Berlin! Early reports speak of well over 80’000 people… https://t.co/a4YU3JZjlC
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 20, 2019
OMG the #ClimateStrike is SO big in Melbourne. Crowd estimates coming in at 100k! pic.twitter.com/UpnQHVoB2r
— School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) September 20, 2019
A view through the crowds… #ClimateStrike protestors gathered at Merrion Square, Dublin #FridaysForFuture pic.twitter.com/vKIfJGra4B
— Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) September 20, 2019
GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE: Hundreds of thousands of people from Kenya to Ireland participate in a climate strike to call for action on climate change ahead of next week’s UN Climate Summit. https://t.co/5h4qDVGMJZ pic.twitter.com/XYb3FxcxGp
— ABC News (@ABC) September 20, 2019
The only word for this is amazing.
Courtesy of NYT:
They are in open revolt.
Anxious about their future on a hotter planet, angry at world leaders for failing to arrest the crisis, thousands of young people began pouring into the streets on Friday for a day of global climate protest.
In New York the main demonstration was scheduled for midday, but participants began assembling early and it appeared that turnout would be large. Many brought handmade signs. “Think or Swim,” one read.
“I’m feeling very hopeful,” said Azalea Danes, 20, a senior at the Bronx High School of Science who was waiting at Foley Square for protests to begin. “This is our first inter generational strike.”
Sixteen year old Greta Thunberg gets a lot of criticism from assholes, but what she has accomplished today is mind-boggling.
I certainly hope that politicians around the world are paying attention because these young people are either newly eligible to vote now or soon will be and they have no intention of supporting candidates who deny this very serious problem.
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/09/20/save-our-planet-young-activists-lead-global-protests-over-climate-change.html
“She’s like the icon of our generation,” New York protester Fiamma Cochrane, 17, said of Thunberg.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/xiuhtezcatl-martinez-on-the-global-climate-strike/
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, one of the young organizers of the strike, has been protesting since he was six years old, and coming from indigenous Mexican descent, believes protecting the Earth is his spiritual duty.
Not only 100,000 in Melbourne, Australia – 80,000 in Sydney, Australia also too
4 Million and counting…
Go Global Greta!
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/millions-march-for-action-on-climate-change-around-the-world/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-intelligence-analyst-says-white-house-tried-to-delete-basic-science-from-climate-change-report-2019-09-20/
“There was a request to delete five pages of basic science,” he said. “Their argument was that you should not focus on the science of climate change.”
He was specifically told to delete warnings about climate-linked stress to humans, including drought, flooding, disease, food shortages, mass displacement and migration. A Trump administration official called the analysis “junk science.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/youth-marches-for-climate-action-draw-millions-around-the-world
William Brangham spoke to several participants about their mission to reduce fossil fuel emissions and how they plan to execute it.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-orders-trump-to-give-deposition-in-protesters-lawsuit
Six protesters of Mexican origin who claimed they were assaulted sued Trump, the Trump Organization, his presidential campaign and security personnel.
https://www.dw.com/en/fridays-for-future-global-climate-strike-live-updates/a-50505537