in Toulouse, citizens rewarded tribute to activists killed for the environment
At the initiative of the Youth for Climate Toulouse movement, a tribute ceremony was organized this Thursday, November 11 in the afternoon, in front of the Monument aux Morts to “honor the memory of defenders of the living”.
A few dozen people gathered from 4 p.m. this Thursday, November 11, to pay tribute to activists around the world by defending the climate cause. Supported by the Youth for Climate Toulouse, Extinction Rebellion Toulouse and the Manifanfare movements, the mobilization was held at the foot of the Toulouse Monument to the Dead, to François Verdier.
227 activists killed around the world in 2020
After an entry with fanfare, speeches were delivered “as in the usual ceremonies”. On this occasion, the names of 227 activists who died in defense of the environment in 2020 will be listed, According to a report by the NGO Global Witness, while some portraits were placed on the ground.
Those present then sang “the hymn of the climate” to an tune of “Bella Ciao”.
If the date of the tribute is not chosen at random, it is in no way a provocation to the official ceremony which took place this Thursday, November 11 at the end of the morning. “We have chosen to organize this tribute at the end of the afternoon so as not to make the ceremony invisible for those who died for France. There is no preponderance of one over the other. But it was important for us to set up this event because it remains dead for humanity», Explains Pousse, member of the Youth for Climate Toulouse movement.
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