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Mar 2021
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Episode 26 - Xiye Bastida

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Xiye is a climate justice activist from Mexico, and one of the lead organisers of the Fridays For Future youth climate strike movement. At 18 she sits on the administration committee of the Peoples Climate Movement, where she brings the voice of youth to existing grassroots and climate organisations.

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