USA: Climate activists stage hunger strike outside White House to push for climate change plan

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Climate activists staged a hunger strike outside the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday to push for a concrete climate change plan from the Biden administration.
“We are only drinking water until Biden and the Democratic Party passes the full Build Back Better act with all of the climate legislation in it as it was proposed a month ago,” explained Ema Govea, one of the protesters on hunger strike.
During the protester, the group sat silently and held signs explaining the motives behind the strike such as “Hunger striking for my dreams” or “Hunger striking for a good job”.
On Friday, the group are expected to be joined by school students from Washington DC and Virginia for a sit-in protest.

SOT, Ema Govea, Climate activist on hunger strike: “We are on a water only hunger strike. We are only drinking water until Biden and the Democratic Party passes the full Build Back Better act with all of the climate legislation in it as it was proposed a month ago. So this is his own agenda and we are going on a hunger strike until that gets passed or until we are physically absolutely unable to go on a hunger strike any longer.”

SOT, Julia Paramo, Climate activist on hunger strike: “It will be very difficult. I mean I don’t think the pain that we will face, I don’t think its anything compared to the pain an entire generation faces if they don’t pass climate legislation.”

SOT, Kidus Garma, Climate activist on hunger strike: “This hunger strike is making sure that we get over the line. That it’s about bringing an urgency to get President Biden to fight as hard for his agenda as we have been. It’s about recognising that passed presidents like LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson ), when things got tough didn’t let corporate bought out senators like Manchin dictate who was president. It’s about making sure that the person that we put in office, the person that young Americans voted for, the people that voted him in based on a strong climate policy get what they deserve.”

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