09/18/23 09/18/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the way we create urgency on the issue of climate is we have people all across the world in the street. in the street showing us demanding change and demanding a cessation of what is killing us stuff we have to send a message that some of us are going to be

living on this planet 30, 40, 50 years from now and we will not take no for an answer. amy: as many 75,000 people rallied near the united nations in new york city sunday at a march to end fossil fuels. the rally came as world leaders begin to arrive here for the united nations general assembly. we will hear from congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez, former irish president mary robinson, and ugandan climate activist vanessa nakate. >> we will not stand by and let our communities be destroyed. we will not stand by and let people's lives cap lost as climate disasters become more because we refuse to accept that anymore. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,

democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the world health organization and aid organizations have called on libya's government to stop burying flood victims in mass graves a week after unprecedented rainfall caused a pair of dams to collapse, devastating the coastal city of derna. the u.n. reports about 4000 people were killed from the floods with about 9000 people still missing. it is down from the previous report of more than 11,000 deaths. more than 30,000 survivors have been rendered homeless and are in immediate need of clean water, food and shelter. aid workers continue to collect the bodies of the dead. >> as a libyan, when i pull out bodies, i swear, i cry. i can't handle it. but it is god's will so you have to hold up and pull of the bodies. there was a body divided in two parts before us. there is nothing to do but pull up the body. what can you do?

amy: hundreds of thousands of protesters around the globe took to the streets over the weekend calling for an end to the burning of fossil fuels. climate actions took place in the philippines, india, the democratic republic of the congo, sweden, germany, the united states, and across dozens of other countries and cities worldwide. here in new york, an estimated 75,000 protesters joined a massive march sunday following days of peaceful actions targeting banks and other institutions involved with the fossil fuel industry. it was the largest rally new york has seen in years. the head of the march, at -- ahead of the march, at least 16 climate activists were arrested friday after they occupied and shut down the museum of modern art for more than five hours over its ties to fossil fuel billionaire henry kravis. meanwhile, in germany, thousands of protesters gathered in berlin's brandenburg gate

spraying orange paint on the columns. some 250 protesters were arrested. this is an activist as they were taken into police custody. >> the government has to take measures now to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. the brandenburg gate stands for political turning point like no other landmark and we need a turning point again today. the chancellor continues to pour oil on the fire. it can't be the basic livelihoods of millions, billions lives are being put on the line. amy: the protests kicked off a week of mobilizations as world leaders will convene at the united nations general assembly starting today where u.n. secretary general antonio guterres is hosting a special climate summit wednesday, which u.s. president biden does not plan to attend. after headlines, we will spend the rest of the hour hearing

voices from sunday's march 2 end fossil fuels outside the united nations. a united auto workers strike targeting the big three automakers has entered its fourth day. about 12,700 workers walked off the job on friday but the uaw has warned the strike could expand in scope. on sunday, talks resumed between the uaw and representatives of general motors, ford, and stellantis. over the weekend, stellantis, which is the parent company of chrysler, offered workers a 21% pay hike but uaw president shawn fain rejected the offer. he appeared on "cbs face the nation" on sunday. >> we have asked for 40% pay increases and the reason is because in the last four years alone, the ceo pay went up 40%. they are already millionaires. it is shameful. one of the leaders of the corporations sitting in his second home in acapulco while we are bargaining rather than being at the bargaining table.

our demands are just. we are asking for our share in this economy and the fruits of our labor. >> so 21% is a no go for you? >> is definitely a no go. amy: on friday, independent senator bernie sanders traveled to detroit to speak at uaw rally where he decried corporate greed. >> and let me thank the uaw for standing up not only for your own members but for the working class of this country. [cheers] the fight you are waging here is not just about decent wages and working conditions and pensions in the automobile industry, it is a fight to take on corporate greed and tell the people on top this country belongs to all of

us, not just a few. amy: ukraine's military says it has seized control of a village near the eastern city of bakhmut that's been the site of intense battles for weeks. it's the second russian-occupied village recaptured by ukraine in recent days and comes ahead of a visit by ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy to the united states this week. he will attend the united nations general assembly in new -- in person for the first time since russia's invasion. he will then travel to washington, d.c., for talks with president biden and congressional leaders ahead of an address to a joint session of congress. in august, president biden asked congress for an additional $13 billion in military aid to ukraine and an additional $8 billion in humanitarian assistance. the military leaders of mali, niger, and burkina faso have signed a mutual defense pact where they agree to help each other militarily against outside aggression and against internal rebellions. the three nations are all former french colonies which experienced military coups in recent years. this is mali's foreign affairs minister abdoulaye diol.

