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The existential question for climate activists: have disruption tactics stopped working? | Jack Shenker

  2023-03-06 in The Guardian

As XR shifts away from radical action and the UK government restricts the right to protest, the climate movement is asking tough questions, says author Jack Shenker

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Of XR’s “The Big One” – likely numbers and likely consequences

  2023-02-07 in Marc Hudson

In April the next (and final?) XR event will take place, in London. In January the organisation click-baited a "We Quit" statement (see here for more.) They are claiming they will get 100 thousand people to turn up and... (mill around? sell newspapers to each other? something else?) So, two things. First the numbers. There's…

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


BREAKING: Barclays 7 given 2 years unconditional suspended sentence for breaking glass during an emergency - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2023-01-27 by in Extinction Rebellion UK

At 4.30pm this afternoon, seven women attended sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in London for carefully cracking windows at Barclays HQ in Canary Wharf, to draw attention to Barclays’ financing of fossil fuels and to call on the bank to stop accelerating the climate emergency. All seven women were given two years unconditional suspended sentences. 

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Fossil Fuels | Women and Children


Extinction Rebellion says 'we quit' – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life

  2023-01-06 by in The Conversation

Such groups rarely last more than a few years.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Open Letter to Liz Truss on 'Anti Growth' - XR co-founder, Gail Bradbrook - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2022-10-13 by in Extinction Rebellion UK

In your recent speech at the Conservative party conference you mentioned growth 29 times; said "I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back” and named Extinction Rebellion as part of this coalition. Thank you for opening up this critical conversation. We appreciate the opportunity to share our understanding and we hope many others will join us for a grown up conversation in these urgent times.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Coal


Emergency on Planet Earth - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2022-10-08 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UK

Explore the table of contents below and click to read more. See the Google Doc version of this guide to read offline or print. See also a selection of key facts from this guide.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


'No greater betrayal of humanity': Scientists take to the streets to demand climate action

  2022-09-08 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

As the gulf between climate science and climate action grows, these scientists are putting their bodies on the line to demand more is done.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change


Latest updates: XR protesters blockade Hereford chicken factory mill

  2022-07-26 (or before) in Hereford Times

Protesters are kicking off a day of demonstrations in Hereford today. Live updates here.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future | FULL MOVIE

  2022-06-18 (or before) in YouTube

This 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant...

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


When Extinction Rebellion met Big Oil | Prospect Magazine

  2022-06-16 in Prospect Magazine

Extinction Rebellion and a former oil executive meet—but can they agree on anything?

  Tagged under: BP | Extinction Rebellion


Thinktank that briefed against XR given $30k by ExxonMobil in 2017

  2022-06-15 in The Guardian

Report shows Policy Exchange, which called for criminalisation of climate group, previously received money from oil firm

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Exxon | Climate Justice


Officer ‘surprised’ by Patel’s late night call to superior during XR protest | The Independent

  2022-06-05 (or before) in The Independent

Five activists convicted over a protest at a newspaper publishers are questioning whether there was political interference in police actions.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Activists disrupt luxury oil club dinner to protest expansion of North Sea oil and gas production – XR Scotland

  2022-02-26 (or before) in XR Scotland - Extinction Rebellion Scotland

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Campaigners fighting controversial A27 bypass join Extinction Rebellion protest

  2022-02-04 (or before) in Brighton Argus

CAMPAIGNERS against a controversial bypass joined a nationwide “banner drop” protest with Extinction Rebellion to show their discontent.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2022-01-23 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UK

About the CEE Bill See below for more on parliamentary procedure, the contents of the CEE Bill and what you can do to help get the campaign moving! Find out more Essential Resources *** Updated April 2021 *** The Campaign Guide is both an introduction to the Bill and a CEE Bill campaigning recipe book. […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


The Deliberate Rebellion | Extinction Rebellion

  2022-01-23 (or before) in YouTube

In the UK, Extinction Rebellion’s third demand is that government must create and be led by the decisions of a citizens’ assembly on climate and ecological j...

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels


XR UK Strategy 2022 - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2022-01-23 in Extinction Rebellion UK

Today we launch XRUK's 2022 strategy, which will reignite our original Theory of Change - mass mobilising towards 3.5% of the population.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance | Editorial

  2021-12-29 in The Guardian

Editorial: Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shifting

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | COP26 | Greenpeace


Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts

  2021-12-14 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Nature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to 7.8 billion. Much of Earth’s arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of tropical forest are cleared each year (2, 3), atmospheric CO2 levels are at their highest concentrations in more than 3 million y (4), and climates are erratically and steadily changing from pole to pole, triggering unprecedented droughts, fires, and floods across continents. Indeed, most biologists agree that the world has entered its sixth mass extinction event, the first since the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million y ago, when mor...

