Collective ‘rage’ guides Quebecers striking for climate action

A poster for the week of climate rage shows a dinosaur eating money while a fire burns in the background.
The Climate Rage Coalition wants people to have righteous anger, not eco-anxiety, they say, in the fight against climate change. Photo courtesy of the Climate Rage Coalition.
Jules Bugiel - CKUT - MontrealQC | 27-09-2023
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Across the province, tens of thousands of students have put down their pens and closed their laptops for a week of climate strikes.

Dubbed "the week of climate rage," it's billed as an opportunity for students and others to learn about alternatives to a system of fossil-fuel capitalism that organizers say is killing the planet.

Quebec, which is no stranger to student strikes, saw the climate strike movement really take off in 2019. That same year, roughly half a million people joined Montreal's climate march, which was led by youth climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Coming on the heels of last week's global climate strikes, this week will see some of the most climate action across the province since 2019.

Climate Rage Coalition organizer Camille Gauthier says that even if people can't make it out to the teach-ins and protests this week, there's countless ways to get involved in their communities.

"I have a hard time saying what folks should do because there's so many [things] that folks can do."

In Montreal, this year's climate march takes place on Friday starting at 2 p.m., meeting at the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument.

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