While Trump breaks rules to get a pointless wall and Mrs May procrastinates endlessly on Brexit, Greta Thunberg, a Swedish 16 year old has started a mass movement of young people going on strike from School. Is it possible for adults to follow in her footsteps? Historically strikes have always been about improving working conditions (pay, hours, holidays, firings, security, jobs) isn't the state of the planet the ultimate "work benefit" ? If there was a call for a general strike in favour improved climate conditions I would be prepared to participate in an organised labour movement for the first time in my life. Maybe environmental issues are not to meant to be political as they cross all party lines. If saving the plant is to become the central issue of our lives that it should be we need to follow Greta in developing other forms of mass demonstrations.
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