Earth Strike is an international grassroots movement calling for a global general strike for climate action. Their aim was a global general strike on 27 September 2019. The Earth Strikes were part of the worldwide September 2019 climate strikes, which gathered millions of protesters.
 Earth Strike logo (match with leaf) | |
| Formation | 10 November 2018 |
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| Purpose | Form a general strike to protest political inaction on climate change |
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| Fields | Labor movement Environmental movement |
The movement has had public support from organizations including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future, as well as public figures including Noam Chomsky.[1]
History
editFoundation
editEarth Strike was founded on 10 November 2018 after a user on the subreddit r/Chomsky called for a "General Strike to Save The Planet".[citation needed] The post quickly gathered attention within Reddit, and the r/EarthStrike subreddit was formed to organise a general strike.[citation needed] The initial protests were held on 15 January 2019, with 27 September being announced as the date for the "Earth Strike".[2] General strikes in Iceland in 1975 and India in 2019 were cited as inspirations.[3]
Days of action
edit- 19 July 2019 - Youth Strike for Climate
- August 2019 - Climate protest
- September 2019 climate strikes
September 2019 global climate strikes
editThe September 2019 global climate strikes took place on 20 and 27 September 2019. An estimated 6 million people participated in strikes worldwide.[4] The protests were organised by a broad coalitions of movements and organisations internationally, including Earth Strike, Fridays For Future, 350.org, and various trade unions.[5] The protests included school strikes, labour strikes, and street protests and rallies.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Our Partners and Supporters". Earth Strike. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "Extinction Rebellion leads march outside Westminster during PM Brexit vote". MSN.
- ^ "Greta Thunberg is right – only a general strike will force action on climate change".
- ^ Taylor, Matthew; Watts, Jonathan; Bartlett, John (2019-09-27). "Climate crisis: 6 million people join latest wave of global protests". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "TUC Congress Motions [2019] Motion 07 Climate Crisis".
