workingclasshistory:On this day, 19 March 2019, up to 1.4 million young people around the world took
workingclasshistory:On this day, 19 March 2019, up to 1.4 million young people around the world took part in school strikes demanding government action to halt climate change. Children walked out of class and took to the streets in over 2000 towns and cities in 128 countries, after being inspired by the Swedish autistic 15 year old, Greta Thunberg, who went on strike from school by herself the previous August. For two weeks, instead of attending lessons, Thunberg stood outside the Swedish parliament building protesting and handing out leaflets which declared: “I am doing this because you adults are shitting on my future.” Further international student walkouts subsequently took place.Pictured: school climate strikers in Cape Town, South Africa https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1378781005640379/?type=3 -- source link