Politics - Student Climate Change Protest

Politics - Student Climate Change Protest

Listen.

That millions of children around the world have taken it upon themselves to leave school for a day and protest the complete failing of adults to defend the environment, should be a source of everlasting societal, social, intellectual, and personal shame.

Period.

Young people attend a Climate Strike rally, as Afghan security forces guard them in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 20, 2019.

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Young children dressed in traditional dress representing the Pacific Island get ready to march in Melbourne, Australia on September 20, 2019.

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School students and protesters gather in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 20, 2019.

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Protesters march in Brussels on September 20, 2019.

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Demonstrators play dead during the global climate strike in Santiago, Chile.

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A demonstrator wearing a face mask holds up banners in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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Protesters hold signs and chant slogans during the Hong Kong Climate Strike rally in Hong Kong, China on September 20, 2019.

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