Patti Smith attends Greta Thunberg’s final ever school strike in Stockholm
nme.comPatti Smith took part in Greta Thunberg‘s final ever school strike in Stockholm this week as the climate activist graduates.After 251 weeks of striking outside her school in the Swedish capital every Friday in protest of climate change, Thunberg marked her last ever strike this week (June 9), though will still be holding the weekly protest.“School strike week 251.
Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no longer be able to school strike for the climate,” she wrote on Twitter. “This is then the last school strike for me, so I guess I have to write something on this day.”At the end of a lengthy tweet thread, she said: “I’ll continue to protest on Fridays, even though it’s not technically “school striking”.
We simply have no other option than to do everything we possibly can. The fight has only just begun.”We who can speak up have a duty to do so.
In order to change everything, we need everyone. I’ll continue to protest on Fridays, even though it’s not technically “school striking”.
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