Climate Strike: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History' Looks Like | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [] News & Views | 9/20/19 [] Feature... [] [In Pictures and Video: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History' Looks Like as Millions Strike Worldwide](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We're here to reclaim our right to live, our right to breathe, our right to exist." [] [] News... [] ['Because Business as Usual Is a Death Sentence': Youth Climate Strikers in Their Own Words](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [A boy holds a poster ](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As millions of people of all ages joined the first-ever global #ClimateStrike on Friday—answering a call from students of the school strike for climate movement—youth activists from around the world shared why they are compelled to take to the streets to demand more ambitions efforts to tackle the planetary crisis. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['No Wealth on a Dead Planet': The Most Memorable Signs From the Global Climate Strike](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN by Julia Conley, staff writer With millions marching to demand bold climate action in more than 150 countries around the world on Friday, a number of sentiments expressed on homemade signs and through other demonstrations captured the world's attention. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hit by Historic Flooding From Imelda, Houston Offers Stark Reminder of Why Millions Are Joining Climate Strike](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN by Julia Conley, staff writer Climate strike leaders on Friday called on participants to keep Houston, Texas and the surrounding area in mind on Friday after severe flooding brought on by Hurricane Imelda left at least two people dead and required authorities to rescue at least 1,000 residents. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders Vows, If Elected, to Pursue Criminal Charges Against Fossil Fuel CEOs for Knowingly 'Destroying the Planet'](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN by Jake Johnson, staff writer "They knew that it was real. Their own scientists told them that it was real. What do you do to people who lied in a very bold-faced way, lied to the American people, lied to the media?" --------------------------------------------------------------- ['How Could They Do This to Us?' Ask Afghan Farmers After Reporting Reveals Officials Knew Civilians Were in Area of Lethal US Drone Strike](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [A man walks by U.S. drone graffiti painted on a wall during a campaign against drones in Yemen on May 31, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "This is just one of the horrors of endless war." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders Hits Back at Rich Biden Donor: 'The Democratic Party I Represent Is the Party of the Working Class, Not Billionaires'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We are going to make the changes that we need in this country when the working people of America stand up to the corporate elite, not take their money." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [] [] Views... [] [It's Time to Strike for the Climate](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, center in orange shirt, participates in a youth climate strike outside the United Nations on Aug. 30 in New York City. Thunberg was also in town to address the U.N. Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23. (Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Sonali Kolhatkar Not only is the cost of inaction going to be astronomical, but so is the cost to the human race, in terms of livelihoods, homes, environments and lives. --------------------------------------------------------------- [To the Adults Who Are Striking Today for the Future, Thank You](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [Participants of a demonstration clap their hands and write the Icelandic "Hu". The demonstrators follow the call of the movement Fridays for Future and want to fight for more climate protection. They want to support the calls for strikes and protests all over the world. (Photo: Patrick Seeger/dpa/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Rachel Sarah Today is the day we must stand up for all generations. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rep. Barbara Lee Calls for Climate Education in All Schools](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) met with press on Thursday Sept. 19, 2019 to announce that she would be introducing a House Resolution in support of teaching climate change in schools. (Photo: ](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Bill Bigelow “We need to teach every young person the human impacts of climate change and how to combat the climate crisis before it is too late.” --------------------------------------------------------------- [Beyond Coping: How to Find the Strength to Take on Climate Change](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [Students protest in front of the Scottish Parliament on March 15, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was part of the global climate strike in March, when students around the world demanded that elected officials take action on climate change. (Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Stephanie Van Hook Our emotional energy can be a source of power. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Saddest Story of All: The Imperial Debris of War](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [In recent years, as the American-led coalition has closed down bases in advance of a prospective U.S. military withdrawal, more and more Afghans have died or been injured by military waste exploding in abandoned areas once used by international security forces as firing ranges. (Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Stephanie Savell Why ending the Afghan War won’t end the killing. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pelosi Plan Not Good Enough: Lower Drug Prices Now Through a Pharmaceutical Public Option](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., attend a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Democrats on a report which they say shows that prescription drug prices have risen under President Trump on May 10, 2018. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) by Dana Brown There has never been more momentum or more public outrage on drug pricing and issues of corporate excess in the pharmaceutical sector. The people deserve—and are demanding—much something much better. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AD1dsSV8tN) [] [] Newswire... 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