>> any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more of the contracting parties to be considered as an aggression against the other parties and will entail a duty of assistance and relief on the part of all parties. amy: this comes as tension is escalating between france and niger's new military leaders. on saturday, thousands of protesters rallied outside a french military base in niger after french president emmanuel macron claimed france's ambassador is being held hostage at the french embassy. protesters called on french troops to leave niger. >> we know macron is looking for war pretext but he must understand the people of niger are determined and macron must understand we are not going to fall into their trap. amy: in sudan, a landmark office tower in the capital khartoum caught fire and burned for hours sunday amid fierce fighting between sudan's army and the rival paramilitary rapid support forces.

the fire ravaged the 18-story greater nile petroleum company tower. several government buildings also caught fire as paramilitaries launched attacks on positions controlled by the army. residents report it was some of the worst fighting since violence between factions of the military junta erupted on april 15. medical authorities report all the main hospitals in khartoum, and in sudan's western darfur region, were out of service on sunday. iranian authorities are expected to release five u.s. citizens in their custody today after the biden administration unfroze $6 billion of iranian oil revenue. the funds will these for medicine, other humanitarian goods. washington is also freeing five iranians as part of the deal which was brokered by qatar. in more news from iran, authorities detained the father of mahsa amini saturday on the one year anniversary of her death in the custody of iranian so-called morality police. iranian security forces surrounded the family's home in the city of saqez ahead of the

anniversary and warned amjad amini against commemorating his daughter's death. mahsa amini, a 22-year-old kurdish woman, was killed on -- a year ago after she was arrested for allegedly failing to wear a headscarf properly. her death sparked historic, nationwide protests across iran for months. over 500 protesters, including dozens of children, were killed while thousands of others were arrested as the iranian government cracked down on the mobilizations. at least seven people have been executed for their involvement in the protests. a court in egypt has sentenced one of the nation's best-known journalists and political activists to six months in prison in a case that's drawn condemnation from human rights groups. 64-year-old hisham kassem was convicted on what supporters say are trumped-up charges of slander, defamation, and verbal assault on a police officer. kassem is a co-founder of the free current movement of liberal political parties in egypt and is seen as a possible challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi in the upcoming 2024 election.

his arrest came after he criticized a member of egypt's presidential pardon committee for failing to help grant clemency to egypt's thousands of political prisoners. in britain, the comedian actor, , and podcaster russell brand is facing multiple investigations after five women accused him of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. the abuse occurred between 2006 and 2013 at the peak at brand's career, this according to a joint exposé by three british media outlets -- the times of london, the sunday times, and channel 4 dispatches. one woman said she entered into an abusive relationship with brand when she was just 16 years old. the bbc and channel 4 have both launched investigations into brand who worked at the networks at the time. brand has denied the allegations. a statement from his lawyers said brand is being targeted because he is now a "alternative media broadcaster competing with mainstream media."

the rock & roll hall of fame has removed rolling stone magazine co-founder jann wenner from its board of directors after wenner claimed blacks and women, including marvin gaye and joni mitchell, were not articulate enough to be featured in his new book titled "the masters" in which he profiles seven rock musicians -- all white men. wenner made the comment in an interview with the new york times. >> it is not that they are inarticulate -- go have a deep conversation with christlike or janice or cass elliott. joni was not a philosopher of rock 'n' roll. in my mind, she did not meet that test not by her words, not by the interviews she did. marvin gaye. they did not articulate at that level. amy: jann wenner later

apologized for his comments. he has faced criticism for decades over how rolling stone wrote about black and women musicians. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. coming up, voices from the march to end fossil fuels in new york city. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: the peace poets performing their new song "the end of fossil fuels" at sunday's march to end fossil fuels. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. under a bright blue sky here in new york city, organizers estimate some 75,000 people filled the streets of midtown manhattan in order to send a sunday clear message to the world, and especially to u.s. president joe biden, end fossil fuels. it was the largest u.s. climate mobilization in years. some 700 grassroots groups united to call on biden to declare a climate emergency, stop all federal approvals for new fossil fuel projects, phase out production of fossil fuels on federal public lands, and build a new clean energy future.

