on i've spent the last 24 hours carrying out its a series of risk emissions in the wake of floods, which kills at least 18 people. rest codes have continued to search for the missing and then also getting 1st day to more than 75 people. fire has destroyed one of the best known landmarks and denmark's capital copenhagen cities 17th century stock exchange that here's the boston was engulfed in flames. charlie, unto licensed by one of copenhagen's, most iconic landmarks collapsing in flames. the old stock exchange quote fy early on tuesday, leaving the nation. devastated adults renee some style building was being renovated to restore it to its former glory. but it was the scaffolding and coverings the ultimately hung. put emergency services, allowing the fire to take hold and it celebrated spies to topple the. yeah,

it's terrible. i can't put into words what the stock exchange means for us as a building and as a symbol for copenhagen, the full dragons are a part of else going on and a lot of paper from copenhagen move past it every day. it's a full 100 year old cultural history that has been lost and also i named copenhagen, but also in denmark. no longer an active stock exchange. the building is headquarters to the danish chains that called us. there were no reports of injuries, but there was huge concern for its many priceless aut. well, it's an old feeling mondays, america storage building on the 28th. so it's very story building. i'm a lot of valuable inside the building as well as i am trying to the most could only stand in steps, but some pauses by helped emergency crew rescue. some of the historic paintings and all the facts when the building,

it was actually the most impressive hole in copenhagen, denmark, oregon, and the golden elements all around all the churches. we launched something big today. as the plains receded, it became evident, much of the damage is to the front of the building, the rid damage being less severe. to eddie, to tell if this piece of data is history can be salvaged. charlie angela out a 0. 1 is and features on our website. i'll just say that don't call off the generation change the the how well does it rent, but who pays the price? when we came to clean new orleans more than 1200 poor black people lost their life . not a single rich american loss. they like the real cost of the climate to emergency.

the most vulnerable of people who are suffering are poor people. but even rich people are going to be affected by the impacts of climate shift. outages here as new series died off to the higher the grease, the blast space of democracy, european philosophy and the like. became more recently a country associated with a cricketing debt crisis. the view of 13 measures and economy class in 2015, 3 full se found itself on the front lines and the refugee crisis. my name is emma, and i'm ronnie, and i come here at the end to meet 2 young activists. he wants to bring about radical change addressing issues from education and an equality to racism, a migrant right. welcome to generation change,

a global series attempts to understand and challenge the i did a mobilizing youth around the world or so we currently invade on us, which is where you grew up, right? was there anything about coming up here that particularly most of agency to go into activism to participate in a senior governments in 5th grade actually rivers, the students and many important issues as raising money for the people from lower economic backgrounds from students to participate in a school trips, shopping people, some of the families, the 9 do not be left behind. and your parents with

a politically active. yeah. both my parents are a trade unionist but from my early ages i remember my pardon. so it's telling me about how it's respective, if every person, no matter their, their background, their, their status to the future, you're a co founder, a youth organization could start to really uh, nissan. could you tell me with a name comes from, i'm what your main objective box. mm hm. so actually for the means, use initiative for the william and initiative. and now means here we focus on organizing people and issues as, as the eligibility rights women's rights,

human rights in general, but also the, the educational crisis in the climate crisis as well. we organize people on the street level with demonstrations and sikes, but also organize a lot of open dialogue with the our members and, and young people in general to talk about the important stuff that i was introduced and spaces. and we are now starting to, to do some loving work, actually pressing politicians to implement agendas that work for, for young people as well. the hello, the leah may on isn't a line. so a political policy. how would you describe the values of it for somebody that's in a different country? i think that will mean the progressive left. we have some specific cases that are not like negotiable for us,

but we try to to keep the dialogue open. and actually we negotiate with people on our ideals. also, we need to show people that you have to pressure those institutions and the people who hold offers to actually work for you and for your interest. the rosa you were born and raised in greece, but your parents originally come from albania. what's that been like a while in greece, the front of a tron born in the country or that true immigration in any age doesn't automatically make you a greek citizen. so although i was born in greece, i was considered an old baby and citizen until 2017, which meant that i had 0 civic right. but no, absolutely no, probably couldn't fully declare presentation and how albanians to see if they're in greece, still out of balance my grades in the ninety's of 30 this illusion of the hybrid communist space. we are currently the biggest,

