Swedish Activist Greta Thunberg Speaks Against The Decried Highway A69 In The Tarn Department
Activists are speaking during a press conference in front of a banner that reads 'the ZAD will live'. In the woods near Semalens in the Tarn Department, on the planned A69 highway route between Toulouse and Castres, opponents of this project are organizing a weekend of protest called the 'Cabanacade' with Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg. The weekend is being organized near the ZAD dubbed 'Crem'Arbre', which is a call to activists and sympathizers to build huts for 'Ecureuils' ('squirrels') who are living in the trees to block their cutting. Greta Thunberg is saying, ''It's insane to maintain such a project which will compromise the quality of life of inhabitants and will destroy not only nature but also agricultural fields.'' Riot police 'Gendarmerie Mobile' are intervening several times to block the railway between Toulouse and Castres and are using tear gas canisters to intimidate protesters as the protest takes place on private lands. The main collective 'La Voie est Libre' wants the building of
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