the massive protest is part of more than 200 actions around the world leading up to the first-ever united nations' climate ambition summit this wednesday, where countries will present fossil fuel phaseout plans and commit to no new fossil fuel production. the summit takes place during u.n. general assembly where ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to address the u.n. tuesday, as well as biden. several other world leaders are skipping this year's summit, including those from four of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council -- china, russia, france, and britain. sunday's march kicked off with a press conference and rally with activists from communities impacted by the fossil fuel industry and lawmakers. this is democratic congressmember jamaal bowman of new york. >> this is not just about saving our democracy. this is not just about saving our humanity. this is about saving the only

planet we call home. and it has to be the craziest thing in the world that the u.s. government actually subsidizes its own self-destruction. how stupid is that? we continually give taxpayer dollars to the fossil fuel companies that are killing our planet. that ain't right. that ain't right. and we continue to give almost $1 trillion a year to our military-industrial complex. which is the number one contributor to carbon emissions in the world. they give $1 trillion a year. so as you know, washington is not broken.

it has been designed for destruction. it has been designed for us to scratch, claw, fight, and kill each other because of our racial , ethnic, gender, and sexuality differences. but the new american revolution includes every single one of us. not just the .1%. not just property owners, white men. it is about everyone. >> sharon lavigne, the executive director of rising james and bimetal prizewinner. -- environment a prizewinner. >> i am here to demand that president biden end the era of fossil fuels once and for all. in my community, we are surrounded by toxic fossil fuels

that pollute our air and water. fossil fuels are destroying a place i call home. for too long, industry has gotten away with sacrificing my community. we say no more. fossil fuels are taking the lives of people rising -- these are my family and my friends. they plan to build a big plastic plant in my community but we rolled up and defeated it. and we will keep rising up like we are doing today because our lives depend on it. and you know what? with the stroke of a pin, president biden can stop fossil fuels. he can do it now. we are asking president biden to stop all fossil fuels.

and if you don't, it is a death sentence for communities, especially in cancer alley in louisiana. we can't wait any longer. we are in a climate emergency. this summer was the hottest yet. and right now we are in the middle of hurricane season. the storms are getting bigger and fossil fuels are making it worse. president biden talks a lot about environmental justice and the climate crisis, but actions speak louder than words. every new plastic plant come every day he refuses to end fossil fuels, president biden continues to poison my family and my community. the time for president biden is to act now. we demand he stop all new fossil fuel approval, phase out existing fossil fuels, and

declare a climate emergency. president biden, our lives depend on your actions today. if you don't stop fossil fuels, our blood is on your hands. thank you. >> next, we have the honorable mary robinson. she is the chair of the elders, the former president of ireland and the u.n. high commissioner for human rights. >> i am here as chair of the elders. i'm also here is a grandmother, an angry granny, because we are subsidizing what is destroying us. we are in need of a very rapid movement of facing out with just transition, phasing out of coal, oil, and gas. in my own country of ireland, t urf. we need to do it for the workers

. what we need to do is understand there is a lot of money supporting, denying the science and also for allowing the life fossil fuels. this money come about 4 billion a year, is stopping us from understanding fully how serious the situation is. i like to say we are on the cusp of a clean energy, healthier, fairer, safer world for all. we are living in a direction but we are not moving fast enough. -- we are moving in a direction, but we're not moving fast enough. it does not seem difficult to move faster but we need leaders to take seriously that we are in a crisis. when you're in a crisis, have to be in crisis mode to deal with it. our house is burning, so the

