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Namibia and Germany colonialism  - #BonnClimateConference Activist action advisory THREAD:

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Fridays For Future Windhoek (FFFWHK) in collaboration with Fridays For Future Bonn (FFFBONN) will be a staging a peaceful Protest on Wednesday 14/06/2023 at 18h30 at the Poppelsdorf… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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A live performance where the audience can participate will take place with the aim of working on collective trauma healing for both Namibians and German People. 

Climate Justice is about social Justice. It is a painful chapter for the decadents of the Ovaherero and Nama… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Speakers:

Jakapita Kandanga has been with FFFWHK since 2018 and is a direct descendant of a Genocide survivor or related to others who did not make it. Her grandmother told her stories that we might have read as outsiders.

Ina-Maria Shikongo was born in a refugee camp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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FFFWHK and FFFBONN invite you to join us. 

For many peoples think colonialism is over but for most African states, it is still happening. Many Africans and European have lost crucial values of their identities like certain crafts that were passed on from generation to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Full text - English Translation of the FIFA Qatar World Cup Carbon Offsets investigative report. >> drive.google.com/file/d/1EvQ4U6…
Full text - English Translation of the Swiss Tribunal finding about @fifa’s Qatar World Cup Carbon Offsets - it found the offsets were not credible. >> drive.google.com/file/d/1EvQ4U6
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The « Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty » - launched in Sweden at a « Stockholm+50 » @UNEP 50th Anniversary event last June is having a side event today at #BonnClimateConference ImageImage
Audience interaction starts the session

2 questions:

1/ Stand up if you see enough progress in fossil fuel phaseout in your country (1 person)

2/ Stand up if you think there is insufficient action in your country. (Most of the Room) Image
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Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of joining a group of young climate Activists here for the intersessionals meeting (#MidCop) who were preparing banners for use in the March which will begin in the HofGarten outside the university in the heart of Bonn. ImageImageImageImage
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