Extinction Rebellion Cleveland

If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursèd lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

“If We Must Die” — Claude McKay (1919). Written in response to mob attacks against African-American communities, this poem is a beautiful call for courage, not hope, in the face of despair.

Are you concerned about climate change and how it will impact you? Your family? Friends? The truth is that we are currently on course for more than 2 degrees of warming which will impact all of us, be it directly (floods, droughts, water shortages, extreme weather events) or indirectly (crop failures leading to food shortages and inflation, refugee crises). We have the duty to fight for our futures and the futures of those we love. Join the Rebellion.

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