elders strongly support phasing out fossil fuels and incentivizing clean energy which the inflation reduction act -- we strongly support opening up the multinational banks and the world banks, the imf, and the other banks to provide more for developing countries to get clean energy. as i said, the elders are very involved in intergenerational dialogue. very much involved dialogue with vanessa nakate will be speaking to you and many other young climate activists. you are giving me hope because you are on the right track. and we need to have leaders understand get out of fossil fuels now. it is not right for our world. we are out of balance with nature. we are in a climate and nature

crisis and we have to move much more rapidly. the stop take that was done, they show all governments are not doing enough. of those most responsible are not doing nearly enough. and that is united states, the european union. big emitters like russia and china and india in saudi arabia. yes, this marches particularly focusing on what is happening here in the united states but it is a global problem. i'm delighted to be here on behalf of the elders. we are in total solidarity with you. you give me hope because you are right and leaders need to listen to you now. thank you very much. >> next, we have susan sarandon, actress, mother, and activist. >> the u.s. is number one as the

largest oil and gas producer. we heard obama brag about this, actually come about how much oil and gas it was producing. it accounts for one third of all plant oil and gas expansions for the next two decades. just this last year alone, president biden has approved mega polluting projects like willow and the mountain valley pipeline. i'm sure you all know about this . even though there were very, very strong demonstrations and letters and i signed a bunch of them and everything, they went right ahead and did it, ok? he went right ahead and did it. this particular grouping today is about trying to put pressure on him because the good news is, he could sign an executive order and change everything. now, maybe we stand a bit of a

better chance because it is an election year coming up and he hasn't really fulfilled his promises from the last time not to expand any oil and gas. so what we are asking for is to stop all federal approval for new fossil fuel projects, phase out production of fossil fuels on federal public lands and waters -- that seems obvious, right? please. declare a climate emergency and to halt oil export and investment of fossil fuel abroad as well as a just transition to cleaner energy at home. and it would also seem to make sense since almost all of our aggressions worldwide are about oil and the war itself is like

one of the biggest polluters you could possibly imagine, so it would -- we would not feel the urge to completely invade so many countries as we have invaded, right? >> i am peter,'s , nasa scientist. we are currently on a pathway to lose basically everything. because of this heat nightmare we are in right now, is fossil fuels. our leaders around the world, including president biden, are still expanding fossil fuels. approving mountain valley pipeline, approving the willow project, expanding drilling on federal lands. it is a form of insanity. it is taking us deeper and deeper into irreversible planetary emergency. this is not something we can

just reverse. it is not like cleaning up garbage in the park. how hot he gets is how hot it is going to stay for generations. i don't know why i need to stand here and say this. i am a scientist. the scientists of the world have spoken. we have to stop expanding fossil fuels and ramp down fossil fuels as quickly as we can. it could not be more clear. i have two kids in high school. i'm terrified for the future. i'm terrified for my own future right now. things are burning and flooding and the smoke is getting worse. the heat waves are getting worse. will we be able to have food for a million people? -- a two people? when will we see debts from heat waves over the course of days? every single year gets worse. every little bit of fossil fuel we burn makes the planet a

little hotter and makes all of these impacts get worse. we are so clearly in a climate emergency, why what president biden declare? i feel so gas lit. it is so obvious. my kids know it is happening. 12-year-olds know what is happening. elementary school kids know what is happening. this is a task of cosmic importance, in my opinion. this is the only planet in the universe we know that has life. we are on the brink of a mass extinction. we are on the brink of losing absolutely everything. there is no politics on a dead planet. there is no economy on a dead planet. there is no democracy on a dead planet. it is so insane the people in charge cannot see this. there is no way to escape this. we have to turn the tide away

from fossil fuels. forget direct air capture, forget planting trees, forget carbon offsets, forget all of that. there is not going to be a technological solution. we have to end fossil fuels. currently, the white house has no plan for ending fossil fuels. they are still expanding it, still subsidizing a. that means they have no plan for dealing with the decreasing habitability of our planet due to global heating. we will rise up and fight. we have no choice. the people in power are failing us. we have to come together and fight. that is the only way and that is what we are going to do. amy: climate activist and scientist peter kalmus of nasa's jet propulsion lab speaking at sunday's march to end fossil fuels in new york city. when we come back, we'll hear from ugandan climate activist vanessa nakate, congressmember

alexandria ocasio-cortez, and more. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: "panic" premiered at sunday's march to end fossil fuels.

it is from the new climate change musical from v, formally eve ensler. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. sunday's march to end fossil fuels culminated in a rally after some 75,000 people marched through the streets of manhattan toward the united nations, where world leaders are gathering this week for the united nations general assembly that includes a climate ambition summit on wednesday. the rally focused on president biden with a banner over the stage at the rally sang "biden end fossil fuels." among those who spoke was new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez, along with local and international grassroots activists. these are some of their voices. this is unicef goodwill ambassador vanessa nakate.

