The activist Greta Thunberg celebrated the global climate demonstrations as a “wave of change” tens of thousands ago in New York. “We are not just a few young people who skip school or a few adults who have not gone to work – we are a wave of change. Together we are unstoppable,” said the 16-year-old on Friday afternoon (local time ).
“If you belong to the small group of people who feel threatened by us, then I have very bad news for you, because this is just the beginning. There will be changes, whether you like it or not,” said Thunberg in front of the audience in Battery Park on the southern tip of Manhattan.
According to the organizers, around 250,000 people had come to the demonstration in New York, the city’s mayor’s office said around 60,000. That’s not a little for New York, but the metropolis has also seen significantly larger protest marches. The demonstrators had met outside City Hall at noon and then moved to Battery Park. The New York school administration announced a few days ago that all absences on that day were excused.
There were also demonstrations in other cities in the United States such as Washington, Boston and Portland. Previously, hundreds of thousands had taken to the streets in various cities around the world. The youth movement “FridaysForFuture” called for this. Thunberg spoke of a “historic day”. “This is the biggest climate strike in history and we should all be so proud of ourselves because we did it together.”
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