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Pat Mitchell: It's so great[br]to see you, my friend.

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Jane Fonda: Hi Pat.[br]It's great to be with you.

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PM: Jane, for the ones who may not[br]have seen the extraordinary coverage

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around the world of Fire Drill Fridays

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and the impact that they have already had,

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talk to us about the origin of this idea,

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this particular response[br]to the climate crisis.

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JF: I was very inspired by Greta Thunberg,

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the Swedish student,

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and by the young school climate strikers.

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Greta says, we've got to get[br]out of our comfort zone.

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We have to behave like our house[br]is burning, because it is.

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And so she really struck a chord in me,

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and then, learning that just about

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a hundred percent[br]of climate scientists agree,

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they agree that a drastic[br]emergency is upon us,

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that it is human-caused.

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But they said,

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we can do something about it.

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We have the time, the technology,

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the tools.

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We have everything we need[br]except political will

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to meet the challenge,[br]and it's an enormous challenge.

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We have 11 years, many say, a decade,

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and I thought,

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Oh I'm so lucky

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that I am healthy and living

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in a decade where we who are alive

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can actually make the difference.

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We can make the difference

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as to whether there's going[br]to be a livable future or not.

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What a glorious responsibility we have.

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We have to step up to the plate,

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and when you're famous,

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there's a lot of things that you can do.

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You have a bigger platform.

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So I decided that, like Greta,

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I was going to put my body on the line

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and move to the center[br]of American power, Washington, DC,

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and have a rally every Friday[br]like the students do,

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and we work with the students.

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They speak at my rallies[br]and I speak at their rallies,

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and that after we speak,

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we engage in civil disobedience

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and risk getting arrested.

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Civil disobedience is a powerful tool

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that has changed history many times,

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both in the United States

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in the '60s during[br]the Civil Rights Movement,

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of course in India with Mahatma Gandhi,

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and I didn't know in the beginning[br]if it was going to work or not,

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but it's made me very happy[br]to see what's happening.

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PM: It's also led to your being arrested

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multiple times, actually,

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spending at least a night or two[br]in Washington, DC jails,

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and while all of us I think recognize[br]the emergency and the actions

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that you so kindly mentioned[br]others have taken,

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I'm not sure that we[br]would put our bodies at risk,

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our lives, our careers,

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and our lives on hold

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as you have done.

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Do you have any concerns[br]about that at this point?