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Fridays For Future International (FFI)

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Type:

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Fridays For Future International (FFFI) is a decentralized international movement that facilitates student strikes. It was formed in 2018 following Greta Thunberg’s sit-in on the steps of the Swedish Parliament protesting a claimed lack of action to address the supposed climate crisis. The organization claims to have representation in 7,500 cities and connection to 14 million people internationally. 1

FFFI organizes student strikes every Friday and major protests twice per year to promote stronger action to implement the Paris Agreement on climate, ensure equal climate outcomes, and build support of the supposed united science behind those actions. 2 FFFI claims to be politically neutral while active on climate issues, but it has had to fight off attempts by Marxist-Leninist groups to gain control of the organization. 3

Fridays For Future United States (FFFUS) advocates for FFFI agenda items such as a declaration of a climate emergency, an end to reliable inexpensive fossil fuel exploration and extraction, the implementation of a national environmental education curriculum, investment in social equal outcomes, decolonization, deindustrialization, and holding colonial powers accountable for allegedly perpetrating environmental destruction. 4 5

Funding

Fridays For Future is mostly decentralized, with country, state and city-level organizations fundraising for themselves. In the United States, FFFUS is fiscally sponsored by the Hack Foundation. 6

The Hack Foundation was formed in 2014 with the design of engaging teenage programmers in a world-wide network through local organizations fiscally sponsored by Hack. HF claims initial funding from a variety of sources including $500,000 from Elon Musk in 2021. 7 8

Zachary Latta is president and co-founder of Hack Club. Christina Asquith, another co-founder, is the COO and founder of the Fuller Project that advocates an increase in reporting by women and girls in major newsrooms. 9 10

FFFUSA claims membership from groups in 51 American cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, and Atlanta. The local groups make demands beyond the those of FFFUSA. For instance, FFF Seattle demands free public transportation, public-owned affordable housing, and divestment from Puget Sound Energy. 11 12

Programs of FFF USA

Get Out The Vote

Fridays For Future USA’s get out the vote initiative includes help in registering to vote, verifying registration, and a sign-up form to request election reminders. 13

Stop the Dirty Deal

Stop the Dirty Deal opposed the attachment of support for the coal industry to the Inflation Reduction Act. The provision was supported by Senator Joe Manchin (D, later I-WV). 14

Stop the Willow Project

FFFUSA supported petitions and contacted members of Congress and President Joe Biden in a failed effort to stop the development of the 24-million acre National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope and to end all efforts to begin extraction of underground oil. 15

Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline

The organization opposed and rallied support to stop the approved Stone Mountain Valley Pipeline designed to transport natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia. 16 17

End the Era of Fossil Fuels

FFFUSA organized National Days of Action to End the Era of Fossil Fuels as a direct message to President Biden in the summer of 2023. Co-organizers of the event included left-leaning Project Sunrise, 350.org, and anti-nuclear energy Indigenous Environmental Network with lead sponsors including Green New Deal supporting Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), Zero Hour, the 350 Network Council, the Climate Organizing Hub, and left-of center People vs. Fossil Fuels. 18 19

Climate Strike Workshops

FFFUSA provided video delivered workshops on how to lead a climate strike or action in conjunction with their global climate strikes including the basics, how to create a strike story, produce visuals, build the crowd, and activate the press. 20

Silenced

FFFUSA and Youth Climate Strike LA launched a social media campaign that uses AI generated images of children that are not alive today because of air pollution in Los Angeles, California. 21

Earth Is No Toy

FFFUSA launched an advertising campaign in celebration of Earth Day 2023 that features G20 leaders depicted as children as a call to global action on climate. 22

Aliens

FFF US launched a campaign comparing those running for office in 2022 elections who question the supposed consensus on climate change to aliens to use fear to motivate votes for those supporting their cause. 23

I Love You California

The organization launched a campaign in September 2023 that attempted to leverage California forest fires to promote a global climate strike to demand climate reparations. 24

We Don’t Care

We Don’t Care is a video collaboration with FRED & FARID that promoted climate as a racial equal outcome, gender, and socioeconomic issue in conjunction with March 25 Global Strike. 25

Social Media

FFF uses WhatsApp and Telegram along with email for their communications with protestors while connecting with followers on Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter). 5

FFF Canada celebrated the Ontario, Canada court’s decision in support of plaintiffs in Mathur v. Ontario, a dispute over carbon reduction targets that returned the case to a lower court. 26

FFFI posted a call to end overconsumption on Facebook that included an appeal to sign a petition calling for a normal economy defined as one that requires changing our socio-economic system, the end of war, and inclusivity. 27 28

