US EditionMarchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions ‘profiting off the climate crisis’
Activists linked the climate crisis to economic inequality and social justice, highlighting that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with protests targeting financial elites and policy rollbacks.
- Protesters across the world marched against financial institutions and corporations 'profiting off the climate crisis', arguing they prioritized profits over people's lives.
- Demonstrators carried giant puppets mocking billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, accusing them and their companies of causing environmental damage.
- Organizers emphasized the interconnectedness of various social and environmental issues like climate change, economic inequality, and immigrant rights as struggles against powerful elites.
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Varied Causes Unite Against Profits
Thousands of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires Row toward Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday to "Make Billionaires Pay"—in support of climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, and a ceasefire in Gaza. Their signs...
Marchers gather to protest financial institutions 'profiting off the climate crisis'
NEW YORK — Hundreds of activists marched down Park Avenue and turned down Billionaires Row toward Trump Tower in New York Saturday to “Make Billionaires Pay,” calling for climate justice, democracy, free speech, gender equality, a stop to the Trump's immigration crackdown and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Marchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions "profiting off the climate crisis"
On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say.
Hundreds of activists march in New York to "Make the Billionaires Pay" and demand climate justice, freedom of expression, a ceasefire in Gaza...
Hundreds of activists marched across Park Avenue and headed for Billionaires Row in the direction of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday to “Make the Multimillionaires payen,” demanding climate justice, democracy, freedom of expression, gender equality, a halt to Trump’s immigration repression, and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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