>> before stepping here, my friend and sister, in good during and our mental and human rights activist -- ecuadorian and environmental rights activist, said something to me that everyone here and beyond needs to hear. she said, we should look at ecuador. this is the first example of climate democracy. she added, this is what phaseout of fossil fuels looks like. they are now protecting the most diverse place on this planet, in this was led by youth and indigenous people.

this is why there is no climate justice without indigenous people. in 2020, i wrote a letter to president biden and vice president harris that said, all we really want is a livable and healthy planet, equitable and sustainable present and future. is that too much to ask? this letter received a lot of support, but i was in trouble for it. -- i was trolled for it. they prefer the perfection in which it could have been delivered and ignored the bigger picture. for them it wasn't about the message, it was about who wrote it and how it was written.

i have learned this world has not been changed and transformed by perfect people. it has been transformed by people who dreamed and envision a better world for all of us. it has been transformed by people who believe, people who dreamed so that we dream. i was 23 when i wrote that letter. now i am 26. my older self fully understands why i wrote it. my younger self was worried for the future of the planet, communities, and people on the frontlines of the planet crisis. on september 10, storm daniel dumped more than two feet of rain on parts of greece.

but as it traveled over the mediterranean, was boosted by sea temperatures that were two to three degrees warmer than average for september. that extra warmth fueled strong winds and because the air to hold more moisture. the storm turns into a medicane, characteristics of a tropical cyclone. as storm daniel approached libya, the storm dumped rain over the mountains and over the city of derna. in one place, more than a foot of rain fell in 24 hours. two dams that had been constructed collapsed. a torrent of water swept down the hills and through the city. thousands of people were dragged out to sea.

huge sections of the city were completely destroyed and bodies are still washing up on the beaches. and now aid workers fear a second humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the citizens of derna face the risk of waterborne diseases amid the medicine and food shortages. two days after daniel tore through derna, reports show just 20 countries are responsible for nearly 90% of extraction from new oil and gas fields planned between 2013 and 2015. five global north countries with the greatest economy means to rapidly phaseout production are responsible for majority 51% of planned expansion from new oil

and gas through 2015. that is the united states, canada, australia, norway, and the united kingdom. the united states alone accounts for more than one third of planned global oil and gas extraction through 2050. historically, the united states is responsible for 29% of global greenhouse gas emissions. the entire continent of africa, 54 individual countries, is responsible for less than 4%. this is wrong. this is throwing a party when you know your neighbor is mourning. the global north has long been defeated from the extraction of fossil fuels and over and over again the global south has

suffered the consequences. while i am now here to say to the fossil fuel industry, not anymore, we are here to say to big oil ceos, not anymore. we call upon countries and in particular the united states to end new development of fossil fuels that are destroying livelihoods and lives because we cannot eat coal and we cannot drink oil. today i'm writing a letter to the president as a last one must have gotten lost in the mail. i'm calling on the strength of community to ask the president

of the united states to do the right thing, to be the climate leader that the united states needs to be. we also call upon leaders at cop 28 to ask for a just and equitable phaseout. we will not stand by and let this destruction continue to happen. we will not stand by and let our communities be destroyed. we will not stand by and let people's lives get lost as climate disasters occur because we refuse to anymore. so as a community, we have the power to stand together and say "not anymore." because when we come together

and gather like this and speak together, when we chant and say "what we want?" and say "we want climate justice," i see a revolution. and change. change happens because of people who come in the streets. we have seen that in the past. we will see it today. we will see it in the years to come. thank you so much. >> my name is alexandria ocasio-cortez. i am a congresswoman from new york, rep in the bronx and queens. i am so honored to be here today shoulder to shoulder with you all because we are all here for the same purpose, to protect the planet, the people, and make sure we end fossil fuels across

