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More sound sense from the wonderful @GretaThunberg. There's more reason in this 16-year-old than in the combined weight of the world's governments.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
You can hear her whole, short speech here. Everything you need to know - and everything that politicians and the media will not say - in 9 calm minutes.
How come a 16-year-old gets all this, but the adults who claim to lead us do not?
Sorry, I mean here: welt.de/politik/video1…
While we're at it, please remember that this summer day we're having is in *February*. What's so weird about it is that it no longer feels weird: we have almost come to expect such heat - in winter.
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I am proud to be an anti-capitalist.
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In the UK today, there are still plenty of people, some of whom write for the newspapers, who believe British colonialism was largely benign. Here is a small part of the vast body of evidence they must ignore: theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Safe in their hands? I don't think so. This is the House of Commons debating our existential crisis - #ClimateBreakdown - for the first time in 2 years. Government benches almost empty. theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
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