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Is climate change the new frontline in the fight against corporate globalization? It certainly looks that way, which means the Copenhagen climate summit, which starts next week, should be a massive convergence.

We got a taste of what's in store as climate activists took to the streets today — the 10th anniversary of the unprecedented mobilization that occurred in Seattle to protest the corporate-driven globalization agenda at the WTO talks in Seattle, what's come to be known as "the Battle in Seattle" — as part of the Mobilization for Climate Justice.



Reports are already starting to come in from the events being held around the US and Canada today, all of which target climate criminals like JP Morgan Chase, Chevron, BP, and American Electric Power. In Chicago, for instance, ItsGettingHotInHere.org reports that climate activists took to the streets to protest “false solutions” to climate change: "The main target of today’s action is the Chicago Climate Exchange, the first and largest carbon market in North America. Several other “climate criminals” were visited during a march, including JP Morgan Chase, one of the leading funders of mountain top removal coal mining; Midwest Generation, the owner of Chicago’s two coal-fired power plants; and the Board of Trade, which trades in palm oil, one of the leading drivers of rainforest destruction."

Other mobilizations for climate justice include a Die-In at the Department of Public Health and Environment in Denver, CO; a Sit-In for Climate Justice in Ontario; and a blockade of a coal shipment at the Cliffside coal plant in Greenville, SC.

Read about the many other events happening today, plus find plenty of video and photos, on the Mobilization for Climate Justice Newswire.