"We're Trying to Provide the Armies that They Lack" - Bill McKibben on Supporting Poor, Vulnerable Nations with Mass Protest Movements

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“We’re Trying to Provide the Armies that They Lack”–Bill McKibben on Supporting Poor, Vulnerable Nations with Mass Protest Movements

On Saturday, 100,000 people marched in Copenhagen from the Danish Parliament to just outside the Bella Center, the site of the UN climate change conference. Over 3,000 solidarity events were held around the world. Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films filed this report. [includes rush transcript]

Report by Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films ,

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AMY GOODMAN: We return now to the streets of Copenhagen. I’m Amy Goodman. Yes, it was Saturday, a massive march in Copenhagen, when 100,000 people marched from the Danish Parliament to just outside the Bella Center, the site of the UN climate change conference.

Jacquie Soohen of Big Noise Films filed this report.

PROTESTERS: What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!

UNIDENTIFIED: We’re in this together!

PROTESTERS: The number has been set! Pay the climate debt! We are watching you! You know what to do! The number has been set! Pay the climate debt!

KARI FULTON: When I say “climate,” you say “justice!” Climate!

PROTESTERS: Justice!

KARI FULTON: Climate!

PROTESTERS: Justice!

KARI FULTON: My name is Kari Fulton, and I’m the national youth coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. I came to Copenhagen because I’m an African American from the United States, and most of the time ...

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