my great 3 minority we have been traditionally targeted by the media. we have been perceived as the dangerous as the criminal, as somebody to watch out for. and so yeah, in, in a way it has made it easier. so for us, the senior agent, the great society you've been involved in and see 1st if movements and i wanted to know what it was about your life experiences that kind of shape to a journey into activism. the moment i started being actively involved with the movement was when i was 13 years old, that's quite a side of the between the beginning of the financial crisis in greece. you spoke with you point a certain moment in time. that's really spyglass. that gets claimed . it would be when the police queue, the 15 year old boy, his name was alexis, who wrote all bruce, the nonsense. and that, to sparkle the big movement of demonstration that moved from,

from austin sense for it all over greece. and spoke about their struggles. but also we presented many different topics that we were fighting for from police brutality through a presentation to essentially a better life for so we know one of his background, i'd like to know a bit about the work that you do with my friends, particularly. yeah. so we're on, on the cross of association, we are collective the before we're doing an option where it says illustrating call ideas and a phone racism and all sorts of fun, social and like discrimination. and we lack representation of people like us in clinics and government. and higher, let's say,

like the aspects of society. so we're really keen on promoting that to the elements of petra and rosa being here today. both of you have grown up during the time of and numerous social and economic. i'll people in greece. where is that? how do you think that this is defined things to your generation? well, i think when somebody's faced with those verse that they've is most probably 2 ways you can go about. one of them is to, you know, put your head down and let it destroy you. and the other one is to push against it, then somehow elective define you for it, doesn't it? i think cuz i come from the generation that was facing the financial crisis and then was capable with what they call the refugee crisis. i think um we were confronted with a lot of different of age and structures and phenomena,

but most of us, these come through more resilient then again, i got on meet the truth, which is that a lot of us faced with this of diversity we, we had to fly, like i have to say that a lot of my peers, my classmates, be one of my generation. dates. we need greece. i think the we came stronger after listening to this crisis that we face as dinner a seems. something that have to do out is the last of space in the democratic institutions that our generation is facing. and that is something really difficult for, for people to understand them. this democratic institution is going to work for you . and something that we need is stronger representation of people of all race environment and then any uh, local or national or original plays. the decisions are being made is interesting that you say that young people don't have trust in democratic institutions because the last government actually no device engaged to 17 on. i

wanted to know what do you think that means that young people have more of an active voice in politics in greece. i think that it gave us a sense of responsibility because it was the 1st time that we got to vote. but the problem is that the, the h to get elected is still the same. it's 25 years old. so that doesn't change anything when it comes to my presentation. and because i wanted to ask you, your experience has been different. so could you explain a bit about what you will civic rights have been like in greece? yeah. is there is a difference between being able to participate in the system. and how is the voice hurt than actually being represented in the system? go from what they call as a 2nd generation migrant in greece, which basically means that you are either born from my drum parents increase or you migrate the energy age and have names. most of your life increase, so you have all his immunizations as a pro for greek citizen, no taxpayer, but none of the civic rights. and i think one of the most important things that we need to understand is that you cannot vote. i think i come from

a generation because 0 is being thing, the greek society, and that is exactly what we're trying to change with horizons to put greeks like me in the center of this probably completing its color. and when you talk about no feeling visible, do you mean specifically coming from a migrant community or not having great nation on seeing the 1st place or do you mean generally for the generation? i think it's, it's, it's represents the generation of people that have my grades or heritage, and 3, a visibility envisioned feeling to do that i liked the play was terms also comes from the front of the 2 are very visited for certain terms. and that is when people call you the grand thing, the cream you know, and the foreigner, but then you're visible when it comes to anybody. the key thing to accomplish your think is there were lots of specific things that happen in greece. say we call them crises, but also the label comes in it and i wanted to know how well these things that affected the education system and experience with students. i so well, uh we,

we have a know, basic um, stuff that we need to know and basic infrastructure that we need in our schools and universities. and the problem is that the current government is, is actually trying to, to turned into the discussing and into a certain different direction because they focus on security, the police on compass one of the same moment. we don't have some basic stuff, but it's getting very says all around here and all around the world has. it was specifically the lowering of, of budget during the crisis. and especially the, the get that a wide in between the lowering and upper classes when it comes to private spending as a increase. um, we do have to get some private tutoring to get into university. and so it becomes very disproportionate for people of, for working class being for a to,