A FFFI post on November 1, 2024 shared a quote from a Carbon Brief analysis that a victory for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election could result in a four billion ton increase in United States emissions by 2030. The group included a disclaimer in the post that it is non-partisan. 29 30

FFF Canada website calls for people to “step away” from social media that is not owned by Canadians and rely on reputable, independent news for information. 31

Luisa Neubauer, a German climate activist from Fridays for Future, commented in a Mother Jones article following former President Donald Trump second election to the presidency in 2024 that his heartbreak over the election was real and that it felt like the “world is going to end” due to President-elect Trump’s skepticism of the climate change movement. 32

References

  1. “Fridays for Future Is an International Climate Movement Active in Most Countries and Our Website Offers Information on Who We Are and What You Can Do.” Fridays For Future, August 5, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfuture.org/.
  2. “Home.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/.
  3. Marquardt, Jens. “Fridays for Future’s Disruptive Potential: An Inconvenient Youth between Moderate and Radical Ideas.” Frontiers, June 12, 2020. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00048/full.
  4. “National Demands.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/demands/.
  5. “Donate.” Fridays For Future US, April 21, 2024. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/donate/.
  6. “Donate to Fridays for Future USA.” HCB. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/fridays-for-future-usa.
  7. “The Hack Foundation DBA Hack Club) Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990) 2022. Part III, Line 4a. Part VII, Lines 1, 2.
  8. Writer, Scooter MacMillan | Staff. “From Silicon Valley to Shelburne.” Vermont Community Newspaper Group, January 15, 2021. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.vtcng.com/shelburnenews/news/local_news/from-silicon-valley-to-shelburne/article_2c1962ee-5680-11eb-aba3-e7ab8baeb1d1.html.
  9. Christina Asquith – United States | professional profile. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaasquith.
  10. Zach Latta – executive director – hack club | linkedin. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachlatta.
  11. “About.” FFF Seattle. Accessed November 17, 2024. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfuturese.wixsite.com/home/about.
  12. “Local Groups.” Fridays For Future US, July 22, 2024. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/local-groups/.
  13. “Get out the Vote.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/vote/
  14.  “Stop the Dirty Deal.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/stop-the-dirty-deal/.
  15. “Stop the Willow Project.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/stop-willow/.
  16. “Stop MVP.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/stop-mvp/.
  17. “Overview.” Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://mountainvalleypipeline.info/overview/.
  18. “End the Era of Fossil Fuels.” Fridays For Future US, February 10, 2024. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/end-the-era-of-fossil-fuels/.
  19. “National Release for June Actions to End the Era of Fossil Fuels.” Google Docs. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DySlCPI6vy5M5aLsgcMOIXaN4MmUVOHQWHNnwSs-7cE/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0.
  20. “Climate Strike Workshops.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/climate-strike-workshops/.
  21. Silenced.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/silenced/.
  22. “Earth Is No Toy.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/earth-is-no-toy/
  23. “Aliens.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/aliens/.
  24.  “I Love You, California.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/ilycalifornia/
  25. “We Don’t Care.” Fridays For Future US, September 25, 2023. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/we-dont-care/
  26. “Fridays for Future Canada on Instagram: ‘Youth Are Powerful. This Is Historical. Kudos to the Lawyers, and Plaintiffs Sophia, Zoe, Shaelyn, Shelby, Madison, Alex and Beze.’” Instagram. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBSCaXLp4x_/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGcdUdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRs0sRWZ1560gauBJO_MkviLMd-N-Kf3VvDELgyV-MygN-dIHWXxP6y0zw_aem_H2Ko5PIJhA6bFkxynMzyFQ.
  27. “Log into Facebook.” Facebook. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/FridaysForFuture.org/.
  28. “Petitions.” Action Network. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/establish-justice-peace-and-inclusivity-to-stop-climate-change/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGcds9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfYk9xYkc2Av7RqQho7QG1LXcFXQ1FSBDJzOxX_V56R63Xc2smglqOLBmg_aem_VzyBS0SgGYm80xGa7n8SCg
  29. “Fridays For Future” Facebook. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/FridaysForFuture.org/
  30. “Trump Election.” Carbon Brief. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-election-win-could-add-4bn-tonnes-to-us-emissions-by-2030/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGceJ9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXURFSbALWXKAcLVpzHQHjQ0Y7lwiizYTjyF8PZ9JtL6j-qu3ByPT8-ZhQ_aem_QmUWmRSmC_3m2-5UM6R3Pg
  31. “Fridays for Future Canada”. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://fridaysforfuture.ca
  32. “Donald Trump.” Mother Jones. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/donald-trump-victory-global-climate-diplomacy-paris-agreement/
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