John Birch Society Members Protest ICLEI

Members and supporters of the John Birth Society gathered Saturday at Nashua City Hall to protest Nashua spending taxpayer dollars to support the United Nations' ICLEI program and support of Agenda 21.

ICLEI stands for International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.

According to the ICLEI.org website:

We promote local action for global sustainability and supports cities to become sustainable, resilient, resource-efficient, biodiverse, low-carbon; to build a smart infrastructure; and to develop an inclusive, green urban economy with the ultimate aim to achieve healthy and happy communities.

According to the John Birch Society website:

Agenda 21 is basically the UN’s plan to establish control over all human activity, including man’s reputed contribution to climate change. Agenda 21 seeks for the government to curtail your freedom to travel as you please, own a gas-powered car, live in suburbs or rural areas, and raise a family. Furthermore, it would eliminate your private property rights through eminent domain.

According to the United Nations website:

In 1992, more than 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first international Earth Summit convened to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development. The assembled leaders signed the Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, endorsed the Rio Declaration and the Forest Principles, and adopted Agenda 21, a 300-page plan for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.