'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new

by Chloe Veltman
April 5, 2024

"There's a scene in #HenrikIbsen's 1882 drama An Enemy of the People that takes place at a public meeting. The residents of a spa town are trying to prevent a local doctor, Dr. Stockmann, from telling the truth about a factory that's polluting the local water supply.

"That's the moment when, one recent evening, a #ClimateActivist stood up from his seat in the audience. It was during a press night for the current production running at Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway.

"'I object to the silencing of scientists!' said Nate Smith as he walked toward the stage wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of #ExtinctionRebellionNYC. He was the first of three members of the #ClimateChange #activism group to disrupt the show that night."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1242840734/climate-protest-broadway-extinction-rebellion

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