Its people who hold the real truth cards. Political control and manipulation only goes so far. IвЂ™m sure that there will be many more to come. It appears that the COP26 conference is raising all sorts of forbidden subjects already. The ghosts of 1930вЂ™s Germany and USA and South Africa apartheid separatism appear to be rising from their troubled graves once again. Is this really only to do with the pandemic? Or is that just a most convenient excuse to exclude delegates, and has the world gone into some sort of self imposed psychotic episode of social and political manipulation and control? Congratulations Ruth and Paul for reporting it. Fortunately people will speak out and they will be heard. Not only has COP26 become an issue of political manipulation and control, but it demonstrates the exercise of the growing power to exclude on medical grounds when testing is all that is required. I thoroughly agree with Assad Remam, of the COP26 Coalition and War on Want, Lidy Nacpi, from the Philippines, Kenyan climate activist Kevin Mtai, Dorothy Guerrero, of Global Justice Now, Nathan Thanki, of Demand Climate Justice, and others.

But I thought due the danger of severe censorship if it was even so much as mentioned, I kept that particular aspect out of my posts so as not to incur the wrath of the censors. Thank you Ruth for reporting this, I was going to mention this aspect of вЂњvaccine apartheidвЂќ excluding delegates from attending COP26. Updated 1/11/21 with more photos and details вЂњWhen the people are coming from the front lines of the climate crisisвЂ¦ when they are not able to be in room, raise their voices and make their demands, when they have to jump through millions of hoops just to be here and then be tokenised of course you get rhetoric without action.вЂќДrillOrDropвЂ™s reporting from COP26 has been made possible by individual donations from readers

Nathan Thanki, of Demand Climate Justice, told the news conference that the exclusion of many people from the global south was a вЂњfar cry from the presidencyвЂ™s stated goal of having the most inclusive Cop everвЂќ. вЂњAnd yet you could not come here and raise your voice in this important meeting simply because you donвЂ™t have access to the vaccine and hence you canвЂ™t attend the COP.вЂќ вЂњYouвЂ™re already saddled by the fact that your country was affected already for many decades, and you are the least responsible for this climate change. вЂњIt is not a crime coming from a developing country or a poor country. We are here to pressure our leaders after so many COPs which have resulted in false promises.вЂќДЄt a news conference this afternoon, Dorothy Guerrero, of Global Justice Now, said the refusal to give more manufacturers, particularly in developing countries, access to produce the vaccine had stopped some people attending COP26 вЂњI am here from Kenya to fight for my country and bring the voices of my community to the negotiations, as many of them cannot speak for themselves вЂ“ many are already having to migrate due to the impacts of the climate crisis. Kenyan climate activist Kevin Mtai, another speaker at the rally, said some African countries faced a double crisis of climate change and Covid 19. Less than one per cent of people in some countries had been vaccinated because of a lack of access to the vaccine, he said. Speaking at a climate justice rally this afternoon, Asad Rehman, of the COP26 Coalition and War on Want, said it was critical that voices from the global south had a voice at the talks.Д«ut they had been excluded by what he described as a вЂњvaccine apartheidвЂќ. ThisВ COPВ is the moment to show whether we will intensify these crises to the point of no return вЂ“ or lay the foundations for a just world where everyoneвЂ™s needs are met.вЂќ вЂњWe have a unique opportunity to rewire our system as we recover from the pandemic. We know that these crises not only overlap, but share the same cause. вЂњIt is happening at a crucial moment in history, as we live through a period of multiple breaking points from climate to covid to racism. It said thousands had been blocked from making their voices heard. The COP26 Coalition of grassroots climate groups described COP26 as вЂњthe most exclusionary in historyвЂќ. Asad Rehman at the COP26 Coalition climate justice rally, 31 October 2021.

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