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18 September 2019

See you in the streets: the climate strike and extinction rebellion

Accepting an award from Amnesty International on Monday, Greta Thunberg rightly said, “Activism works — so act“. And as we turn to the streets, the Government’s desperate attempt to criminalise social protest and label activists as ‘terrorists’ shows that our protest is indeed working — as long as we all keep showing up.