Jane Fonda argues that engaging in civil disobedience and climate activism is an essential action for ensuring a livable future.

“we are this generation the 2020s this is the last generation that can determine whether there's a livable future I mean it's it's an awesome responsibility and we have to step up to it”

The flotilla mission was a lawful, non-performative humanitarian effort to challenge the blockade on Gaza.

“So, first of all, thank you for having me, Pierce. I hope uh we will have a peaceful conversation because I've been up almost all night following what was happening to the flotilla and responding to journalists uh interested in knowing what was happening. I would like to reframe the old discussion i”

The flotilla was a legitimate form of protest meant to draw attention to the injustice of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

“There is something attention seeking about protests by definition because you're trying to draw attention to an injustice. And in the case of Greta, she is drawing attention to the fact that Gaza is under siege, that Israel is blocking food from going in”

Stunts like pouring dye into canals or blocking roads are counterproductive because they turn the public against the cause rather than convincing them.

“What we don't realize is that actually turns everybody off because if you just see someone throwing soup over a Van Go painting, uh, turning the canals of Venice green, gluing themselves to the M25 in London and stopping people from being able to get to work. Like, it gets attention, but you're not ”

Greta Thunberg's boat trip was a performative, narcissistic, and attention-seeking stunt that failed to provide humanitarian aid.

“I think this was an a a very distracting piece of narcissistic attention seeking by somebody with a track record for doing this who then compared herself by using the words like kidnapped um to the people who've actually been kidnapped in this war which I thought was extremely distasteful.”

Greta Thunberg's flotilla was a fake production designed for personal attention rather than providing meaningful humanitarian aid.

“I actually happen to agree with you very much when it comes to Greta. It was very clear that this selfie yacht was a production for Greta, by Greta, and for Greta. It did very, very little, if anything, to even raise awareness for the situation.”