2019 Fall Rebellion Day 1 Chicago

Extinction Rebellion U.S. Midwest Oct 7, 2019

Chicago: Declare a Climate Emergency, Now.

Folks from Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

The time is over for words. We have almost lost all faith in the leaders and almost lost all faith in words. In Canada for example, a climate emergency was declared and the next day the Trans-Mountain Pipeline was approved by the Prime Minister. In the UK, the leaders lie about the progress they’ve made and set a target so far in the future that it will be too late. However, on the road to recovery, the first step is admitting that there is a problem. That is the first step that is taught in every AA meeting, a meeting for those who are addicted. If the leaders cannot admit that there is a problem, pointed out by all the world’s most rigorous scientists, then there can be no hope for true recovery. 2050 is going to be too late. The tipping points will have already been past and it will be too late to save the planet. The ask if for Lori Lightfoot, mayor of the city of Chicago, the center of our dreams and ambitions, to declare a climate emergency. The children marched today and died at city hall, but nobody employed at city hall watched.

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