XR Unchained 9

October 17, 2019 by XR Newsletter

XR Ireland Junior rebels march

Italy

Italian Rebel on day 6 of his hunger strike

Rome

Extinction Rebellion Hellas is feeling excited.

Brussels. XR speaking on a panel at the European Parliament on the climate and ecological breakdown.

Credit: The Brussels TimesBrussels. Youth For Climate started a sit-in in the European Parliament on Wednesday, and held out for two days until they received assurance of a pro-climate vote by MEPs

Youth for Climate Belgium did a sit-in in the Europea Parliament “No new commission until it’s a socially justified, climate commission!”

Greta in America.

“Again and again, the same message. Listen to the scientists, listen to the scientists. Listen to the scientists!“

Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area‏

Last night we gathered to sing songs of rebellion and demand climate action and leadership from Governor Newsom.

Boston, 14 October. Die-In/Rise Up in Harvard Square, with @MIRACoalition , ACT and @350MassAct We are here for affordable housing, we are here for immigrant justice, we are here for the planet.

Extinction Rebellion Twin Cities Oct 15

XRTC dropped banners from the Sabo Bridge in Minneapolis.

Australia. Massive turnout to support delegation of 25 Traditional Owners from the Northern Territories #NT in Sydney to confront #OriginEnergy over its claims of consent for dirty and dangerous fracking in the Beetaloo basin.

Galilee Blockade‏ @GalileeBlockade Oct 14

We occupyied @LloydsofLondon in Australia. Along with an #ExtinctionRebellion choir! Lloyds has banned its syndicates from participating in NRA insurance programs. #ClimateChange is deadly. Lloyds MUST ban any provision of insurance to #Adani‘s mine.

Photo credits: Kanvidha Ranasinghe

Sri Lanka. “When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream is poisoned, only then will you realize that you cannot eat money.”

London, UK

Brussels. XR speaking on a panel at the European Parliament on the climate and ecological breakdown.

Rebel ‘Boris’ climbs the Big Ben calling for a citizen’s assembly on the climate and ecological emergency.

XR Scotland outside the Kenyan High Comission in an action planned with Amnesty and the Sengwer community of Kenya calling for the government to recognise Sengwer ancestral lands rights.

Lawyers acting on behalf of Extinction Rebellion submitted a request for an urgent Judicial review at the High Court, challenging the Metropolitan Police’s blanket ban of Extinction Rebellion peaceful protests across the whole of London for the rest of the week.

Solidarity feed-ins in Totnes, Reading, Bristol, and Glasgow earlier today

In Glasgow @RebellionWee are are holding a nurse-in at BBC Scotland to demand they #TellTheTruth of climate and ecological emergency

In Glasgow? Heard about XR in the news? Want to know what our demands are and why we are rebelling?

Rebels march between the embassies of the world. The UK is pollution superpower, but other governments are failing in their responsibilities too. We march in solidarity with activists in those places, we support them.