3 December 2011–Thousands of people from around the world hit the streets of Durban, South Africa to protest the UN Climate Conference of Polluters.
Photo Essay by Orin Langelle/Global Justice Ecology Project and Anne Petermann/Global Justice Ecology Project-Global Forest Coalition.
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Overview of the March. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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La Via Campesina Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Radical clowns. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Nnimmo Bassey speaks to the crowd. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Christina Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, speaks. Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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South African activist Virginia Setshedi. Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Interview. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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South African Waste Pickers. Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Nudes Against Nukes. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Photo: Langelle/GJEP
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Never trust a COPoration. Photo: Petermann/GJEP-GFC