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Activists outside the US embassy in London
[Just Stop Oil]
ACTIVISTS from Just Stop Oil sprayed the US embassy in London with orange paint today as it became clear that Donald Trump had won the presidential election.
The group has been demanding that the British and US governments work together to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.
But during his campaign, Mr Trump pledged to “frack, frack, frack and drill baby drill,” and is expected to roll back regulations that hinder fossil fuel extraction.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
