Earth Strike
Formation10 November 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-10)
PurposeForm a general strike to protest political inaction on climate change
Location
  • International
FieldsLabor movement
Environmental movement
WebsiteEarth-Strike.com

Earth Strike is an international grassroots movement that called for a global general strike for climate action. Their aim was a global general strike lasting from 20 until 27 September 2019. The movement has had public support from organizations including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future, as well as public figures including Noam Chomsky.[1] The Earth Strikes were part of the worldwide September 2019 climate strikes, which gathered millions of protesters.

An estimated 6 million people participated in strikes worldwide from 20–27 September.[2] Youth environmental activist Greta Thunberg spoke in New York on the 20 September strike and Montreal on the 27 September strike.[3][4][5][6]

History

Earth Strike was founded on 10 November 2018 after a user on the subreddit r/Chomsky called for a "General Strike to Save The Planet".[7] The post quickly gathered attention within Reddit, and the r/EarthStrike subreddit was formed to organise a general strike.[8] The initial protests were held on 15 January 2019, with 27 September being announced as the date for the "Earth Strike".[9] General strikes in Iceland in 1975 and India in 2019 were cited as inspirations.[10]

UK actions

The UK General Strike for Climate was planned for 20 September 2019.[citation needed]

Endorsements

Trade unions

Politicians

International organisations

Notable public figures

Local organizations

Pacific, Australia, New Zealand

Asia

Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

Europe

Africa

Latin America

North America

Days of action

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Partners and Supporters". Earth Strike. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Laville, Sandra; Watts, Jonathan (2019-09-21). "Across the globe, millions join biggest climate protest ever". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ^ Murphy, Jessica (2019-09-27). "Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes". BBC. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  5. ^ Watts, Jonathan (2019-04-22). "Greta Thunberg backs climate general strike to force leaders to act". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Law, Tara (2019-08-28). "Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Arrives in New York After Sailing Across the Atlantic". Time.
  7. ^ "General Strike to Save the Planet, Jan 15 2019". Reddit. 2018-11-10.
  8. ^ "Earth Strike on Reddit".
  9. ^ "Extinction Rebellion leads march outside Westminster during PM Brexit vote". MSN.
  10. ^ "Greta Thunberg is right – only a general strike will force action on climate change".

External links

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