DC Climate Protest, 'Stop The Money Pipeline' Speeches, Fire Drill Friday

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(14 mins.) Pub. Jan 13, 2020, Democracy Now! Nearly 150 people were arrested on Capitol Hill Friday in a climate protest led by actor & activist Jane Fonda. Fonda has been leading weekly climate demonstrations in Washington, D.C., known as “Fire Drill Fridays,” since October. For her last & 14th protest, actors Martin Sheen & Joaquin Phoenix, indigenous First Nation activists, writer Naomi Klein, environmentalist Bill McKibben & dozens more lined up to get arrested as they demanded a mass uprising & swift political action to thwart the climate crisis.

Fonda then marched with supporters down Pennsylvania Avenue to a Chase Bank branch where McKibben & dozens of others were occupying the space to draw attention to the bank’s ties to the fossil fuel industry. Ten, including McKibben, were arrested. The day of action was the launch of “Stop the Money Pipeline,” a campaign to halt the flow of cash from banks, investment firms & insurance companies to the fossil fuel industry. #ClimateCrisis #DemocracyNow

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1. K&R!

Long live Protestors!