Jerome Marot
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There were demonstrations about climate change all over Germany yesterday. The square "Königsplatz" was filled with 40000 people.
There is no climate emergency.
Why Friday?
This is encouraging. How strong is it and is it limited to liberal-“socialist leaning” parties or political thought?
What do we know so far and how does it connect to anti-war and anti-globalist movements?
Jerome, are there any practical ways of using this indignation as an engine for sustained change?
It was started as a series of school strikes on Fridays.
That is a trick question when supporting any kind of movement against climate change automatically makes one a "leftist" in the eyes of the right.
At present, there are discussions in Germany about a "climate packet". Part of the movement is about increasing the size of this "packet", for example by stopping coal power plants as in this poster:
It is a play on the words "Kohl" (Cabbage) and "Kohle" (Coal)...
Presumably “Greta of Sweden” inspired?
I am familiar with diverse movements for social and political change “supporting” progressive agendas to mutually swell presence and increase their social footprint.
You commented, “I am not sure I understand that question.”
Well, assemblies that match in solidarity with one advertised theme, can easily include those with ant-war and anti-nuclear, anti-GMO agendas. In the extreme, decades ago it might attract Baader-Meinhoff” or other extreme groups.
Jerome,Obviously. Not that I am in favour of making a 16 years old a political figure, but that is just me.
I still do not understand what you mean. When you cite "Baader-Meinhoff", you cite an extremist group, responsible of several deaths. Political movements, left and right, attract sometimes the most unstable personalities, that is just a sad fact of human existence. If you hope the climate strike nebula will not attract unstable individuals, I think your hopes are misplaced. But what is there we can do?
It is a nice planet with a quite wonderful ecosystem. Neither you and I are likely to experience its demise in our lifetimes. Does it means we should ignore a problem that becomes more obvious every year? I don't think so.