Rotten fish, paint and sewage:the return to the streets of Fridays for Future against climate change – Photos and videos

Activists demonstrated throughout Italy:"There is no more time, the moment is now."Moments of tension in Turin, Milan and Genoa

"There is no more time, the moment is now."In all Italy climate justice activists of Fridays for Future they marched in long processions to bring attention to the climate change.«Energy communities, widespread transport, public services for lively and accessible cities»:these are the requests of thousands of young people who filled the streets of every region.«With the war and the multiple crises we are experiencing, the large fossil fuel companies have accumulated enormous extra profits, while Energy poverty is rampant.But the game is not over", explain the environmentalists.«We can reverse the situation and build the alternative.This strike will give new light to anger:we will be creative and proactive energy, we will make the imaginary outlined by the Climate Agenda concrete", they add.In some cities there were several demonstrative gestures of protest:from Milan where it was launched sewage on the Enel ai headquarters rotten fish against the Piedmont Region at Genoa fountain smeared with green, which provoked the president's anger Giovanni Toti.

The demonstration actions in Milan

A moment of tension during the procession Milan it was a Largo Cairoli where some demonstrators broke away from the bulk of the participants and headed with spray cans in hand towards the historic headquarters of the Cariplo, today Intesa Sanpaolo.The police intervened and blocked his path and, according to what was reported at the police station, there was no contact.Previously, near an ex site Enel Sewage was thrown into via Broletto.Then upon arriving in Piazza Duca d'Aosta, the students targeted Palazzo Pirelli.Two protesters climbed onto the entrance gate overlooking the square, lighting smoke bombs.A small group of activists then displayed a banner saying that "public transport is at a dead end", while the police in riot gear they lined up in front of the gate."Today our march had the very clear intention of going to the Region to speak with those who should represent us," one of the spokesmen said into the megaphone.On the ground they recreated some tracks with a blocking sign and a small group of demonstrators sat around them.

The rotten fish in front of the Piedmont Region

TO Turin the protesters threw several rotten fish in front of the regional headquarters Piedmont to demonstrate how the institution is "a fish out of water against drought" and to send a message against "the inertia of power with respect to the climate emergency"."Despite the thousand promises there are still no solutions to the climate crisis", denounces one of the spokespersons for Fridays for future.Subsequently, the activists also held a minute of silence for all minorities who suffer discrimination.

Genoa fountain defaced:Toti's anger

TO Genoa activists filled the fountain with green paint Piazza De Ferrari.The president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, responded harshly and condemned the gesture.«Dear guys, deface the fountain in Piazza De Ferrari with 50 liters of paint does it really help the environment?", he wrote on his social channels.The response from Fridays for future was not long in coming:«On the one hand there is the president of the influencer region who fuels hatred instead of doing what he is paid to do», they declare.«On the other – they add – there are us, Givoans without a future, who use ecological dyes and take to the streets for climate justice and are only shat off by those in power if it is used to exploit us».Also joining is Extinction Rebellion Liguria who explain the meaning of the action on their channels:«We did it because the clean and lush water that comes out of this fountain does not reflect reality.This symbol of wealth is an illusion that masks the water crisis that increasingly oppresses our country."And they report that the substance used is «sodium fluorescein which is used to trace the presence of water courses in waste pipes and in the medical field».