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Climate justice advocates break through at COP 21: We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!

Civil society finally broke through with a loud voice yesterday at the COP 21 global climate summit. For a week-and-a-half, activists and independent energy and environmental groups had been relegated to the sidelines–literally. The only place where anyone could hold anything resembling a protest is on the side of a walkway between exhibit halls, and by application only, for no more than a half-hour. Size of gatherings limited to 35 people. Violate those terms and organizations risked being banned from the COP, and possible future conferences, as well.

Frustrations have been mounting over the insufficient, non-binding terms of the agreement and the inability to break through to the negotiators by applying pressure for more, for a real deal. Activists are here with such a sense of urgency and the knowledge that anything less than a…