The kids took part in a school strike to protest against government inactivity towards climate change. Originally the brainchild of the Swede Greta Thunberg the strikes have become a major global movement. Right-wing governments like we have here in Australia have tried to be polemic about the concept of children missing school to attend rallies and protest.
I was proud that my kids chose of their own accord to go. Above all else I think the marches embarrass governments and may hopefully lead to some kind of change before things are too late. Either way it is the right of the kids to protest given that they will inherit what world we have left for them.
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