Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws Page #6

that the damage that they're causing

is a billion times worse than what

those people inflicted on the fences.

I nearly got arrested that day.

I was walking through the woods

with my affinity group.

Suddenly, a police officer grabbed me

from behind. I shouted "De-arrest. "

And all my friends came to my rescue

and helped me.

If you get in a position where

a police officer is arresting you,

you don't have to accept

that's going to be your destiny.

I got away. We ran, very fast.

If more people, as a collective,

decided to de-arrest people,

then less people

would get arrested

and the police would find their job

much harder.

They didn't manage to shut down

the power station that day.

But, as Sally says,

the sight of people becoming outlaws

sends a powerful message.

London streets are buzzing

as the biggest climate change march

in UK history is about to start.

Our guys are attending,

but today dressed

in their finest capitalist suits.

Don't worry about climate change.

Just keep shopping.

And yeah, that's me.

And that's my mum.

She's not totally sure

what she's let herself in for.

- Cap?

- Cap and trade.

What that means is that...

Governments set a cap on the

amount of carbon that can be emitted.

And they give permits to large

polluters like power stations

to emit things.

- So they could then sell it?

- And make a lot of money.

And literally, it's money, is it?

It's a financial mechanism

to manage climate change.

- So we're saying ironically...

- Ironically.

- ... that actually that's a good idea?

- Yeah.

Power!

Power...

Power to the privileged,

because the privileged got the power.

Tell me, can you feel it?

I'm ready to tell those

well-meaning liberals what's what,

how to make some money

out of this crisis.

- How did you get involved?

- Well, you know...

I've always had an eye

for an opportunity.

This is the biggest one

I've ever seen.

So, if there's going to be

a "three tree in a year" market,

I'll get in there at the ground floor

and go to the top.

Yeah, baby!

That's a beautiful moustache

you've got.

- Oh, you're a girl! Sorry.

- Yeah, it's a fake moustache.

I thought you were a boy.

Greed is green, greed is green!

- Carbon Trader!

- Eco Crusader!

- One solution!

- Trade pollution!

Carbon trade!

Trust us with your futures.

We are bankers.

Give us your money.

We'll trade it for carbon.

Go back home, watch your TVs,

and we'll just make lots of money.

Let's hear it for carbon trading!

My sister said to me today,

"Are you excited about your holiday?"

She slightly misunderstood the purpose

of my trip to Denmark, but yeah.

Preparations are being made

to travel to Copenhagen,

where the United Nations are holding

a conference of world leaders,

to hammer out a deal

on tackling climate change.

Do you reckon they'll take this off us

if they find it?

- They might.

- Keep it hidden in the mini bus.

It's only the Danish border

that it will be a problem.

Everywhere else, it's legal,

it's bought in a chemist.

It's legal, it's just

they stopped selling it.

They've banned the sale of it.

- What is it?

- This is Maalox.

And it's used to treat

the effects of CS gas.

Mix it with water, pour it on your

eyes, and it stops the burning.

They've got no outside police,

apart from intelligence officers,

but loads of German police dogs.

Does that mean

they just come in on their own?

Just unleash the dogs.

The Danish government

have prepared

by granting the police new powers

to detain protesters at will.

It says:
"You will be taken to the

police station and placed in a cell. "

"The Danish police are arresting

not just for vandalism,

they can give you 40 days

if you inhibit police work. "

This is obstruction.

That's anything, basically, standard.

But 40 days for obstruction

is quite a long time.

Obstruction is a flexible term.

It could mean standing in front of them.

What do I need for Copenhagen?

Are you expecting to get arrested?

No, but it seems like

a strong possibility.

Why?

Well, I suppose,

on the 16th of December,

the plan is to go and get

into the conference ourselves

and hold our own conference

to let people who have been affected

by climate change have their say.

They won't be very happy

with us doing that.

I'd like not to get arrested,

but never say never.

We're off!

The Kyoto protocol was ending.

And there was going to be

a new UN conference

to discuss how the world would then

take up those climate issues.

And I decided

that I wanted to be there.

I felt it was important

to put your body in a place

just to say:

"I care about this,

I'm a citizen of this world. "

I took on organizing transport

and accommodation.

We're on the ferry.

It's very exciting.

The world's eyes are on the UN summit

because the scientific community

made it clear

that, if a deal on reducing

emissions isn't struck this year,

then next year may be too late.

"Danish police haven't much used

border patrols recently.

It's the Danish police

who decide who they want to reject.

Lists of activists

and activists with criminal records

are a possible way

of selecting who comes in.

We're going the right way.

It's cool.

No sooner do they cross the border

into Denmark

than they are stopped and searched.

- Can I have a look at your passports?

- You can indeed.

There's all the passports.

- How many are you?

- We are 17.

- 17?

- Yes.

- It's OK.

- Thank you.

Have a nice day.

That's it. You can see the end.

It isn't just our guys

heading for Copenhagen.

Activists from round the world

are coming

because they believe that corporate

interests supported by governments

have hijacked the process.

So it's highly unlikely that a fair or

effective agreement will be reached.

We've gone to our little building

where we're staying, which is nice.

It's warm, which is a plus.

We have to cross a riot.

Where are we going?

We're going to the candy factory,

to a bike bloc meeting,

but we're late.

Because we missed the bus.

The bike bloc will use bicycles

as a tool for civil disobedience

on the day of mass action.

We were on

an old, disused candy factory

that was a community art space

and a legalized squat.

And there we set up

this outdoor workshop,

an indoor one

for bike maintenance,

and another separate space

for bike welding.

Every evening, we had training.

We started making some of the DDTs,

the Double Double Trouble.

We'll cause some

double double trouble with them.

This is a double trouble,

not a double double trouble.

That worked.

And so this is...

The police are here.

We do games, training,

at three o'clock.

At three o'clock?

It's not a demo. We go to the park

and train in the park.

So...

Are you going to stay

and intimidate people or going away?

We just take a look.

Just to announce that the cops just

said they were coming to have a look

because they thought that

we were stealing bikes.

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