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Drought | Forest Fires | Insects | Trees


Extinction Rebellion UK position on COP26 - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2021-09-27 in Extinction Rebellion UK

PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER – NOT ‘WORLD LEADERS’ What an incredible few months it’s been. We rolled up our sleeves, put our bodies on the line, and made the Impossible Rebellion defy all expectations. We led with our hearts and danced on pink tables, making the climate and ecological emergency impossible to ignore. It was […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | COP26


Wrong to label Extinction Rebellion as extremists, says Home Office adviser

  2021-08-21 in The Guardian

Peer at odds with Priti Patel over climate activists on eve of more protests

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


12 arrested in raids on Extinction Rebellion sites in London

  2021-06-26 in The Guardian

Police seize equipment from three premises before what officers expect will be busy weekend of protests

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Does Extinction Rebellion Offer Any Solutions?

  2021-03-23 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion

People sometimes ask why XR doesn’t propose specific solutions to the climate and ecological emergency - the answer is that it’s a deliberate choice and it isn’t just because it’s too difficult...

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


To Force Climate Action, We Need More Than Just Protests

  2020-12-24 (or before) in Jacobin

Two years ago, the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion both captured media attention through bold direct action. Since then, Sunrise has combined protest with political work challenging fossil-fuel interests. XR and other groups tepid about electoral politics should do the same.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Money Rebellion - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2020-11-24 (or before) in Extinction Rebellion UK

Why Money Rebellion? Our economic system determines the course of our lives Its rules govern everything that matters to us – but this system is willing to sacrifice our health, climate and natural world to favour the fortunes of the few. The system is killing us It cannot protect us from the crises to come, […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Health


Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out

  2020-11-20 in Counter Punch

Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | IPCC


People, not carbon emissions, should be at the heart of the west's climate action | Aruna Chandrasekhar

  2020-10-09 in The Guardian

In focusing on targets, activists from rich countries risk putting metrics above the lives of vulnerable people, says Aruna Chandrasekhar, an independent journalist from India

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Greenhouse Gases


Extinction Rebellion is showing Britain what real democracy could look like | George Monbiot

  2020-09-16 in The Guardian

The protest movement’s call for meaningful participation highlights the failings of dysfunctional Westminster politics, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks

  2020-09-02 in The Guardian

Margaret Atwood among authors supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Exclusive: Police Chief urged Priti Patel to use Extinction Rebellion ‘opportunity’ to curb protest rights

  2020-06-05 (or before) in openDemocracy

Boris Johnson says protest ‘a key part of democracy’. But new documents show Met Police boss urging government to use XR demos as a ‘much-needed opportunity’ to limit protest laws

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Former Archbishop of Canterbury urges churches to reduce ‘lethal dependence’ on fossil fuels - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis

  2020-05-15 (or before) in Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has spoken of the responsibility of churches to fight climate change, following a new report. Christian

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels


Meet Extinction Rebellion's 'top cop'

  2020-03-03 (or before) in The BBC

Former chief superintendent Rob Cooper says he had been looking forward to a quiet retirement.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


XR 2020 Strategy - Power : Together - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2020-02-12 in Extinction Rebellion

The world has changed significantly since Extinction Rebellion launched just over a year ago.  Inspired by activists around the world, arm in arm with other movements, thousands of people from all walks of life have been part of this change; united by courage and purpose and an itch for rebellion.  World leaders, although finally admitting […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Met chief: update public nuisance law to tackle Extinction Rebellion

  2020-02-05 in The Guardian

Cressida Dick says police need more powers to deal with protest groups such as XR

  Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion


Guest view: Extinction Rebellion, finance’s friend

  2020-01-24 (or before) in Breakingviews

The radical UK climate movement may sound like the corporate sector’s last idea of a kindred spirit. But spokesperson Rupert Read argues its focus on fast, deep carbon reductions are simple common sense, for financiers too. That’s why he is in Davos this week.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability | Finance


UK extremism tsar urges rethink after Extinction Rebellion listed as terror threat

  2020-01-20 in The Guardian

Sara Khan calls for clarity after non-violent groups feature in counter-terror material

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


2025 no more? The Tory victory, XR, and the coming storms

  2020-01-17 (or before) in openDemocracy

There’s no chance of Boris Johnson’s government implementing any of Extinction Rebellion’s “three demands” to save the climate and biodiversity. So what now?

