Climate Activists Shut Down 22 DC Intersections and Chain Themselves to a Boat in Support of a Green New Deal
by Cassandra Fairbanks
TheGatewayPundit.com
September 23, 2019
Climate activists that were planning to “block key infrastructure” and bring DC to a “gridlocked standstill” on Monday morning managed to shut down at least 22 intersections during morning traffic.
Protesters have called for “a climate strike and global week of action from September 20th-27th.”
695 is a parking lot. Protestors have blocked NY Ave just after the 395 exit. 395 north appears to be shut down so I'm guessing all the exits are blocked
Good fucking luck getting around DC this morning! #ShutDownDC
— Berin Szóka (@BerinSzoka) September 23, 2019
Getting word that 22 intersections in DC, on Piscataway lands, are now being blocked by activists demanding a world beyond oil. #ShutdownDC #StrikeWithUs #climatestrike https://t.co/MKIT0njwbk
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) September 23, 2019
In a list of “demands,” the protesters called for a Green New Deal, respect for indigenous land, “environmental justice,” protection of biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.
The protesters even parked a boat in the middle of Du Pont circle to halt morning commuters.
Scores of climate activists are occupying an intersection in downtown #DC. There’s a boat here! And many police, who’ve begun removing protesters from the vessel. pic.twitter.com/gihdLJSwxO
— Isaac Scher (@subversiveson) September 23, 2019
#LIVE: Direct Actions Disrupt #DC to Demand Climate Action – #ShutDownDC https://t.co/yhlUiWoj07
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) September 23, 2019
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