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  • That’s a Wrap for Greta Thunberg

    06/05/2025 7:06:22 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 38 replies
    NRO ^ | 5 June 2025 | Jeffrey Blehar
    A brief note on everybody’s least favorite hectoring eco-scold: I regret to inform you that Greta Thunberg is in the news again. It barely matters why, really — more nonsense about Gaza and “genocide.” We’ll get to that in a moment, but that’s not really why we’re here. ... It must have been an amazing high for Thunberg to be the center of so much adulation. I suspect this because she has been chasing that high ever since, long after the media gaze moved on. In the Biden era, the media were no longer interested in highlighting the urgency of...
  • Greta Thunberg Detained at Eurovision Protest

    05/12/2024 12:59:57 AM PDT · by RandFan · 58 replies
    Yahoo! ^ | May 12 | Yahoo! / Daily Beast
    Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by Swedish police in Malmö on Saturday for attending a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Eurovision venue. Thunberg, who was wearing a keffiyeh, was escorted away from the event by the cops, according to footage from the incident. Police said in a statement that they had “handled a number of unauthorized public gatherings” and taken several people into custody, but it was not immediately clear if Thunberg was among them or faced any charges. “I’m here to show we think it is outrageous and inexcusable for Eurovision to let Israel participate while committing a genocide,”...
  • Greta Thunberg is detained by cops as pro-Palestine protesters try to storm Eurovision: Climate activist is hauled away as demonstrators clash with armed riot police outside final venue and yell 'Shame on you' at fans before show kicked off

    05/11/2024 11:29:12 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 16 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | May 12 2024 | POPPY ATKINSON GIBSON
    The climate activist has been hauled away as demonstrators clashed with armed riot police outside the final venue and yelled 'Shame on you' at fans before show kicked off. A video shows the 21-year-old being dragged away by uniformed officers in high-vis vest as photographers flock around her. Swedish news sight Visegrad 24 stated on social media that Thunberg is a 'repeat offender' and has been detained.