to be able to help their kids to prepare the, to him to get into university. interesting is a way of me, current conservative call him and said to privatize everything. we've seen that happen with health care and now i think it's a very direct approach towards education. i think you might agree with me. we are very proud to have a public education system english for us. it's important to keep it public and the conservative government, the strength of that. exactly. also since we were just talking about student politics and i think around the world, she didn't pull its excuse to the left. but more generally in greece, the far right had gained popularity. nice, nice to believe with the near. not secret the golden doing. why do you think that's been the case? said when you have a diversion crisis and you have a space, a concert, it's a grease that is i talk by many phones they. it's also i'm a ground that creates different passivity. this one of them is for folks curious narratives, for example, phobic narratives for um, it creates an opportunity for extreme ideas to come forth because people are

struggling, right. and on top of the financial crisis, items 1008 in 2015, you had what they call the refugee crisis. so i think the system it says dave space, so golden don't exist because in that's the way they want it. the mainstream, extreme ideas that we actually see today in the conservative government, we can apply their specific people in the structures of the car and call them and that also in the right side of the spectrum. right. so yeah, i think of denver pretty large because if you needed to express the strongest in october of 2020 the going to and was finally criminalized. and some of the leaders was sent to prison is that the end of the story when it comes to the going on in the near not see aspects of the far right increase range and all housing in the parliament. they are not in the strong public position that they where they're not moving, drilled costing half of our days in our mainstream media. but in reality,

they still exist. not all of them which ate at not all of their ideas and narratives are buried somewhere beneath. right, that you still have their support is around. i was talking with some people of this think all their own community there. know people are not ashamed to say that they support the goals and on and maybe when they become, then we can talk about it ending, but it's definitely not the case right now. do you agree with that? is that people aren't really ashamed to be associated with a go in and don't me. i think the public out from the end do single decision $920.00 to any. understand how dangerous calling on was, especially after the killing of, of the popular spaces of fame was in green communities. and the thing was going through upper and the people understand that it wasn't just a right wing party who was in the united st cleaning or group that was doing some criminal and terrorist activities. but the audio lindsey's is still there and we have one of their members waiting in part increase in 2015 of 1000000 refugees and

migrant landed on the shores of greece and rosa you went to work on the on and of some us. what did the experience show you? yeah, i mean that was definitely i'm defining experience. i think um, it's either still hard for me to express what i went through. but for sure, it's dodge me in the main understand that if i was in the garage, i had a really tall slice and the struggle most people are having a job and was, and that comes from the stock the what the goal. so when they are in the, comes back in the day, the comp was open to day, they are closed security facilities and international engineers like oaks time and amnesty international have the keys degree government of illegal pushed back some refugees across the border. and prison like refugee senses, i wanted to know if you think that's a great public support these measures. i don't think medically public support this measures, but i think that there is a lack of information when it comes to the whole referencing issue increase.

because the media is now covering other other issues as, as a gas prices or the electricity prices of the war and ukraine. so i think that especially in the mainstream media has been trying to, you know, and change and dialogue and take it as of as far away as, as a kind of from and why is that? because the government has turned comes from the space that you could walk into to prison conditions. so there is, i think for me it's a targeted approach to give out as the information as possible. and actually when there is information authentic media, it's being blocked. and those journeys are being even stopped and followed by the government. and i want to circle back to one key point and the media in the recent international press freedom index, just published by forces without borders. greece came last of all your opinion in countries behind bulk area and hungary. were you surprised about that?

frankly speaking, not, but to context only if we see greece and the media landscape seems to financial crisis. what you observe is that there's been really strong funding of the of the, the media services. so what media does now is that they rely on public funding. what happens there is that the public funding goes to the hands of the media that are supporting the conservative government. so you have a system that is not fair. you have a system that is not safe. you have journalist, but i know 1st of the investigative journalists being stopped by the government. so i think it's a, it's a matter of understanding that the ownership and the safety are really, really going down here. and i think it's, it's important to note that the government has refused to report this without board is findings. and they said that the majority of newspapers in greece exercise phase criticism against the government. pinterest, what do you think about that response from the government or has nothing to do with them? the reality we're facing in greece because the press and the media here are operating

