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"the uses of city parks"- a revelation!!!

Ch2, Breaking the Spell:
* It is possible for non-state actors to cause significant disruption to fossil fuel and CO2 generating infra (and that this is already happening, just not for the purpose of furthering environmental causes)
*The difference between violence against individuals vs against property
*The ethics and tactics of targeting private consumption
*Positive vs negative radical flank

"There are 56 countries in the world with annual per capita emissions lower than the emissions from one individual flying once between London and New York"

The first section, Learning from Past Struggles offers:
*A brief history of climate movements, with particular focus on XR and Ende Gelände
* Examination of moral vs strategic pacifism
* Reassessment of the role of violence in historical struggles the success of which is often attributed to nonviolence (abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, apartheid, the civil rights movement)

Intro
* Jacobs comes out swinging against the urban planning and city design orthodoxies of her day
* Good reminders in here for even nominal Jacobs acolytes- cars can't be treated as the source of urban problems but are a symptom, e.g.,
* Primacy of *function*- how cities work for people vs *appearance*; criticism of "grass, grass, grass" points to difference between park and place-making.