Organization:Code Rood
 Activists walking to a Code Rood civil disobedience action at the coal terminal of the Port of Amsterdam in 2017 | |
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Code Rood (also styled CODE ROOD, Dutch for "Code Red") is a network of climate activists based in the Netherlands. The activists organize large-scale civil disobedience actions in opposition to the fossil fuel industry.[1]
Code Rood is horizontally organized, and was inspired in part by Ende Gelände 2016, during which protestors shut down a coal mine and a coal-fired power station for a period of two days.[2][3]
History
In June 2017, Code Rood called for a civil disobedience action at the Port of Amsterdam as well as a climate camp nearby.[4] The civil disobedience action took place on June 24, the second anniversary of the court case State of the Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation.[2] A group of about 300 activists successfully shut down the OBA Bulk Terminal Amsterdam coal port for over eight hours, which the company's executive director said cost them about 50,000 euros.[5] The group had stated that they would leave before dark, but five activists remained in a crane and were arrested for trespassing.[6]
In August 2018, Code Rood organized a protest in Groningen near a group of storage tanks belonging to Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM), a joint venture which is owned by Shell and ExxonMobil.[7] The march was set up by locals whose homes had been damaged by NAM's natural gas extraction in the area, and approximately 400[8] to 700 people attended, setting up a camp which blocked transportation in and out of the tank complex.[9] After 200[8] to 300 more protestors joined the group in the late afternoon,[9] police used batons and pepper spray against a group that moved closer to the fence than agreed upon, and Code Rood reported that five activists were injured and one had to be treated in an ambulance.[8][10] In February 2019, the police issued a statement that officers had used disproportionate force at the protest.[11][12]
In May 2021, Code Rood collaborated with Extinction Rebellion to paint a Shell gas station in The Hague black as a protest while the gas company was holding its annual meeting in the same city.[13]
See also
- Ende Gelände
- Extinction Rebellion
- Climate change
References
- ↑ "Code Rood" (in en-US). https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks/grantees/code-rood/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Code Rood". 13 June 2017. https://amsterdamalternative.nl/articles/3926/code-rood.
- ↑ van de Wiel, Han (2017-06-27). "Code Rood in de Amsterdamse haven: nee tegen kolen" (in nl). https://downtoearthmagazine.nl/code-rood-legt-kolenoverslag-amsterdamse-haven-plat/.
- ↑ "CODE ROOD calls for mass civil disobedience in port of Amsterdam". 5 June 2017. https://de.indymedia.org/node/12425.
- ↑ van Kempen, Jop (25 June 2017). "'Milieuactivisten maken voor tienduizenden euro's schade'" (in nl). https://www.ad.nl/amsterdam/milieuactivisten-maken-voor-tienduizenden-euro-s-schade~a2e0cce8/.
- ↑ "Afgesplitste actievoerders Code Rood gearresteerd" (in nl-NL). 2017-06-25. https://www.parool.nl/gs-bf9a84c1.
- ↑ "Groningen field to produce gas for another 50 years". 22 June 2009. http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-107/issue-24/General_Interest/groningen-field-to-produce-gas-for-another-50-years.html.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 van Hofslot, Gerdt (28 August 2018). "Demonstranten in Farmsum woedend: 'De politie moet zich schamen voor dit geweld'" (in nl). https://www.dvhn.nl/groningen/Demonstranten-in-Farmsum-woedend-De-politie-moet-zich-schamen-voor-dit-geweld-23492432.html.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Malm, Andreas (January 5, 2021). How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire. Verso Books. pp. 22. ISBN 978-1-83976-025-9. OCLC 1230557127.
- ↑ "Police use batons, pepper spray to break up Groningen anti-gas demo" (in en-GB). 2018-08-29. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/08/police-use-batons-pepper-spray-to-break-up-groningen-anti-gas-demo/.
- ↑ "Police say use of batons against anti-gas demonstrators was wrong" (in en-GB). 2019-02-15. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/02/police-say-use-of-batons-against-anti-gas-demonstrators-was-wrong/.
- ↑ "Politie kijkt terug op rol tijdens actieweek Code Rood" (in nl). National Police Corps. 15 February 2019. https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2019/februari/15/01-politie-kijkt-terug-op-rol-tijdens-actieweek-code-rood.html.
- ↑ Slattery, Laura. "Jeff Bezos's superyacht, a Shell climate protest, and fashion industry tactics for 2021" (in en). The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/jeff-bezos-s-superyacht-a-shell-climate-protest-and-fashion-industry-tactics-for-2021-1.4569454.
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