the globe! most importantly, i want to thank each and everyone of you for being here and for showing up in force. it means something when people say,, we are thinking 5000 to 10,000 people are going to be here come and 50,000, 70,000 people show up. that means something because we are -- i am in washington all the time where people say, they have a commitment to this issue but we need urgency on this issue. right now. right now. and the way we create urgency on the issue of climate is when we have people all across the world in the street. in the street. showing up, demanding change, and demanding a cessation of

what is killing us. we have to send a message that some of us are going to be living on this planet 30, 40, 50 years from now and we will not take no for an answer. climate must be a centerpiece of inside and outside organizing. a popular force that cannot be ignored. this issue is one of the issues, the biggest issue of our time and because of that, we must be 2 and too radical to ignore. [cheers] the first piece of legislation introduced in 2019 was the green new deal which demanded a 10 year timeline. at that time, people said it was too naïve and too unrealistic

and we did not take no for an answer. [cheers] we still won't take no for an answer. since then, we have organized and hit some milestones. here in new york, organizers want commitment for one hundred percent renewables by 2040. we have made sure new buildings be fully electric commenter not only will new energy be renewable but it will be available as public, democratically controlled for our most vulnerable communities. what we are not going to do is go from oil barons to solar barons. this belongs to the people. what we are not going to do is have vulnerable community's in a fossil fuel economy be left behind in a new economy. we are demanding a change so

that working people -- working people get better jobs in a new renewable energy economy. we are here to make sure we achieve that. we are going to make sure this transition is union. union jobs. organized labor. and we are going to make sure that we continue that fight. but the powers that be are there and it is real and it is against us. right now the united states continues to be approving record number of fossil fuel leases, and we must send the message right here today right now that that has got to end today. [cheers] we know they are raking in record profits, but the popular support for climate is starting

to buckle and crack that overall grip that the fossil fuel establishment has had in our politics. and that is because i view. [cheers] don't let the cynics win. they want us to think this is not worth it. the cynics want us to believe we cannot win. they want us to believe that organizing doesn't matter, the political system doesn't matter, the economy doesn't matter. we are here to say that we organize out of hope. we organize out of commitment. we organize out of love. we organize out of the beauty of our future. and we will not give up. we will not let go. we will not allow them to prevail. we will not allow our vision of a collaborative economy, of dignity for working people, of honoring the black, brown, indigenous, white working-class

-- we will not give up! that is what we are here to do today, to tell our leaders from president biden to the u.n. general assembly to all of our elected officials that we demand a change. it will happen now. it begins today. it is occurring today. and it is because of you. thank you, everybody. thank you. we are going to accomplish this! >> i am the founder, director, and ceo of the project of louisiana. i am also the gul fossil finance coordinator for the environment fund. i just want to say this is truly amazing and thank you also much for coming out, giving us your

sunday to be here because the time is now. we are all here to say enough is enough. [cheers] the way toright wrongs is to shine a light of truth on them. august 29, 2023, president joe biden bold faced lied and said he had declared a climate emergency. as we all know, the president has not declared a climate emergency. what he has declared is a way for oil and gas to further exacerbate the climate crisis. what he has done is sit back and allow his spineless predatory commission to continue to

approve new energy facilities in communities of color. what president biden has done is allow for the mountain valley pipeline to be approved. he has allowed for laws to be guided. enough is enough. if president biden is not going to do the job that we voted him in office to do, we are going to vote him out of office. he likes to hide under agencies like the gpa and the department of transportation, but we know he has the ultimate power of the pen. if he declares a climate

emergency and stops the approval of all new extractive industry, that all of our communities will be better for it. president biden, we are holding you personally accountable for the climate-induced disasters that our communities have faced. the record-breaking wildfires in louisiana and hawaii. the record-breaking flooding, record-breaking hurricanes year after year after year. you can no longer call these natural disasters because everyone of them makes history. what is causing these disasters to be so historic is the amount of fossil fuel extractive industry that are surrounding these communities. if you continue to build on wetlands, storms are going to come further inland and it is going to continue to destroy our

homes and families. enough is enough, president biden. [cheers] it is time for us to have this president who sits high on a throne and looks down on us and only uses black, brown, and indigenous folks for photo ops and his little puppets when he wants a picture of it is time now. we will no longer march of the white house and take pictures with you so you can put it in your repertoire. down to our community to see how we are living. as a black woman and as a single mom of six children and a new grandbaby, i understand what it is like to live on the front line of climate change.

