In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement • The Revelator

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In France the unthinkable has happened: The working-class Yellow Vest movement, racial equity movements, and progressive climate activists have joined forces in a multiracial, cross-class coalition called Earth Uprisings. In uniting the climate movement with broader social justice causes, “Les Soulèvements de la Terre” is not just making history in France; it’s offering a blueprint for global environmental resistance. But the response has been shockingly violent and extreme. In response government officials called the group “eco-terrorists” — continuing a worldwide strategy of criminalizing protest.