by the one percent of the country who may say, well, the big guys with um, the oil business in the shipping industry. so for me, especially when it comes to, to my climbing item is it was really difficult going to do and media when talking about climate change and talking about how these sleeping companies are destroying local communities. they wouldn't report it cuz they are owned by the people who are creating the problems and across the world. young people are attending to social media instead for news information and anything really. and i wanted to know if there was any examples increase that highlighted how certain platforms have been used to amplify issues will bring about positive change. the organization, for instance, gain popularity, doing that. but then through social media, especially in the instagram, because it gave us the opportunity to actually talk about issues that were not being talked about in, in may. so media, because we're talking about the educational crisis. somehow you wind up and dynamic . we had

a split in economy between people who could afford having like 2 computers at home, having internet access is not everybody. indeed, i wanted to take what we actually do as well. we use social media to bring forth social change and it's actually working for them. we have cases of refugee students who have been denied asylum, and we really pushed the biggest social media campaign or needs to go and facebook . we went there and intervened in his school and when we actually so is up to the shang, any posting of that or do visual 5 and our on our own are not even our pulse . we actually managed to contribute into a whole system of support. that's got the kids use asylum approved. it was a really interesting experience for us because really has a we have a lot of power names to meet. it doesn't give us a space, but social media creat it's it's for us. the show is code generation change and i do want to know from both of you how you define your doesn't show the ration

compared to that of your parents. so i think that we are one of the most progressive generations. but at the same time with social media, sometimes we get the reason that we're active enough, but does not the case we, we need to be more active. we need to be more organized because our partners gave a lot of fights, especially during the dictatorship increase. we need people to get through the streets to organized in order to, to actually change something in order to be represented more. uh, but i looked amazing when it comes to optimize innovation being uh, you know, politically active and that your experience has been quite different to that with your parents because they came over here from another country. how do you see a world view as being different to those? well, i think this is true for most kids that's come from my grandparents. we are raised with a bunch of his st. john's. and you have to like come to terms with the fonts that your parents have sacrificed most of their lives and liberties and freedoms for you

to enjoy some of what you consider as a like the basic human rights. but yes, the subjugation the ext corporate housing, i grew up being poor for a certain like part of my life. so i know that my parents had to go through that struggling way more than i did. so yeah, i feel privileged. i feel the owner and i was thankful for their sacrifice, but my job is to make sure that my generation doesn't have to do that for the next pictures. totally. it is non partisan. it is outside of the system at the moment. do you think that in the future you're gonna have to work within the system in order to bring about change? and sometimes we also work with the system uh at that time because uh, especially when it comes to doing, talking with the numbers and environment for our representatives. we, we get into conversations with them. uh, out of that meeting and partisan organization would be very,

very difficult for us because at the moment we, we cannot fight ourselves and being represented in our interest being represented by specific party. that is a very, very strange problem for, for us in race. and we need to be representing a parent more and we need to a political party that we'll talk about our problems enough, especially with the education system and, and the working and working rights issue. the people are facing duration. i also want to ask you this question was i, i know that previously you have been very n t system, but now you can brussels, which is the heart of the european system. how does that happen? and is that just enough? it's advantage to you getting a bit older are definitely i think the moment to understand that the by screaming on the outside you bring forth those pacific and minimize changed comes also in a honey high with being i think the older guess as you mature. i think at least for

me and then doesn't have to be the case for everybody. understood that in order to change a system, you need to 1st empower yourself and protect yourself and then enter that system in order to change is going to be then and i think that's how you change it by bringing people like us in position of power. so that they can influence the new legislation and the new decisions that i've got. i've been influence the whole society. i couldn't find any other way to sign the lease of the old of the things we've talked about. what was the crises, one of the issues on the copeland? why do you care about change and do you think that it is realistic and possible? i think that i do. it gives me some great examples of, of, of things being made. uh, but it needs a lot of work. it is a little simple understanding that they have to be active in us, especially in greece, is that we have been going through so many crisis that we are power of a powerful enough to, to actually um 5 for,

for our basic rights fight for our presentations. and kind of domestic, that our generation is going to be able to understand and be more inclusive in a way of, of, of making change possible for, for everybody. all of my life have been goals that i cut onto things. it starts from being our neighbor ground and he goes to being a one day and a goes to being wake up for an area to show his stand today. and i think that i am living proof that you can start from last think and push against the system 1st, i guess every obstacle brings you and there is way more brilliant examples than me . but this is where we have to be a. yeah, i feel like i'm scared to empower people and sometimes to present them. so in a way i find this motive because there is a lot of work to be done. pictures are that. thank you so much for being here today

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