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Mothers’ Rebellion protesters demand action on climate change
Families staged a protest in Leeds city centre to demand action on climate change [Neil Terry Photography]

A WAVE of protests is sweeping across Britain and more than 50 countries worldwide led by mothers who fear for the future of their children and grandchildren because of climate change.

Mothers’ Rebellion, whose protests began in California and Sweden in 2022, is a growing international movement linked to Extinction Rebellion.

It describes itself as “a movement of mothers, caregivers and allies in a growing global community on six continents.”

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