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Venice, ITALY · Dec 9, 2023
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Dec 9, 2023
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From set #2794799More blitz by eco-vandals in Venice: activists from Extinction Rebellion hang from Rialto Bridge and color the Grand Canal green · 12 assets in this set
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BGUK_2794799 - Another close-range blitz by eco-vandals: climate activists, this time from the Extinction Rebellion association, hung off the Rialto Bridge and threw a substance into the Grand Canal that colored the water green. The substance is called "fluorescein" and is harmless. But in the same moments, some of them lowered themselves with ropes and harness from the Rialto Bridge displaying a banner that read "Cop28: while the government talks we hang by a thread": a protest against the immobility of climate policies. Specifically, three activists were hanging by wooden beams that were held down on the bridge by their other "colleagues." But that is not all. The same young people, at the same time, began to play the notes of Titanic, to highlight a "catastrophic future" that would await Venice: a sinking. Only two days ago it was the youth of Ultima Generazione who targeted St. Mark's Basilica with a throwing of liquid mud mixed with chocolate. The action follows one a few months ago with the "tracer" used by plumbers that had created the striking coloring. The boys had gathered at San Giacomo dell'Orio. The police promptly intervened and blocked the canal and the sides of the bridge. Afterwards, they began a dialogue with those responsible for the vandalism.
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Venice, ITALY