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Extremism Rebellion - Policy Exchange

  2020-01-16 (or before) in Policy Exchange - An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in Schools

Extinction Rebellion has mainstreamed the politics of a radical fringe.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


BlackRock promises climate action, but Extinction Rebellion demands more - as it happened

  2020-01-14 in The Guardian

Asset management giant promises to put environmental issues at the heart of its investment strategy

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Terrorism police list Extinction Rebellion as extremist ideology

  2020-01-10 in The Guardian

Exclusive: Police scramble to recall guide issued to teachers putting climate activists alongside far-right groups

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


One year to save the planet: a simple guide to fighting the climate crisis in 2020

  2020-01-07 in The Guardian

Veganism might help and it’s always good to avoid flying. But the answer to Earth’s emergency must involve political, collective action – and there are countless ways to get active

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism


Charges dropped against more than 100 Extinction Rebellion protesters

  2019-11-27 in The Guardian

Decision may prompt those detained in October protests to sue for wrongful arrest

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Why I Got Baptized at the Extinction Rebellion Protests

  2019-11-22 by in Sojourners

I choose to take part in Extinction Rebellion as a Christian because I need God beside me.

  Tagged under: Christianity | Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Extinction Rebellion: The only true solution to climate anxiety

  2019-11-18 in Christian Climate Action - Direct action, public witness for the climate

Holly-Anna Peterson, CCA member and mental health professional, writes about climate anxiety: In the face of climate emergency, the question has been raised about how best to communicate this threa…

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Christianity | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Health


Extinction Rebellion climate protesters block Geneva’s private jet terminal

  2019-11-17 in South China Morning Post

Civil disobedience movement stages day of action at airport terminal demanding halt to ‘absurd’ form of luxury transport.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Inside, Outside – XR, Church & Change

  2019-11-15 in ViaMedia.News - Rediscovering the Middle Ground

by the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, former Chair of the General Synod’s Human Sexuality Group and member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project October was a strange month…

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Religion


Extinction Rebellion protesters may sue Met as ban ruled unlawful

  2019-11-06 in The Guardian

Section 14 order issued to halt protest across London was not legitimate, high court rules

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Extinction Rebellion has won in the courts. Now we must win this climate election | Tobias Garnett

  2019-11-06 in The Guardian

We need more than judges to fight the climate crisis, says Tobias Garnett of Extinction Rebellion

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Dr Rowan Williams "the future of the human race is now at stake" | 2019 | Extinction Rebellion UK

  2019-11-04 (or before) in YouTube

Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from D...

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change


The flawed social science behind Extinction Rebellion’s change strategy

  2019-10-30 (or before) in Medium

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Climate is missing the point. We have an ecosystem emergency. | by Will Marshall | Medium

  2019-10-27 (or before) in Medium

— Why I support the principles and approach of Extinction Rebellion —

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands

  2019-10-24 (or before) in Red Pepper

Extinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism, and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Colonialism | Capitalism


Extinction Rebellion protests cost Met police £37m so far

  2019-10-22 in The Guardian

Figure more than double that spent each year on trying to reduce violent crime in London

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Why I'm sceptical about the Extinction Rebellion initiative (and why I hope I'm wrong) | Peace News

  2019-10-21 (or before) in Peace News

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


The Guardian view on Extinction Rebellion: numbers alone won’t create change | Editorial

  2019-10-21 in The Guardian

Editorial: People being in the streets isn’t effective without a strategy, and XR needs a clearer one for what could be years of non-violent struggle

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Reflections on Extinction Rebellion | Peace News

  2019-10-20 (or before) in Peace News

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


On Class and Climate Struggle: Decolonising XR

  2019-10-19 in Freedom News -

In the last week, two widely-shared images have summed up deep-rooted problems at the heart of the Extinction Rebellion movement. One, a white man wearing a suit jacket being pulled off the top of …

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


'Older generations can't understand': XR Youth on being heard

  2019-10-19 in The Guardian

For young Extinction Rebellion members, there is an urgency they say others struggle to fully grasp

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Why Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Might Just Work

  2019-10-18 (or before) in click.mlsend.com

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Extinction Rebellion UK: The second album was never going to be easy - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2019-10-18 in Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7479234522 / +44(0)7811183633 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook#EverybodyNow  #ExtinctionRebellion Today marks the end of London’s part in this phase of the International Rebellion. The International Rebellion […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Queensland claims cabinet confidentiality to block release of climate protest details

  2019-10-18 in The Guardian

Details of photos used to justify new protest laws blocked from release

  Tagged under: Activism | Extinction Rebellion


System change, not climate change! What 'The Good Place' can teach us about climate action

  2019-10-16 (or before) in openDemocracy

It’s pointless to blame Extinction Rebellion activists for eating McDonalds. Like in the TV show The Good Place, it’s the system that’s broken.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Climate Change


High Court grants Extinction Rebellion to challenge London-wide ban on protests

  2019-10-16 in Morning Star

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Extinction Rebellion protester, 83, happy to 'go to jail to save his grandkids' - Mirror Online

  2019-10-11 by Amy Coles in The Mirror

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Extinction Rebellion: who are the protesters, and why are they doing it?

