'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new
A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.
There's a scene in Henrik Ibsen's 1882 drama An Enemy of the People that takes place at a public meeting. The residents of a spa town are trying to prevent a local doctor, Dr. Stockmann, from telling the truth about a factory that's polluting the local water supply.
That's the moment when, one recent evening, a climate activist stood up from his seat in the audience. It was during a press night for the current production running at Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway.
"I object to the silencing of. He was the first of three members of the climate change activism group to disrupt the show that night.
