Mark Engler draws lessons from marches past and present.
In mid-September, just before the UN Climate Summit, an estimated 400,000 people gathered alongside New York’s Central Park to join a march demanding aggressive action to combat global warming. In 161 other countries, activists held some 2,600 solidarity demonstrations, creating the largest mobilization ever around climate change.
Did it accomplish anything?
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