Climate radicals disrupted the taping of a Swedish dance competition amid a string of climate protests across the globe.
During the finale of Sweden’s Let’s Dance television show on Friday, climate activists from the Restore Wetlands group stormed the stage to unfold their banner and vandalize the set with paint.
Climate cultists thought they had sabotaged another beautiful event — then the cameraman had his revenge.
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Luckily, a quick-thinking cameraman dropped an overhead camera on the head of the protester, sending them crashing to the ground. The protesters were reportedly removed and questioned by the police.
The group later confirmed that they were behind the demonstration in an effort to draw attention to what they claim is a climate disaster.
“We are heading for a climate collapse and our politicians are only making the crisis worse by not acting. We are the last generation that has a chance to stop this death project,” said Roxy Farhat, spokesperson for Restore Wetlands.
“We have been demonstrating for 30 years, but the politicians don’t care,” Farhat added, explaining why the group had shifted to more extreme forms of protest.
This comes following numerous climate change-related demonstrations all over the world, most recently with the case of activists vandalizing an iconic Edgar Degas sculpture in Washington, D.C.
The incident occurred last month when 53-year-old Joanna Smith and 54-year-old Tim Martin defaced Degas’ “Little Dancer” sculpture outside the National Gallery of Art. Degas’s sole public sculpture, which was unveiled in 1881, was praised for its realism and ground-breaking use of mixed media.
The protestors smeared the work with paint in an apparent effort to raise awareness about climate change. Smith said, “We need our leaders to take serious action, to tell us the truth about what’s happening with the climate.”
The wave of climate protests prompted an outcry from government officials and art experts, who both condemned the practice. University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann shared his insights on why these types of demonstrations could hurt their cause.
“[Vandalism] alienates many people we need to bring into the fold. People who are natural allies in the climate battle but will draw negative associations with climate advocacy and activism from such acts,” Mann said.