  2019-10-11 in The Guardian

As a week of civil disobedience comes to an end, protesters explain the environmental fears that have driven them to action

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


The Rebellion Will Be Regenerative - Get ready for the largest regenerative movement of civil disobedience in history. - Extinction Rebellion UK

  2019-10-06 in Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +44(0)7747732995 /+44(0)7986671716 / +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7804743058 / +44(0)77391 86640 / +44(0)7479234522 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder  | New – What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers |This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook. #EverybodyNow  #ExtinctionRebellion Thousands of volunteers trained as Arrestee and Emotional Supporters […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem?

  2019-10-04 in The Guardian

Critics say group is not doing enough to involve people of colour, or expose links between climate crisis and inequality

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Ex-police chiefs to join Extinction Rebellion activists in biggest protest yet - Mirror Online

  2019-10-02 (or before) by Milo Boyd in The Mirror

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Heatwaves | Climate Change


I’m an ordinary person who joined an Extinction Rebellion blockade. Here's why you should too

  2019-07-23 in The Guardian

It was way out of my comfort zone, but as a scientist I can tell you that the climate emergency is much more terrifying

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


It’s time to change the climate disaster script. People need hope that things can change | Nicky Hawkins

  2019-06-26 in The Guardian

The climate story must balance talk of urgency with inspiring and creative ideas if we are to inspire positive change, says the communications strategist Nicky Hawkins

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Extreme Weather | Climate Change


This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – and what lies beyond | The Simplicity Collective

  2019-06-14 in Simplicity Collective - Join the Simple Living Movement

I’ve just published a new book, co-authored with philosopher-activist Rupert Read (leading spokesperson of the Extinction Rebellion in the UK). There is also a postscript by Helena Norberg-Hodge, author of Ancient Futures and producer of The Economics of Happiness. Our new book is entitled This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – […]

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Economics | Activism


Police chief says Extinction Rebellion protesters will be arrested 'very, very fast' and suggests officers were not assertive enough last time | The Independent | The Independent

  2019-05-15 (or before) in The Independent

'Next time we will have to quite simply have more people earlier, and be very very fast and assertive about getting people arrested,' Cressida Dick says

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Now we know: conventional campaigning won’t prevent our extinction | Roger Hallam

  2019-05-01 by Roger Hallam in The Guardian

I helped to found Extinction Rebellion because only non-violent civil disobedience will stop the destruction of our natural world, says Roger Hallam

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism


Support for Extinction Rebellion soars after Easter protests

  2019-04-24 in The Guardian

Climate activists say pressure growing on politicians to act as donations flood in

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance in speech to MPs

  2019-04-23 in The Guardian

Teenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Fossil Fuels


Greta Thunberg backs climate general strike to force leaders to act

  2019-04-22 in The Guardian

Swedish activist says world faces ‘existential crisis’ and must achieve goals of Paris deal

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change


Humanity is at a crossroads, Greta Thunberg tells Extinction Rebellion

  2019-04-21 in The Guardian

Swedish climate activist’s speech comes amid police action to clear protesters from Waterloo Bridge

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Activism


Slow burn? The long road to a zero-emissions UK

  2019-04-21 in The Guardian

Extinction Rebellion protesters want a carbon-free UK by 2025. But can the financial and political hurdles be overcome?

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greenhouse Gases


An Urgent Message for Everyone Joining the Extinction Rebellion

  2019-04-02 (or before) in Anarchist Federation

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


BBC's London HQ put on lockdown over climate change protest

  2018-12-21 in The Guardian

Extinction Rebellion group calls for environment to be made ‘top editorial issue’

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Make climate crisis top editorial priority, XR campaign urges BBC

  2018-12-16 in The Guardian

Extinction Rebellion group call on BBC to tell ‘full truth about ecological emergency’

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Extinction Rebellion beyond London

  2018-12-11 (or before) in The Ecologist

Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


Extinction Rebellion goes global in run-up to week of international civil disobedience

  2018-12-10 in The Guardian

UK activist group using climate talks in Poland this week to widen 35-country network

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism


Grieving the Planet - Reflections on the Extinction Rebellion Movement | by Lynne Davis | Medium

  2018-11-26 (or before) in Medium

Reflections on the Extinction Rebellion Movement

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion


I was arrested at a climate change protest – it was worth it | Gavin Turk

  2018-11-20 in The Guardian

Only direct action will wake up our political system, says the artist Gavin Turk

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change


Artist Gavin Turk arrested in London climate change protest

  2018-11-18 in The Guardian

Turk held for obstructing public highway and has no regrets in taking part in mass civil disobedience

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Activism


Dozens arrested after climate protest blocks five London bridges

  2018-11-17 in The Guardian

Thousands of protesters occupied bridges across the Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Wildlife


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