Martin Sheen Recites Rabindranath Tagore's Poem At Climate Change Protest Before Arrest
Martin Sheen, Joaquin Phoenix and 147 people were arrested during a climate change protest on Friday. Before the arrest, Martin recited, Rabindranath Tagore's Poem 'Where The Mind Is Without Fear'.
Organised
weekly
by
Jane
Fonda,
the
Climate
Change
protest
on
Capitol
Hill,
in
Washington
DC,
saw
attendees
from
the
entertainment
industry.
Apart
from
Joker
star
Joaquin
Phoenix,
Martin
Sheen
also
spoke
to
the
protesters.
He
also
recited
a
poem
by
an
Indian
author,
Rabindranath
Tagore.
On
stage,
Sheen
went
on
to
start
by
applauding
Jane
Fonda
and
said,
"Clearly,
the
world
will
be
saved
by
women.
Thank
God
they
outnumber
us
men,"
He
then
added
encouraging
the
protesters,
"We
are
called
to
find
something
in
our
lives
worth
fighting
for.
Something
that
unites
the
will
of
the
spirit
with
the
work
of
the
flesh.
Something
that
can
help
us
lift
up
this
nation
and
all
its
people
where
the
heart
is
without
fear
and
the
head
is
held
high,
where
knowledge
is
free".
Remembering
the
rest
of
Tagore's
poem
he
continued
on,
"Where
the
world
has
not
been
broken
up
into
fragments
by
narrow
domestic
walls.
Where
words
come
out
from
the
depth
of
truth,
where
tireless
striving
stretches
its
arms
toward
perfection.
Where
the
clear
stream
of
reason
has
not
lost
its
way
into
the
dreary
desert
sand
of
dead
habit.
Where
the
mind
is
led
forward
by
thee
into
ever-widening
thought
and
action.
In
to
that
heaven
of
freedom,
my
father,
let
our
country
awake!"
The
Fire
Drill
Fridays'
is
a
weekly
event
initiated
by
Fonda,
the
organizers
have
confirmed
with
CNN,
two
actors
were
arrested
at
the
protest
on
January
10,
Friday.
The
speech
received
a
lot
of
love
on
social
media,
from
users
in
India
and
abroad.