Dozens of people gathered this Saturday in Lisbon to demand an end to Palestinian deaths and the use of fossil energy by 2030, condemning on the eve of the European elections the lack of response of European institutions to these crises.
Called by the “End Genocide, End Fossils” movement, the Unite Against Collapse march was supposed to start at 3pm, but began about an hour later from the Príncipe Real Garden and headed to the European Parliament’s office in Lisbon at about 1pm. at a distance of a kilometer.
“We are here in the context of the European elections to say that institutions are failing to respond to these two crises: the ongoing genocide and the climate crisis. This election provides a mandate to end this genocide so that we can transition and resolve the climate crisis within the time frame that science gives us. There are currently no plans for this,” said Joana Fraga, one of the representatives of the initiative.
The movement, carefully policed from start to finish, brought together representatives of various climate activist groups, such as Mariana Rodriguez of the group Climáximo, who made the connection between the fight against climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“These are not isolated reasons. On the one hand, the climate crisis is the current context, the war and genocide in Palestine itself occurs in the midst of a climate crisis. Right now, Palestine is one of the regions that is suffering the most due to climate change and limited access to water. What causes the climate crisis and genocide in Palestine are interconnected: putting profit before lives and people,” the activist told Luse.
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