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None of the climate strikers will participate in the debate in the arena on Friday. The reason for this is that the SRF insists on the participation of Roger Köppel. This speaks of a “dictatorship of the so-called good guys.”
Climate activists do not want to participate in the arena on Friday because SVP National Councilor and head of Weltwoche, Roger Köppel, is also on the guest list.
Photo: Peter Klaunzer (Keystone)
Climate activists demonstrate during the Rise up for Change week of action on the Bundesplatz on Tuesday 22 September 2020 in Bern. The climate movement announces new actions against institutional politics, the business elite and the financial center during the week. (KEYSTONE / Peter Klaunzer)
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The collective “Rise Up for Change” surprisingly declines the invitation to the “Arena” at SRF. On Twitter, the communications team announced that they would like to discuss things with people of different opinions, but not with climate deniers. On behalf of the collective, activist Hanna Fischer was invited by Sandro Brotz as a guest for Friday’s discussion.
Because SVP agitator Roger Köppel is also on the guest list, “Rise Up” activists refuse to participate in the debate. The collective includes the groups Climate Strike Switzerland, Extiction Rebellion, Collective Climate Justice, Collectif Break Free and Greenpeace.
“Roger Köppel and his newspaper, Die Weltwoche, have been massively inciting against climate strikers, especially Greta Thunberg, since the beginning of the climate strike. They have already called us child soldiers and have compared us to the crusades of children, “the activists explain their refusal. “Köppel denies or downplays, depending on the situation, the existence of a man-made climate change. This is a scientific consensus and cannot be debated. ”The SRF has a responsibility not to voice these unscientific positions in 2020. The British BBC has been doing this for years.
On Twitter, the position of climate strikers, including celebrities, was very animated. Noted political scientist Mark Balsiger writes: “Since the arena was founded (1993) there have been attempts at pressure from parties and departments. The fact is, there has been scientific evidence for the climate crisis for a long time. Roger Köppel denies it, ergo, his participation in the show doesn’t help. Balsiger graced his tweet with the hashtag #Krawall.
Roger Köppel showed on request for 20 minutes no sympathy for the boycott of climate strikers. “This climate movement puts its convictions above the law and the rule of law,” he said. «It does not tolerate the contradictions of those who think differently. Behind this is a profoundly undemocratic spirit, the desire for a dictatorship of the so-called good guys. Against such currents it is necessary to resolutely defend the democratic constitutional state and freedom of expression.
Arena presenter Sandro Brotz was disappointed with the withdrawal. “We defend an open debate that is not encouraged by refusing to speak. Of course, the transmission will take place. “
