Demonstrators’ key demands are: “Stop the war in Ukraine. Russian troops out. No to NATO expansion.”

“There simply has to be a negotiated settlement to avert more terrible suffering and lethal escalation.”

“This is an eye-opening moment for humanity to see that the world is aflame with new and old wars caused by fossil fuels,” said Fridays for Future. “People only desire to live and exist safely.”

As Congress considers spending $6.4 billion or more, William D. Hartung suggests that “the bulk of new funding should be for humanitarian aid, not guns and troops”

“The science and the politics of the climate crisis are very clear: We cannot build any new fossil fuel projects and still expect to meet the challenge of protecting a livable planet.”

“This is an unprecedented atrocity, for which there is no and cannot be any justification,” said nearly 200 officials from cities across Russia

“Their investments in the fossil fuel industry—an industry whose actions place the health and future of students and the entire planet at risk—amount to nothing less than complicity in the climate crisis.”

“…the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war.”

One of the plaintiffs said going to trial “means our voices are actually being heard by the courts, the government, the people who serve to protect us as citizens, and Montana’s youth.”

“There are no work requirements on tax cuts for the wealthy or corporations. There is no means-testing on the Pentagon”