United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people: “free, prior and informed consent”
United Nations, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (New York: United Nations, March 2008), http://www.un.org/?esa/?socdev/?unpfii/?documents/?DRIPS_en.pdf.
In It Together
Bianca Mugyenyi: “The refugee flows we’re seeing now are just a glimpse…”
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, “2016: Time to Take the Leap,” New Internationalist, February 5, 2016, https://newint.org/?features/?web-exclusive/?2016/?02/?05/?take-the-leap-manifesto/.
Energy Reparations
Roughly half of Germany’s renewable energy facilities are community controlled
Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2014), 131.
Denmark in 2000: 85 percent of wind turbines owned by small players
International Renewable Energy Agency, “Denmark: 30 Years of Policies for Wind Energy” IRENA.org, accessed April 19, 2017, https://www.irena.org/?DocumentDownloads/?Publications/?GWEC_Denmark.pdf.
Denmark exports surplus to Germany and Sweden in summer
Arthur Nelsen, “Wind Power Generates 140% of Denmark’s Electricity Demand,” Guardian, July 10, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/?environment/?2015/?jul/?10/?denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand.
Yes, We Can Afford to Save Ourselves
$775 billion globally: fossil fuel subsidies
“No Time to Waste: The Urgent Need for Transparency in Fossil Fuel Subsidies,” Oil Change International, May 15, 2012, http://priceofoil.org/?content/?uploads/?2012/?05/?1TFSFIN.pdf.
$650 billion globally: from financial transaction tax
European Parliament Resolution, “Innovative Financing at a Global and European Level,” March 8, 2011, http://publications.europa.eu/?en/?publication-detail/?-/?publication/?b53f9efd-c767-11e1-b84a-01aa75ed71a1/?language-en.
$45 billion globally: one percent billionaire’s tax
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Economic and Social Survey 2012: In Search of New Development Finance (New York: United Nations, 2012), 44.
$450 billion annually: from $50 tax per metric ton of CO2 in developed countries
“Mobilizing Climate Science: A Paper Prepared at the Request of G20 Finance Ministers,” World Bank Group, October 6, 2011, p.15, https://www.imf.org/?external/?np/?g20/?pdf/?110411c.pdf.
$325 billion: from cutting top ten military spenders globally by 25 percent
Calculations based on numbers from:
Sam Perlo-Freeman, Elisabeth Sk?ns, Carina Solmirano, and Helén Wilandh, “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2012,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute fact sheet, April 2013, http://books.sipri.org/?files/?FS/?SIPRIFS1304.pdf.
Yes to the Yes
Yann Martel: “be shouted in every square by every town crier this country has”
Yann Martel, personal correspondence with author.
Exploding the Box
“Madness”
“Leap Manifesto Gets Poor Marks for Timing and Content, Otherwise Fine,” Editorial, Globe and Mail (Toronto), September 15, 2015, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/?opinion/?editorials/?leap-manifesto-gets-poor-marks-for-timing-and-content-otherwise-fine/?article26373885/.
“National suicide”
Conrad Black, “Conrad Black: Few Will Support Naomi Klein’s Revolution, Thankfully Sparing Us from National Suicide,” National Post (Toronto), September 19, 2015, http://news.nationalpost.com/?full-comment/?conrad-black-few-will-support-naomi-kleins-revolution-thankfully-sparing-us-from-national-suicide.
National poll on Leap: majority of Liberals, NDPs, Greens; 20 percent of Conservatives
EKOS Politics, “Wise Crowds and the Future,” EKOSPolitics.com, April 26, 2016, http://www.ekospolitics.com/?index.php/?2016/?04/?wise-crowds-and-the-future/.
Utopia—Back by Popular Demand
Alicia Garza: “whether it be Occupy Wall Street…”
“Inauguration 2017 Special Coverage w/ Angela Davis, Naomi Klein, Ralph Nader & More,” transcript of live video coverage, Democracy Now!, January 20, 2017, https://www.democracynow.org/?live/?inauguration_2017_live_coverage.
Vision for Black Lives: “We reject false solutions…”
The Movement for Black Lives, “Platform,” The Movement for Black Lives website, accessed April 19, 2017, https://policy.m4bl.org/?platform/.
Atlantic: “rivals even political-party platforms in thoroughness”
Vann R. Newkirk II, “The Permanence of Black Lives Matter,” Atlantic, August 3, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/?politics/?archive/?2016/?08/?movement-black-lives-platform/?494309/.
Coalition: “In the context of Trump’s presidency…”
“Beyond the Moment Launch’s April 4th in More than 50 Cities Nationwide!” Beyond the Moment.org, April 4, 2017, https://www.beyondthemoment.org/?2017/?04/?beyond-moment-launchs-april-4th-50-cities-nationwide/.
Reverend William Barber: “You have to build a movement, not a moment…”
Rev. J. Mark Worth, “The Case for Hope” (sermon, Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Harvard, MA, March 19, 2017), https://uuharvard.org/?services/?the-case-for-hope/.
Conclusion—The Caring Majority within Reach
Jean-Claude Servais: “The hour calls for optimism…”
Author’s translation. Original text (French): Ficedl.info (international website on anarchist posters), http://placard.ficedl.info/?article4573.html?lang=fr.
The Choice
Michelle Obama: “When they go low, we go high”
National Public Radio, “READ: Michelle Obama’s Speech at 2016 Democratic National Convention,” NPR.org, July 26, 2016, http://www.npr.org/?2016/?07/?26/?487431756/?michelle-obamas-prepared-remarks-for-democratic-national-convention.
Reverse Shock
Rev. William Barber: “to be the moral defibrillators…”
Rev. J. Mark Worth, “The Case for Hope” (sermon, Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Harvard, MA, March 19, 2017), https://uuharvard.org/?services/?the-case-for-hope/.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS