Today’s thousands-strong student protest against climate change, the Strike 4 Climate Action, has done the trick: ruffled a bunch of politicians’ feathers (looking at you, Matt Canavan) and warmed the cockles of everyone else’s hearts. Look at those little social activists go! You exercise your right to protest, you little bloody legends! Maybe there is hope for this cocked-up world of ours after all!
The primary and high school cohorts showing up in every major city (and a shitload of regional centres) also didn’t skimp on the best bit of any public protest: witty signs. Here are a select few of the best of the day so far:
1. This one’s been snapped all over the place, and with good reason, ‘cos it’s fucken savage (and genius).
https://twitter.com/mkcully/status/1068292876654665728
2. Simple, straightforward and effective. 10/10 sign work, mates.
It’s brilliance is in it’s simplicity. #climatestrike pic.twitter.com/QwIYnH73FS
— Ira Snave (@IraSnave) November 30, 2018
3. We stan a topical pop culture reference!!!
Kids message to @ScottMorrisonMP #stopadani #climatestrike pic.twitter.com/wZnrs6RnQM
— Holly Creenaune (@hollycreenaune) November 30, 2018
4. We stan several variations on a topical pop culture reference!!!!
https://twitter.com/nickwray/status/1068325162259382272
5. Click in to see pic #4 and its excellent use of the planet Uranus.
Favourites signs from the kids’ #ClimateStrike today in Melbourne pic.twitter.com/kSEKyK0z8E
— Dr Una McIlvenna 💀🎶 (@UnaMcIlvenna) November 30, 2018
6. ‘Gonna miss u boo’ is simultaneously hilariously and extremely sobering. Lol.
So proud of these kids who came out today to protect our future. History will remember you as heroes #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/Zxh7RdKEDZ
— Mehreen Faruqi (@MehreenFaruqi) November 30, 2018
7. The kids aren’t holdin’ back, folks! YIKES @ ScoMo.
The Kids Are Alright #climatestrike pic.twitter.com/haIsgTszRp
— Luke Bevans (@BevansLuke) November 30, 2018
8. Ya gotta have an en masse pic. So effective! A+ for art mates :’)
#climatestrike in #Brisbane in the fossil-fuelled heat!
Kids showing the MPs up. 👍🏼🙌🏼✊🏽#ScienceMatters #ClimateChange is real#StopAdani #auspol pic.twitter.com/VvuU5ElNBX— 🇺🇦MMAF😷💉💉💉💉🌿 #VoteYes (@mmfay6) November 30, 2018
9. That permission slip line is a classic, well done you mighty little vegemites.
Kids are doing us proud #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/YXa0RjVwlu
— Claire Flanagan-Smith (@McFlurnagan) November 30, 2018
10. Loving the understatement and also the sign-maker’s excellent expression here:
11. And a bit of time-honoured ‘call the pollies idiots cos they are’ from Martin Place. Beautiful stuff.
The kids have arrived in #martinplace for #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/dQcaAscAmK
— Carla Hoorweg (@carla_hoorweg) November 30, 2018
Bonus round: this fabulous little mate who busted out his clarinet for a surprisingly jazzy number after dropping some Earth Mother wisdom on us all. Everyone clapped along, and it was the purest thing to happen in Sydney in the last ten years, possibly history.
— Sam Regester (@samregester) November 30, 2018
Scott Morrison, we await your resignation. Ain’t no way you’re coming back from all this.