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| Formation | 10 November 2018; 7 years ago (2018-11-10) |
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| Purpose | Form ageneral strike to protest political inaction on climate change |
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| Fields | Labor movement Environmental movement |
Earth Strike was an internationalgrassroots movement calling for a globalgeneral strike forclimate action. Their aim was a global general strike on 27 September 2019. The Earth Strikes were part of the worldwideSeptember 2019 climate strikes, which gathered millions of protesters.
The movement has had public support from organizations includingExtinction Rebellion andFridays for Future, as well as public figures includingNoam Chomsky.[1]
Earth Strike was founded on 10 November 2018 after a user on thesubreddit r/Chomsky called for a "General Strike to Save The Planet".[citation needed] The post quickly gathered attention within Reddit, and the r/EarthStrike subreddit was formed to organise a general strike.[citation needed] The initial protests were held on 15 January 2019, with 27 September being announced as the date for the "Earth Strike".[2] General strikes inIceland in 1975 and India in 2019 were cited as inspirations.[3]
The September 2019 global climate strikes took place on 20 and 27 September 2019. An estimated 6 million people participated in strikes worldwide.[4] The protests were organised by a broad coalitions of movements and organisations internationally, including Earth Strike,Fridays For Future,350.org, and various trade unions.[5] The protests included school strikes, labour strikes, and street protests and rallies.
