your kids will have a life like yours, you are wrong. If you think politicians have a bigger horizon than the next election, you are wrong. If you think that the problems you don’t solve [...]

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Read: The Danish Mink CrisisCarsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:52:05 +0000

There are a million species under threat of extinction throughout the world, with as many as two hundred disappearing every day. But amongst these there is one species whose passing we need not mourn: the Danish mink farmer. Even before Covid jumped the species barrier from humans to mink and back again, mutating into [...]

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