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Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Madrid’s city center Friday night in a massive climate demonstration led by indigenous leaders and youth activists.
Democracy Now! was there in the streets.
We spoke to Godwin Ojo, a climate activist from Nigeria, who said, "We are here to stop corporate capture of the state, corporate capture of the United Nations, corporate capture of resources. And we want to make the voices of local communities count, and to put an end to climate change."
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Democracy Now! also filmed two young siblings—a brother and sister, Kiwi and Zozo, aged 11 and 8—who rappelled down a bridge, dangling 50 feet in the air over scores of shocked protestors below. They carefully unfurled a banner that read, "Just 8 years till 1.5° C. HOW DARE YOU?"
Although the climbing kids are just beginning to learn English, Kiwi told Democracy Now!, "In eight years, the CO2 budget for 1.5 degrees will be used up. In just eight years. What we need is massive action to stop the climate crisis. And we need it now," he said. "What we see here at the climate summit is a lot of nice talking but no real action. With every delay, there will be more people dying and more ecosystems collapsing. How dare you?"
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