Climate Protest at Barclays Bank
Brixton, London. Sat 30 Mar 2019
Barclays in on the main road through the centre of Brixton, Brixton
Road, just north of Coldharbour Lane
The protesters want Barclays to stop investing in fracking and in
carbon fuels, which are the main source
of the carbon dioxide which is causing the drastic global warming,
bring climate chaos and possible extinction
This was the first protest organised by this group
and by the woman who organised it
'Dirty Money Inside' 'Barclay's Stop Investing in Death'
The youngest of the speakers (her younger brother tried but couldn't
think of anything to say) who had a better
grasp of the situation and its urgency than our politicians. She wants to
be Prime Minister - and would do a better job than May.
Support came from the unions
The group decided they would go and protest inside the bank
and there were a few short speeches explaining the reasons for the
protest to customers and staff
A Barclay's customer was among those who spoke calling for the bank
to stop wrecking the climate
'It's getting HOT in here so De-Fund Fossil Fuels'
'Stop Funding CLimate Change'
After a few minutes the protesters left quietly to continue their
protest outside on the busy main street
One protester recalls how back in the 60s we protested against Barclay's
becuase they were supporting
apartheid in South Africa.
The amounts Barclays is investing in killing our planet is huge -
$85 billion in 2 years
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