Families staged a protest in Leeds city centre to demand action on climate change
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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.”
We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL
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When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
