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  • NOW JANE, I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS

  • YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN D.C.

  • MANY OF US WANT TO KNOW.

  • EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS?

  • >> WELL, WE'RE FACING A REAL CLIMATE CRISIS.

  • I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE

  • ARE IN MAJOR TROUBLE, TAWN SCIENTISTS AGREE, IT'S

  • UNANIMOUS.

  • THERE ARE NOT TWO SIDES TO THIS STORY.

  • AND WE HAVE ACCORDING TO THE SCIENTISTS, TEN YEARS TO STOP

  • ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL, TO PHASE OUT WITH THE JUST TRANSITION

  • EXISTING FOSSIL FUEL.

  • PREFERABLY PASS THE GREEN NEW DEAL, ALL KINDS OF ISSUES HERE

  • SPECIFIC TO CALIFORNIA.

  • LIKE THERE ARE ALL THESE PUMPS THAT ARE RIGHT IN COMMUNITIES

  • WITHIN 500 FEET OF HOMES AND SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND YOU

  • KNOW DOCTORS SAY THEY HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 2500 FEET AWAY.

  • THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS.

  • BUT WE ARE IN MAJOR -- SO I DECIDED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

  • THAT I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING TO USE MY CELEBRITY TO DO SOMETHING

  • TO CALL ATTENTION.

  • WAKE PEOPLE UP AND GET THEM TO BE WILLING TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON

  • THE LINE!

  • (APPLAUSE) >> SO I MOVED TO D.C. FOR FOUR

  • MONTHS A EVERY FRIDAY WE HAD THIS ACTION THAT WE ENGAGED IN

  • CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND RISK GETTING ARRESTED.

  • AND IT'S 10,000 PEOPLE NOW.

  • IT'S GONE UP JUST THOUSANDS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

  • 10,000 PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT WHERE THEY LIVE.

  • WE ARE TAKING IT GREENPEACE AND I ARE WORKING TO TAKE IT

  • NATIONAL AND 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP SAYING THEY WANT TO DO

  • IT IN THEIR CITY.

  • AND WE'RE STARTING HERE IN LOS ANGELES, SEPTEMBER -- FEBRUARY

  • 7th.

  • FEBRUARY 7th AT 11:00 AT CITY HALL.

  • >> James: NOW YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED, YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED

  • FIVE TIMES.

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: HERE YOU ARE HERE, THIS IS YOU BEING TAKEN AWAY IN

  • HANDCUFFS.

  • NOW REALLY!

  • THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'RE TAKEN AWAY, BY THE POLICE, IS IT

  • SCARY?

  • IS IT A SCARY THING TO GO THROUGH?

  • >> I'M -- FOR ME, IT WAS -- AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY FRIENDS

  • THOUGHT THE SAME WAY I DID.

  • THERE'S SOMETNG -- IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND A SITUATION WHERE

  • YOU CAN ALIGN YOUR WHOLE SELF, YOUR BODY WITH YOUR DEEPEST

  • VALUES.

  • IT'S LIKE STEPPING INTO WHOLENESS AND IT'S VERY, VERY

  • EMPOWERING.

  • BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.

  • YOU KNOW THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

  • IT HAS TO BECOME THE NEW NORMAL.

  • WE ALL HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DO THIS.

  • (APPLAUSE) >> James: BUT JANE, HOW ARE

  • THE -- HOW ARE THE POLICE WITH YOU?

  • >> OH I'M WHITE, YOU KNOW!

  • RIGHT?

  • >> AND FAMOUS, VERY FAMOUS.

  • >> WHEN YOU'RE WHITE AND FAMOUS, THEY DON'T TREAT YOU THE SAME AS

  • YOU'RE A PERSON OF COLOR.

  • I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE AND WHAT THAT MEANT.

  • (APPLAUSE) >> BUT YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT WHAT

  • MARTIN LUTHER KING DID WITH CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, WHAT GANDHI

  • DID WITH CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

  • IT CAN BE VERY EMPOWERING, AS EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY WE HAVE

  • TO GET MILLIONS OF PEOPLE READY TO PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE,

  • SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT'S THE

  • FUTURE.

  • CHILDREN ARE JUST TRAUMATIZED AT THE IDEA THAT THEY MIGHT NOT

  • HAVE A FUTURE!

  • >> James: NOW ILY YOU WERE ARRESTED AT A RALLY.

  • IT MUST HAVE BEEN NICE BEING ARRESTED WITH JANE KNOWING SHE'D

  • GONE THROUGH IT AND KNOWS WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS AND ALL THAT, IS

  • THAT RIGHT?

  • >> SHE WOULDN'T SHARE ANYTHING WITH ME.

  • SHE SAID BE AT ONE WITH YOUR PERSON AND YOUR VALUES AND JUST

  • DO IT.

  • SO I DID AND IT FELT VERY, VERY GOOD.

  • (APPLAUSE) >> James: STICK AROUND.

  • WE'LL BE WITH THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK!

NOW JANE, I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS

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