Several highway entrances remained closed Monday morning. People bring a mother to tears as people protest for climate change. Your son has to rush to school.
Vienna – On the morning of November 20, activists of the “last generation” blocked several highway entrances; Always early in the week. The group wants to draw attention to the climate crisis through its activities. A few aspirants established themselves at the southern entrance. It happens again and again Clashes during protests. The same is true of the western entrance to the A2 towards Vienna. A mother stands in tears, trying to persuade the group to let her in.
“Last Generation” protest on Vienna highway brings mother and son to tears
Katarina Coriani was on her way to pick up her son on the bus for a school trip. In that interview, he said that he thought it was an accident at first Pulse24. As the traffic didn’t move, Mom got more and more nervous and finally got out of the car.
When she realizes it’s a protest, she tries to negotiate with the demonstrators. “Please let us in!” The crying mother repeatedly tries to pacify the activists. Frustration quickly turns to anger. “You want to see that? He’s sitting in the car crying. “He’s 10 years old,” Mom calls out, pointing to the boy in the car.
“The last generation” does not want to make an exception. “The climate emergency is here now and just because we don’t see it here as strongly as we see it in the Global South doesn’t mean it doesn’t threaten us all. And it especially affects her son,” one activist stressed to a television crew there the importance of the struggle, especially for the younger ones.
Roadblock Mother Desperation – The “last generation” sees no alternative
According to their own reports, the activist group debated whether to allow Amma. “Of course we want to let everyone in there. There’s certainly a lot more people out there, and there are good reasons why they should go through it,” the climate group’s video contribution says.
“If someone tells me how we can draw attention to the current emergency, which is simply not understood and treated as an emergency, of course we will do it and stop annoying people. But the truth is that everything else has not worked so far,” the activist continues.
“I have to be honest, it’s collateral damage,” Mom says Pulse24 to protest. “The last generation” doesn’t see the risk of such actions harming climate action, the angry woman continues. Climate activists are aware of the discontent among citizens against the group, and they willingly embrace it, reports say repeatedly. This is shown in the X post (formerly Twitter), when the group writes to confront “traffic and public anger” in Vienna.
The tears have dried, the son is on a school trip, but the anger about climate action remains
The mother’s emotional outburst during the act was not the only controversy. Elsewhere, protesters were dragged off the streets, kicked and beaten, according to a local breakfast show Cafe Pulse reported. In the freezing cold, angry drivers threw water on the crew members.
Eventually I was able to change lanes off the highway and turn my mom around. Austrian media reported that the son was 15 minutes late for the bus waiting for him. “Past Generation” has yet to respond to inquiries about the situation.
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