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‘We’ve woken up’: the older women leading the fight against climate change | Retirees are playing an increasingly visible role in environmental protests (www.ft.com)
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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Still, she took a more cautious approach to climate activism until she retired in 2021. “As a working GP, I didn’t really want to do anything that was arrestable . . . Maybe I retired a bit earlier as part of my wanting to do more for the climate.”

In November 2023, she was arrested and charged under the newly introduced offence of interference with key national infrastructure, which carries a maximum sentence of 12 months imprisonment, for taking part in a so-called slow march on Waterloo Bridge.

I appreciate that they're going into this prepared to get arrested. And now they're like "fuck it." It's weird people reading thw article seem to get the impression these specific women have sat on their butts their whole lives. Am I missing something? What should these specific women do differently?

[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

Holy shit yes. What is wrong with these comments. The first thing in my mind was how amazing that these older women are going out and about trying to protect the environment for future generation when they could be enjoying their retirement, but apparently some people don't like it because of... What?