An iconic SF film set in the city of Angels, November 2019. The devil winds set a city on fire. A prophet @GretaThunberg from the melting Arctic rallies striking teenagers on the burning Pacific. What could be more #BladeRunner as the Future collides with the Present? 
Greta's made it from the Pacific coast to Portugal powered by the sun, wind & sea in just a month! Safe, and fashionably late.#COP25
Greta on Gramscian carbon war of position:"there is no victory coz the only thing we want to see is action & real action hasn't been happening. So of course we have achieved a lot but if you look at it from a certain point of view we have achieved nothing" commondreams.org/news/2019/12/0…
#ClimateStrike was the birth of Greta's unstoppable generation. Hearts & minds as powerfully shaped by #climatechange as my generation was by the unfolding catastrophes of 2003 Iraq & 2008 Crash. Empire, economy & ecology. Each about our place in the world.fridaysforfuture.org/greta-speeches
"In the 21st century, all politics are climate politics. The age of climate gradualism is over ... We stand on the brink of disaster— but also at the cusp of wondrous, transformative change." #GE2019 @alybatt @triofrancos
Ppl remember ‘Our house is on fire’,‘I want you to panic’ & ‘How dare you’. But the gulf between reality & words is a constant of Greta's political thought.
“The politics needed do not exist today despite all the fancy words you might hear from🌎leaders”
“The politics needed do not exist today despite all the fancy words you might hear from🌎leaders”
"Biggest danger is not in action; the real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting & creative PR"
Greta, short & penetrating:
Greta, short & penetrating:
"I hear many say '2019 was the year when the public woke up to the climate crisis'. This is a misconception
A small but rapidly growing number of people have started to wake up to the climate crisis. This has only just begun..." -Greta
2020s:⬇@mkblyth
A small but rapidly growing number of people have started to wake up to the climate crisis. This has only just begun..." -Greta
2020s:⬇@mkblyth
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Greta needs lessons in economics.
Also Bond vlliain couple Mnuchin & Louise Linton:
Also Bond vlliain couple Mnuchin & Louise Linton:
Greta to US Congress in Sept: "This is the moment in history when we need to be wide awake...You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up can never ever be an option." #GreenNewDeal independent.co.uk/voices/greta-t…
Greta unplugged! Radio doc on her tour of North America - from sailing to NY to Alberta Oil Sands to the 'adults of the room' in Washington DC.
Sardonic, self-aware, and as always, the sharpest political thinker on the planet. sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1…
Sardonic, self-aware, and as always, the sharpest political thinker on the planet. sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1…
