Climate activist Greta Thunberg, whom Time Magazine just named “Person of the Year,” spoke to delegates at the COP25 climate conference in Madrid.
Source: Greta Thunberg at COP25: ‘There Is no Sense of Urgency’
Tag: Greta Thunberg
Even as 500,000 March in Madrid, Greta Thunberg Warns Climate Movement Has ‘Achieved Nothing’ Until Emissions Fall
“We cannot afford more days going by without real action being taken.”
Greta…and old photograph
So, ‘Greta Thunberg’ is in a photo from 120 years ago, and it’s my new favourite conspiracy. Greta’s a time traveller, from the future, and she’s here to save us. pic.twitter.com/5ObTjPFXvk
— Jack – J.S. Strange (@JackSamStrange) November 18, 2019
The Asperger’s puzzle
Asperger’s syndrome is a sometimes baffling variant on the ‘autism spectrum’: almost invisible to the naked eye the reality is that most cases seem quite normal to others. 
We don’t need pernicious code words about autism to praise a remarkable 16-year-old girl.
Source: Greta Thunberg isn’t “superhuman” because she’s autistic—she’s just a remarkable 16-year-old girl.
Greta Thunberg Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize by Committee Run by Norway, One of the World’s Biggest Oil and Natural Gas Exporters
Despite being the favorite with bookmakers, the 2019 award went to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
Hands off Greta Thunberg!
Defenders of capitalism, joined by some on the left, are attacking the young woman who has become the symbol of a mass movement. Our place is by her side.
Source: Hands off Greta Thunberg!
Only Bernie’s Green New Deal Answers Greta’s Call for Action
To fulfill the promise of the climate strikes, we need a bold policy solution.
Source: Only Bernie’s Green New Deal Answers Greta’s Call for Action – In These Times
“Make America Greta Again”
Colonization of consciousness
These are not revolutionary activities or even a political movement. Capitalist colonisation has been internalised to such a saturating degree that demonstrations are, in the neoliberal era, designed to be toothless and non-threatening in regard to the structures of capitalist power. Conversely, a strike translates to stopping the flow of capital — otherwise it amounts to enabling business as usual.
Second wave of global climate protests
The protests were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.
