VIDEO THREAD: This morning, environmental activists with @ShutDown_DC, @IENearth, @ArmInArmClimate blocked several entrances to the White House to demand Biden back policies for a fossil-fuel-free future.
At east entrance, they chained themselves to fake oil tower and wind mill.
At east entrance, they chained themselves to fake oil tower and wind mill.
"We'll speak to you in your colonizer language if we have to," an activist said in an interview directed at Biden as activists blockaded White House south entrance.
"We're demanding that you put climate at the front of your agenda like you said in the first place."
"We're demanding that you put climate at the front of your agenda like you said in the first place."
At the White House south entrance, a vehicle tried to get in despite the enviro activist blockade.
Activists cheered as police made the car turn around.
Activists cheered as police made the car turn around.
At the White House's West Side, a handful of men in suits apparently with an appointment inside actually stepped over activists trying to blockade the entrance.
The group shouted "shame" at the men as they entered.
"You stepped on children! Water is life! Shame on you!"
The group shouted "shame" at the men as they entered.
"You stepped on children! Water is life! Shame on you!"
Back at the East Entrance of the White House, activists concluded by calling the Biden administration a "dumpster fire" who they say has been failing on every element of climate justice.
They poured water on cardboard cutouts of flames to "put the fire out" symbolically.
They poured water on cardboard cutouts of flames to "put the fire out" symbolically.
"Biden, do your job!" chanted the activists just west of White House.
"We're not gonna let his white supremacy ass get away with lying to us."
"We want returns on our fucking promises" he said, listing several environmental grievances Biden has departed from the left on.
"We're not gonna let his white supremacy ass get away with lying to us."
"We want returns on our fucking promises" he said, listing several environmental grievances Biden has departed from the left on.
Indigenous environmental activist Nathan Phillips closed out the event with a drum circle and short speech.
"We have one future left. We are the future of our ancestors," he said. "When this is accomplished, it's going to be a beautiful world for us all."
"We have one future left. We are the future of our ancestors," he said. "When this is accomplished, it's going to be a beautiful world for us all."
See my full @N2Sreports video summary of this morning's environmental #StopLine3 #BuildBackFossilFree #TimeToThrive #wecantwait direct action at the White House here.
As always, all footage is available to license.
As always, all footage is available to license.
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