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“I want to be arrested”, extreme climate crisis movement Greta agrees

2019-10-07T00:17:31.068Z


Citizen Movement Extension Rebellion (abbreviation: XR) from London, which seeks governments to respond to the climate crisis, will be held simultaneously in 60 cities around the world from the 7th. April XR Demonstration in central London ...


Citizen Movement Extension Rebellion (abbreviation: XR) from London, which seeks governments to respond to the climate crisis, will be held simultaneously in 60 cities around the world from the 7th. More than 1,000 people were arrested during the XR demonstration in April, such as blocking roads in central London. The Swedish environmental activist Greta Tunberg (16) and other celebrities agree with it, and while it has spread rapidly around the world in the first year, there are criticisms of radical behavior.

XR participants are asking governments to respond by: (1) telling the citizens the truth about the climate and proclaiming an emergency (2) making greenhouse gas emissions virtually zero by 2025 (3) warming and living To establish a “civil council” that investigates diversity and decides what to do. After the XR demonstration in April, the British government announced that it would make greenhouse gas emissions virtually zero by 1950, but XR participants replied that it was “too late”.

What kind of people are at the core? When I visited the office in East London, a baby in a diaper wore a chaos while young and old men and women were hitting and talking with computers.

One of the main members, Jessica Townsend (56) is a writer. XR is in charge of hosting audio programs on the Internet that share activity information. In the demonstration starting on the 7th, he is eager to be absolutely arrested!

XR protests are characterized by demos ...

Source: asahi

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