Spain: 'Extinction Rebellion' protest covers Madrid square in over 1,000 shoes

W/S Puerta del Sol square covered with shoes in protest action of 'Extinction Rebellion', Madrid
W/S Shoes placed on the floor, sign with the logo of 'Extinction Rebellion' (in Spanish): "Act now"
W/S Poster supported on shoes on the floor (Spanish): "Covid today. Climate crisis tomorrow"
W/S Shoes placed on the floor
W/S Plaza del Sol covered with shoes
W/S Plaza del Sol covered with shoes, protesters holding banners
W/S Demonstrators holding banners (Spanish): "Act now"
W/S Demonstrators holding banners (Spanish): "Act now"
W/S Shoes lined up on the floor
W/S Girl with mask between shoes on the floor
M/S Children with 'Extinction Rebellion' signs and flags
M/S Branches placed in a pair of shoes
M/S Shoes and sign (Spanish): "The Earth is still in a state of emergency”
W/S Children waving flags with the 'Extinction Rebellion' logo
W/S Shoes on the ground, protesters holding up banners (Spanish): "Covid today. Climate crisis tomorrow" and "Act now"
W/S Children holding a poster with a drawing of planet Earth
C/U Shoes
W/S Child waving flat
M/S Poster on shoes
SOT, Miguel Diaz, 'Extinction Rebellion' spokesperson (Spanish): "There is no turning back, we cannot return to a normality that endangers our health and even our own survival. We need to rebel now.”
W/S Shoes lined up on the floor
SOT, Miguel Diaz, 'Extinction Rebellion' spokesperson (Spanish): "These shoes, so diverse, represent all members of society, that although they cannot be present today at this protest, they must make the decisions for change that we need.”
W/S Puerta del Sol covered in shoes at Extinction Rebellion action, Madrid
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Activists from 'Extinction Rebellion' covered the iconic Puerta del Sol square in the Spanish capital in shoes as part of a protest urging citizen participation and immediate action to face the climate emergency in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
"There is no turning back, we cannot return to a normality that endangers our health and even our own survival. We need to rebel now,” said Miguel Diaz, spokesperson of 'Extinction Rebellion.’
Under the slogan ‘COVID today, climate crisis tomorrow, act now,’ the international movement of "civil disobedience” placed more than 1,000 shoes representing people who cannot be present because of the health emergency.
"These shoes, so diverse, represent all members of society, who although they cannot be present today at this protest, must make the decisions for change that we need," added Diaz.
The protest action also took place in other Spanish cities such as Barcelona, Granada and Mallorca.