Climate Change Strike in Leicester

On the 15^th March school students from all around the country went on strike against climate change. In Leicester, over a hundred 11-18-year olds came, which is more than twice as many as were at the last protest.

Students protested at the Clock Tower, then marched to Jubilee Square. When we got there a student steward shouted at me and told me off for handing out leaflets for Leicester Young Socialists as they said the event wasn’t meant to be political.

But everyone took our leaflet and they agreed with our slogan “Socialist Change Not Climate Change”. Some of them were interested in coming to our meeting “You can’t control what you don’t own: why a socialist fightback is needed to reverse climate change”

Climate change is a political issue. Capitalism always prioritises profit over the planet this is why the only solution to global warming is a socialist fightback.