【】

LONDON -- All flights out of London City Airport were disrupted when nine protestors who said they were with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement locked themselves together on one of the airport's runways Tuesday morning.
The Met Police were called to the scene at approximately 5:40 a.m. BST, and at present all of the activists have been removed from the airway and placed under arrest.
SEE ALSO:Black Lives Matter day of action in the UK has everyone talkingAccording to the #BlackLivesMatterUK Twitter account, the demonstration aims to highlight the racial implications of climate change on both a global and local level.
The Guardianreports that a spokeswoman for BLMUK has confirmed that all nine of the protestors locked together are white, inviting criticism from some that these protestors are “appropriating someone else’s struggle.”
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
The UK strand of the BLM movement cites figures from the UNHCR that claim there will be 200 million climate refugees by 2050. Although the UK is the biggest per capita contributor to rising global temperatures according to these figures, seven out of ten of the countries most impacted by the environmental changes are in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to the group's claim that "climate crisis is a racist crisis."
Tweet may have been deleted
The group also stresses the disproportionate impact that the pollution released by power plants, busy roads and airports in the developed world tend to have on low income communities such as Newham, where London City Airport is located and a large proportion of black and other ethnic minorities live. In a video, the UKBLM claim that black Britons are 28 per cent more likely to be exposed to air pollution than their white counterparts.
Tweet may have been deleted
This BLM demonstration closely resembles the actions of a group called Plane Stupid, which in July 2015 saw 13 of its activists arrested after chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow to protest the environmental risks associated with air travel.
Mashablehas reached out to both BLMUK and Plane Stupid for comment, and will update this article if a response is made.
TopicsActivismBlack Lives Matter
相关文章
WhatsApp announces plans to share user data with Facebook
Big changes are coming to WhatsApp.。On Thursday, WhatsApp announced in a blog post it will begin sha2025-04-03- 絕了 !曝巴薩拒絕為哈維付違約金 想讓他自己掏錢_阿爾薩德www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-01 09:31:00| 評論(已有310564條評論)2025-04-03
- 卡爾德克將扮演“澳洲鋒霸”考驗國足 歸化事宜仍無信息_比賽www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-01 09:01:00| 評論(已有310539條評論)2025-04-03
- 頭牌停賽主帥仍不選擇武磊 出場9分鍾1觸球1傳球_馬塔來www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-01 04:31:00| 評論(已有310510條評論)2025-04-03
Ivanka Trump's unpaid interns share cringeworthy financial advice
Ivanka Trump's interns have some questionable advice for students worried they can't afford an unpai2025-04-03- 上帝歸來 !米蘭戰歐冠有了核武器 奇跡並非不可能_伊布www.ty42.com 日期:2021-11-01 09:01:00| 評論(已有310540條評論)2025-04-03
最新评论