Faced with government inaction on climate change, young people are increasingly engaging in civil disobedience. For those as yet unable to vote, the act of collectively removing the French president’s portraits from town halls is strikingly symbolic. Are such interventions a youthful rejection of politics or a new form of civic engagement?
Christian Mellon
is a member of the Centre de recherche et d’action sociales (Centre for Research and Social Action) and co-founder of the magazine Alternatives non-violentes.