I had so much trouble falling asleep. I didn’t get behind the fact that there is no single Party with an idea. Not a single party manages to think beyond capitalism. After a couple of hours of sleep, anyways, I went in early today again. But before, I went to the supermarket to buy tooth picks and cotton line. After checking in, I took a seat in the Action Zone. I didn’t leave that table for more than 30 mins most of the day and built tiny tensegrity structures in solidarity to Lützerath.
It was fun, but questionably effective at best – until 4 p.m., I made 6 reasonable structures I was able to distribute throughout the Action Zone. The Action Zone is the orange dome on the site map.
If one wants to get an idea about dimensions, it’s the Scottish Event Campus. It’s huge. Here’s a quick overview over the territory:
A is check in. B is the Action Zone. C is for Side Events, I haven’t been there yet. The upper part of D are the pavilions of Parties (and IGO’s maybe?), the lower has not yet been important for me. E are the main plenary halls, my first event on Mon was in the right one. F are the rooms for the real talks. It feels like Mordor to me. The rest is appendix. So, today I didn’t leave B until I witnessed an action of the European Youth Organizations at the back end of the D zone, just before the conference rooms.
It was quite loud and a textbook example of that kind of protests that are expected and wanted and tolerated by the UN. Well, it’s something. I am waiting for the action outdoors.
It was a good day for socialisation – my delegate family came over and had lunch with me, some fellow activists checked in, I even participated on a pre-autonomous action plenary, lovely.
After that, I missed dinner with my delegate family, because I was caught in 2 real action plenaries. Maybe, after all, this visit serves a mission, eventually? We’ll see…
Regarding politics, today, I solely want to emphasise the exclusionary classism that is manifested here. It’s sickening. Let’s turn it into a collective duty: we all need to talk more about classism and exclusion.
So, I call it a day with a better feeling than yesterday. It’s beautiful to see some structures grow and some decline. Change is coming. Slowly, but accelerating. Climate Justice. People Power.
P.S.: The Action Zone looks beautiful upon leaving.
