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Following months of organizing, tens of thousands students from hundreds of schools joined Australia’s first national #schoolstrike on September 20 1972. The strike received wide support from different groups (1/) 
These groups included the Australian Union of Students, Young Labor organisations, socialist groups such as Resistance and the Communist Party of Australia, and some trade unions.
Common demands included the democratization of education, & transparency around school rules.
Common demands included the democratization of education, & transparency around school rules.
#Strikers also wanted increases in education funding and an end to corporal punishment and gender segregation.
In Canberra strikers rallied outside Parliament House, in Perth they gathered at the Supreme Court Gardens. Melbourne at the Treasury Gardens & Brisbane to Roma Street
In Canberra strikers rallied outside Parliament House, in Perth they gathered at the Supreme Court Gardens. Melbourne at the Treasury Gardens & Brisbane to Roma Street
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1. Yesterday, the UN Secretary-General warned: "We face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime."
World leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly, where the climate crisis and other 'Great Divides' are on the agenda.
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#UNGA #ClimateCrisis #peace
1. Yesterday, the UN Secretary-General warned: "We face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime."
World leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly, where the climate crisis and other 'Great Divides' are on the agenda.
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#UNGA #ClimateCrisis #peace
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2. Unlike just five or ten years ago, it's now only the odd one out who is not alarmed about the climate crisis.
Especially the younger generation doesn't need to be convinced of the seriousness of our global challenges.
#youth #schoolstrike
theplanet.substack.com/p/un-secretary…
2. Unlike just five or ten years ago, it's now only the odd one out who is not alarmed about the climate crisis.
Especially the younger generation doesn't need to be convinced of the seriousness of our global challenges.
#youth #schoolstrike
theplanet.substack.com/p/un-secretary…
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3. Being alarmed doesn't always lead to concrete action.
Nobody can ignore the daily news about extreme weather disasters or the latest scientific report about the climate crisis.
But our leaders still don't treat the new reality as a crisis.
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theplanet.substack.com/p/un-secretary…
3. Being alarmed doesn't always lead to concrete action.
Nobody can ignore the daily news about extreme weather disasters or the latest scientific report about the climate crisis.
But our leaders still don't treat the new reality as a crisis.
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theplanet.substack.com/p/un-secretary…
#OnThisDay 50 years ago these girls led hundreds of us in a #schoolstrike for poetry, dignity and working class solidarity. It became quite the story…
The #StepneyWords strike of 27 May 1971 made local, national and even international headlines. Some of our lives have never been quite the same since…
The Sun and Mirror were both on the #StepneyWords story
Young climate warriors: This Friday, you may be launching the largest coordinated protests of young people and children in history.
The future you're fighting for? That's what I've spent my life working to see.
I'd like to share some truths, from an old warrior to younger ones.
The future you're fighting for? That's what I've spent my life working to see.
I'd like to share some truths, from an old warrior to younger ones.
1. First, you're right. You're right to strike; you're right to march; you're right to feel your fear and rage and longing for a better world.
You are the victims of a monstrous intergenerational crime, and you are as right as humans can be to demand justice.
You are the victims of a monstrous intergenerational crime, and you are as right as humans can be to demand justice.
2. You are so right that—even though I'm a tough-skinned veteran of three decades of this fight—your truth brings tears to my eyes.
You should know that there are millions of older people whose hearts are with you.
You should know you are not, in any way, alone.
You should know that there are millions of older people whose hearts are with you.
You should know you are not, in any way, alone.
