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Extinction Rebellion: UK Protesters Are Supergluing Themselves to Buildings to Fight Climate Crisis & Climate Strike: Heeding Call of Greta Thunberg, Polish Students Walk Out of Class & More Not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Friday, December 14, 2018 democracynow.org Stories "We Are Not Prepared to Die": Ex-Maldives President Warns of Catastrophic Climate Change "We are not prepared to die." Those are the words that Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the low-lying island country of Maldives, delivered at the U.N. ... Read More → Extinction Rebellion: UK Protesters Are Supergluing Themselves to Buildings to Fight Climate Crisis As protests erupt at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, we speak with Liam Geary Baulch, part of the new movement called Extinction Rebellion ... Read More → Climate Strike: Heeding Call of Greta Thunberg, Polish Students Walk Out of Class Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called for a global climate strike today to protest inaction at the U.N. climate summit. Greta made ... Read More → Trump's Energy Adviser Runs Away When Questioned by Democracy Now! at U.N. Climate Talks The Trump administration is promoting fossil fuels at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, despite outcry from climate activists and world leaders ... Read More → Hundreds of Activists Stage Sit-in Against Big Polluters on Final Day of COP24 U.N. Climate Talks Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, on Friday, demanding bolder action from world leaders on climate change. ... Read More → Bangladeshi Scientist: World Leaders Must Take Urgent Action to Prevent Climate Crisis Rise At the U.N. Climate talks in Katowice, Poland, we speak with climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who is advising the bloc of least developed countries in the climate ... Read More → Headlines → Senate Votes to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi Murder 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl Dies in U.S. Border Agents’ Custody Trump’s 2016 Inauguration Being Probed for Misuse of Funds and Illegal Donations Russian Gun Activist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Foreign Agent Global Calls Mount to Release Burmese Journalists Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad Addresses Iraqi Officials Argentina: Ex-Ford Execs Convicted of Kidnapping & Torture During Dirty War France: Police Kill Suspect of Strasbourg Mass Shooting Bolton Calls for Western Sahara Referendum DeVos Forced to Fulfill Obama-Era Rule, Cancelling $150 Million in Student Debt New Primary and Election Possible in Uncalled North Carolina Congressional Race Forward this email → Donate today → Follow COLUMN At the U.N. Climate Summit, Youth Leads the Way WORK WITH US! Democracy Now! is hiring a Social Media Manager. Learn more and apply today! WEB EXCLUSIVE Climate Migrants: Millions More Could Be Displaced by Global Warming as Carbon Emissions Rise KATOWICE CLIMATE SUMMIT 2018 Live Coverage from Katowice Climate Talks