Greenwash Guerrillas Pie Thomas Friedman on Earth Day

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Thomas Friedman, the author and NY Times columnist, was invited to Brown University to give a keynote speech on Earth Day, before a packed auditorium. His talk, titled "Green is the new Red White and Blue" was about how corporate environmentalism (based on putting a price on the atmosphere, and investing in biofuels and techno-fixes) can restore America to its "natural place in the global order." Luckily, this outrageous neoliberal capitalist propaganda was interrupted with a suprise visit from the Greenwash Guerrillas. Leaflets were thrown to the crowd, stating:

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Thomas Friedman deserves a pie in the face...

* because of his sickeningly cheery applaud for free market capitalism's conquest of the planet

* for telling the world that the free market and techno fixes can save us from climate change. From carbon trading to biofuels, these distractions are dangerous in and of themselves, while encouraging inaction with respect to the true problems at hand.

* for helping turn environmentalism into a fake plastic consumer product for the privileged

* For his long-standing support for the US Occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Such committed support to the US War Machine and its proxy states overseas cannot be masked behind any twisted mask of "green" - the US Military is the largest single emitter of greenhouse gases in the world.

* for his pure arrogance.
On behalf of the earth and all true environmentalists -- we, the Greenwash Guerrillas, declare Thomas Friedman's "Green" as fake and toxic to human and planetary health as the cool-whip covering his face.

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: April 23, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Author: greenwashguerrillas

Length: 00:01:39
Rating: 3.91
Views: 89432

Tags: Greenwash Guerrillas pie thomas friedman earth day prank

Video Comments:
tonylee1973 (September 6, 2008 at 11:42 pm)
tom friedman is a zionist traitor
TroyaE117 (September 2, 2008 at 3:21 am)
Once you suppress counter arguments with this "direct action", your cause is finished.
riceleo (August 29, 2008 at 4:34 am)
wow, you are children
humanityfirstnow (August 15, 2008 at 10:20 am)
i hate Friedman he is one of those who should be serving a life sentence instead of striding up to podiums to spout his bile
juliemohamed (August 11, 2008 at 11:34 pm)
Well, the only exit is on the right side (our view). Otherwise, they would have had to go around him to get to the exit.
magicfairypenis (August 10, 2008 at 1:26 am)
Glorious! That capitalist pig deserves it.
meganmondegreen (August 9, 2008 at 9:31 am)
Regardless of what the man thought or said, it was extremely disrespectful to do what those students did. It gives a bad name to everyone else, which, as a Brown student, I take seriously. Tolerance is more important than who is "right"--so is respect. There are other ways to send a message than public humiliation.
3yahweh3 (August 2, 2008 at 2:49 am)
The impotence of knowledge: We see one of the leading ideological architects of aggression against Iraq - a columnist at one of the world's most respected dailies and an author of several books - saunter to the podium after a receiving his introduction. So far, everything according to plan. Then suddenly, "Look out, Tom! On your left!" - he's covered in green creme. The crowd applauds. A dean chases after the fleeing villains. And the cerebral cedes to the corporeal once again.
36496481100 (July 26, 2008 at 7:59 am)
I love it. how humiliating. I admit I'm leaques less educated than Friedman, but I still think he's a dumbass, or selfish or both;) Once again, love, love it;)
reelanrock (July 25, 2008 at 11:55 pm)
Hit this pompous fool again! And again. "Intellectual" my sphincter. He's a filthy shill for war and torture. Hit him again!