By Kel Nguyen

Hundreds of students struck their school and gathered in St Peter’s Square to fight for climate crisis on Friday.

Protesters waved handmade placards, chanted, and marched on the latest school strike.

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Kel Nguyen

Standing under the rain, having a quick lunch, and holding homemade placards with slogans full of passion, dozens of people joined school strikes over climate change in St Peter Square in Manchester City Centre this Friday. The youngest is less than one year old.

The weekly protest most Friday has been inspired by a 16-year-old Swedish Greta Thunberg, who started her lonely protest every Friday before her country’s Parliament in August 2018. The event now has gone global, both online under the hashtag #FridaysForFuture and on the streets.

Youngster across the UK gave up their classes one day a week to call the government for concrete actions on climate change.

Jennie Gibson, facebook admin of Fridays For Future (FFF) said: “The government is ignoring the massive extinction and climate crisis.”

At 12pm, protesters were gathering in front of Manchester Central Library and ready for the demonstration.

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