This is a guest post by Cam Fenton, Canadian tar sands organizer with 350.org.
Last week the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions released a report criticizing the fossil fuel divestment movement. While the report came a surprise, the arguments didn’t, especially given that they were based more on building a straw man to support the report’s conclusions than actually understanding the movement.
At best the report fails to accurately reflect the demands and the theory of change of fossil fuel divestment movement, and at worst it fails to understand the true role and power of organizing, action and social movements.