It Was Never About Climate. Or Immigration
It Was Always About Power
A revealing shift is taking place inside parts of the American activist landscape.
A radical Marxist youth-led organization once presented as focused on climate policy, the Sunrise Movement now openly states that its priority is no longer environmental reform—but targeting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and opposing what it calls the “Trump regime.”
That shift matters.
Because it confirms what many suspected: for these activist groups, the stated cause is not the ultimate goal—it is the vehicle. When the political moment changes, so does the target.
The tactics are also telling. Activists describe organizing disruptive “noise protests” outside hotels hosting ICE personnel, aiming to pressure private companies into cutting ties with federal agencies. By their own account, these actions are already influencing business decisions and causing significant financial impact.
And they are not stopping there.
Training sessions are underway for what is described as a future “general strike.” That is not environmental advocacy. That is organized political pressure at scale.
This evolution reveals a broader pattern: movements that begin with a single issue rapidly expanding into instruments of wider ideological confrontation.
Understanding that transformation is essential. Because it is not about climate policy, immigration enforcement, or even the stated cause of the moment.
It is all about power.
And once you see that clearly, everything else starts to make sense.
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The army of the walking stupid is a danger to the rest of us. Their misguided ignorance serves as an ally to the globalists who want us to destroy each other or just remain in conflict with each other while they continue to herd us into modern day reservations.
I’ve got some recommended reading for the members of the Sunrise Movement:
* Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World by Jeff Fynn-Paul
* Communism: A History by Richard Pipes
* The 1619 Project Myth by Phillip W. Magness
* Red, Black and White: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers by Bob Woodson, Sr.
* The Case for Colonialism by Bruce Gilley
* 48 Liberal Lies About American History (That You Probably Learned in School) by Larry Schweikart
* Christopher Columbus The Hero: Defending Columbus from Modern Day Revisionism by Rafael Ortiz
* Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story by Wilfred M. McClay
* The War on the West by Douglas Murray
* The Madness of the Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
* Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
* South Africa’s War Against Capitalism by Walter Williams
* The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America by Shelby Steele
* Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America by Thomas West
* In Defense of Andrew Jackson by Bradley J. Birzer