my children have asthma. my sister was diagnosed with cancer. president biden, how would you like it if it was your family? you have heard the words of sharon. she has told you about the folks who are dying in cancer alley. you heard the words of john as he talked about the communities in port arthur. you heard the couple talk about our ancestors -- our ancestral lands are being taken over. you heard ari talk about his farm and how m.v.p. is building this pipeline. president biden, you might not know these people because to you they are ordinary folk. but these are frontline leaders who are making a difference. it is time you listened to them. >> i am helen come a 16-year-old organizer. i started protesting for climate

justice when i was 11. the first cent i made was for the 2019 school strike here in new york city and is an open vote we deserve a future." i am here today still fighting for that same future. i am just one of the many young people who organized this march and spend their summers building youth turnout. today young people are here in massive numbers because we are out of time. in 2020, a record number of us showed up to the polls and put biden in office. after years of trump, we were ready to elect a president promised to end drilling on federal and and finally address the climate crisis. in his 2.5 years as president, biden has gone back on these promises. he green lit the willow project. he skipped environment a review

to build the devastating mountain valley pipeline. and he approved countless other fracked gas pipelines and projects in alaska and the gulf coast. his refusal to let go of fossil fuels is destroying this. america's oil and gas expansion makes up one third of the entire global expansion plan through 2050. this is what is pushing us over the 1.5 degree warming threshold that is required to maintain habitable planet. because of this, crises are multiplying. this summer alone, new york city skies turned orange. libya is flooded. maui has burned. cap most people died from heat and extreme weather. this is the world biden and his peers have left for us but this is not the world we are going to accept.

this friday, over a million of us across the globe protested to end fossil fuels. today there are tens of thousands of us out here with one simple message for biden, you have the executive authority to end oil and gas expansion and keep fossil fuels in the ground. in 2024, we will be the most powerful voting block in the nation. young people will be. you need our votes to stay in power. that is why we are demanding you work with us, declare a climate emergency, you end all drilling right now! you are going to make new promises. promises that will impact young people to turn out in 2024 once again. they will transition us to renewable energy, built by green union jobs.

there is not enough time to put this off another term. all of us will keep up the pressure until it is done. thank you. amy: that was 16-year-old helen mancini of fridays for future nyc speaking senate on march to end fossil fuels outside the united nations. there was a labor update about the historic united auto workers strike targeting the big three automakers. on sunday, talks resumed between the uaw and general motors, ford, and stellantis. this is chris from the teamsters local. >> first of all, let me say thank you to my brothers and sisters who are here. this is a union stage. we are not like the other people. we've got to remember sag and aftra and uaw. where are my union brothers and sisters? stand up. this is the workers fight. it is the poor, the working

class that suffers with these fossil fuel devils. i'm going to tell you something, if you elected 300 more alexandria ocasio-cortez's, if you elected a president that fought like aoc, if you elected a senate -- i'm not talking about democrats and republicans, i'm talking about service of the people. [cheers] labor has to be a vanguard because we have the resources, we have the organization, we have the power to join together with poor communities, indigenous communities that say no to anymore pipelines, no because we can live without oil that we cannot live without water. we can live without -- we are here as labor to stand in

solidarity with about 75,000 people. we are here with you. the power belongs to the people. to the people belongs the power. when you go to the polls, don't vote r or d, vote for people like aoc. power to you. amy: secretary-treasurer of teamsters local 808 dressing sunday's march 2 end fossil fuel s in new york city were some 70,000 protesters took to the street with a message for world leaders coming to the u.n. generously this week. the banner across the stage read "biden end fossil fuel." that as it for our show. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed

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