This is a revised edit of Esther Stanford-Xosei reading of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s speech at XR Writers 'No more climate lies' event at 55 Tufton Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3QL home of climate denying think tanks including the Global Warming Policy Foundation which took place on 02/09/20. Ken Saro-Wiwa was he was prevented from reading in court towards the end of his trial by the Military Tribunal, that sentenced him to death by hanging on October 31, 1995. It gives historical context to the justice-focused activism of communities of resistance in Nigeria, like the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), as well as others across Afrika and other parts of the Global South who have in various ways been involved in non-violent ‘rebellion’ in defence of life, land and our Mother Earth.
Esther Stanford-Xosei, Stop The Maangamizi Campaign & Extinction Rebellion Internationalist Solidarity Network
See the original entry about the speech here:
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