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The Gentrification of Greenpeace
Nov-23-08 11:58 am
 The New York Times reports an interesting change in the tactics of Greenpeace. Mark McDonald writes that even as the Sam Shepard Conservation Society is getting ready to send the Steve Irwin to "track" Japanese whalers,"[f]or the first time in four years, Greenpeace is not sending a ship to help harass the whalers." McDonald explains: Not surprisingly, the Times notes, Very interesting. I hope that Greenpeace is more effective with this new approach. But the change also says something about the cultural identity of Greenpeace. Is the organization becoming more "conservative" in its approach? Perhaps this would not be unusual development. An organization may begin with a relatively radical agenda and radical tactics, but if it lasts well beyond its initial creation, it may find that it becomes a part of the "established order." As that happens, it may find that established methods of diplomatic and legal interaction are more effective. If I were a game theorist, I might say that the organiztion realizes that its interactions with its intended "target" are part of an iterative game, and that you tend to succeed in an iternative game when you play (for the most part) by established rules. Tags9/11 Commission aggression Alien Tort Statute censorship CIA civil liberties civil rights civil war climate change compensation Congress contractors crimes against humanity customary international law cyber security democracy detainee detainees detainess development diplomatic immunity electronic surveillance enemy combatant enemy combatants enviromental law environmental law expropriation extradition foreign law game theory genocide global economy habeas corpus human right human rights humanitarian assistance intelligence International Court of Justice international courts International Criminal Court international criminal law international environmental law international finance international health international law international legal theory international trade just war doctrine law of the sea law of war laws of war military commission military commissions military law multilateral negotiations nationalization natural law North Korea nuclear nonproliferation nuclear proliferation nuclear weapons Outer Space peacekeeping piracy poverty preemption prisoner of war prisoners of war rendition rule of law self-executing separation of powers sovereign wealth fund sovereignty Supreme Court SWF terrorism torture treaties United Nations universal jurisdiction use of force war crimes |
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