In case you blinked and missed it, today was the #ThisIsZeroHour march on Washington, D.C., in protest of climate change. This one was for the kids and by the kids (with a lot of adult backing), and as Twitchy reported last week, the #ZeroHour kids’ definition of climate change is quite expansive.
Check their list of “revolutionary guiding principles” on their website, which includes these highlights:
- On the frontlines of climate change is the Global South, People Of Color, Indigenous Peoples, Youth, People with Disabilities, Poor People, Women, Queer and Trans People, and People belonging to marginalized faiths.
- Systems of oppression (capitalism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy) have led to climate change, therefore we must shift our culture away from these systems.
- The elected officials must comply with the demands of the youth, therefore they must pass and enforce legislation and support policies that protect life and our future on this planet.
- This is a revolution.
So just how many kids showed up to demand a shift away from capitalism and patriarchy to save the climate? Not so many, it would seem. At least it was bigger than the #OccupyLafayettePark protest going on at the White House gate.
The #YouthClimateMarch is underway in Washington DC. #ZeroHour @ThisIsZeroHour pic.twitter.com/yAETZ0rxFr
— Lauryn Gutierrez (@GutzyLo) July 21, 2018
500+ young people and allies marched from the National Mall to Lincoln Park in Washington DC to #protest climate change today. #ZeroHour #ThisIsZeroHour @ThisIsZeroHour pic.twitter.com/norZD8RPsY
— Lauryn Gutierrez (@GutzyLo) July 21, 2018
Wow, 500? Not to rain on their parade (Mother Nature took care of that), but that’s not a lot of people.
“Climate change doesn’t care if you believe”… but kids like these, who will have to suffer the consequences of leaders taking zero action, sure do. #ZeroHour #ThisisZeroHour @ThisIsZeroHour pic.twitter.com/Gu7mZoGy4l
— Lauryn Gutierrez (@GutzyLo) July 21, 2018
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That “Make Winter Cold Again” sign is kind of cute.
The youth climate march #ZeroHour passes the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/KnP0m0rEY4
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) July 21, 2018
Why isn’t @MSNBC paying more attention to the #ZeroHour youth #climatechange marches?
— Werner Heisenberg (@scienceartcats) July 21, 2018
Sorry, Trump committing treason during that presser with Putin is still the outrage du jour. But check out this made-for-TV soundbite:
In her high school lunchroom the other day, her friends talked about how they don't want to have kids, bc they don't want to subject them to dire climate change. Think about that, #zerohour founder Jamie tells the crowd, "that's a highschool lunch conversation"
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) July 21, 2018
@ThisIsZeroHour president @jamie_margolin (age 16) said she and her friends talk abt not having children to grow up on a dying planet. #ZeroHour pic.twitter.com/a2H0A2AIC5
— TheNationReport (@TheNationReport) July 21, 2018
OK.
"In the carbon filled air, children cry in despair…" a climate activist sings an original song before the march starts #ZeroHour pic.twitter.com/SbbN8fY9UX
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) July 21, 2018
At age 7, Havana may need a step to reach the microphone, but she has no problem reaching everyone w her truth @ThisIsZeroHour #YOUTHCLIMATEMARCH "I'm here to make sure the adults making the laws think about us, too. And for all the kids listening today – we got this." #ZeroHour pic.twitter.com/tpgKhyuaD8
— Young Voices for the Planet (@YoungClimate) July 21, 2018
Young people from Baltimore and Philadelphia are here in DC to march for #ZeroHour because our movement for climate justice is everywhere, in every state and city and country. #ThisIeZeroHour pic.twitter.com/IkjHLoZhbw
— 350 DC (@350_DC) July 21, 2018
BuzzFeed News’ reporter got a nice wide shot of the assembled crowd:
I'm reporting for @buzzfeednews at the rally ahead of the DC youth climate march #ZeroHour. pic.twitter.com/eFDdaUInNW
— Zahra Hirji (@Zhirji28) July 21, 2018
Not trying to rub it in, but going by the photos, we honestly think rap duo Insane Clown Posse’s Million Juggalo March actually attracted more people.
This girl at the New York march even saved a piece of posterboard in her effort to save the climate:
So impressed with the youth at the #YOUTHCLIMATEMARCH in #nyc pic.twitter.com/ta5yRdX9Pv
— Ashley Nicole Black (@ashleyn1cole) July 21, 2018
MORE TO DO
The #YouthClimateMarch is over, but our work continues. Tell everyone to follow @ThisIsZeroHour (on Instagram & Facebook too). Add your voices to our hashtag until we succeed. Read our platform & be part of the #climatechange solution.https://t.co/dJDkOc5UA2 pic.twitter.com/b1RJ4zyw9g— Zero Hour (@ThisIsZeroHour) July 21, 2018
I am proud to support the Youth Climate March happening today in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and cities around the world for climate justice. Young people nationwide know that we must act now to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Join @thisiszerohour in a city near you.
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) July 21, 2018
Why weren’t you at the march, senator? It looks like they could have used some extra bodies:
Start of the @ThisIsZeroHour March in San Francisco pic.twitter.com/teYjgvvAZe
— Mark Pickens (@MarkPickens3) July 21, 2018
Hey, check out who had a booth set up: the Democratic Socialists of America! The party that has called for profit, prisons, cash bail, and borders all to be abolished. Gotta get those kids while they’re young.
Demanding ecosocialism with @DSA_LosAngeles and #ZeroHour ! #SaveGlaciersMeltIce #climatejusticeisimmigrationjustice pic.twitter.com/Ho2r40is9F
— syd?? (@SydneyAzari) July 21, 2018
#SaveGlaciersMeltIce? Get it? Melt ICE? Because climate justice is immigration justice?
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Youth climate movement just wants to shift from systems of oppression like capitalism and patriarchy https://t.co/2RuGGCKg8r
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 11, 2018
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