XR Unchained: September Rebellion Day 1
September 02, 2020 by XR Newsletter
AIRPORT ACTIONS
30 AUG | Farnborough
XR South East’s die-in temporarily closed both entrances to Europe’s premier private jet airport. As one rebel put it “we cannot sit back and let a tiny, privileged elite cause so much wanton damage to our environment because of their champagne lifestyles”.
29 AUG | Gatwick
A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Gatwick Airport highlights the bonkers craziness of the people in charge and the unconditional bailouts to the aviation industry by the UK government
29 AUG | Dundee & Glasgow, Scotland
XR rebels in Glasgow and Dundee rang the Climate Alarm at their city airports urging air travel workers to be retrained in exchange for bailouts
1 SEP | Cardiff
XR Cardiff marched to Cardiff Bay in support of the CEE Bill, calling on rebels to write to their MPs to secure their support.
Climbers in Cardiff dropped a banner covering five storeys with the famous words: ‘If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?’
1 SEP | St Peter’s Square, Manchester
XR rebels spreading the message to the good people of Manchester at the start of the Northern Rebellion
31 August | XR Faith Bridge Vigil, London
Fazeela Mubarak of XR Muslims gives a beautiful speech at the Opening Ceremony of the XR Faith Bridge Vigil that will be taking place throughout this Rebellion
1 SEP | Buckingham Palace, London
Former Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams marched with Christian Climate Action from Buckingham Palace to Parliament Square.
1 SEP | Smithfield Market. Waterloo Bridge, London
XR rebels from Animal Rebellion sign their banner. A transition to a just and sustainable plant-based food system is the path to combat the detrimental effects of climate change.
Animal Rebellion occupied Smithfield Market ahead of dropping a 30 metre banner over Waterloo Bridge for climate, ecological and animal justice
1 SEP | Parliament Square, London
Thousands of people marched, blockaded, occupied and made lots of noise all across London on the first day of the XR September Rebellion
Photo: Jamie Lowe
Photo: Jamie Lowe
Photo: Marina Illiara
Photos: John
Photo: Joe T
Photo: Jamie Lowe
Photo: Crispin Hughes
Photo: Crispin Hughes
Photos: Crispin Hughes
31 AUG | Southend-on-Sea
Southend-Under-Sea! XR Southend-on-Sea, with support from XR Chelmsford, staged a Tea Party in the Sea to warn of rising sea levels
31 AUG | Birmingham
Photos: Vladimir Morozov
XR Birmingham and XR Midlands held an oily theatrical action outside HSBC demanding divestment from fossil fuels.
31 AUG | Oxford
Photos: Feng Ho
XR Oxford also declared HSBC a crime scene.
Photo: Feng Ho
XR Oxford’s heald a beautifully illustrated protest mourning species that have already become extinct and fighting for better treatment of wildlife
31 AUG | Brockwell Park campsite, London
Photo: Joshua Windsor
29 AUG | Bristol
Photo: Simon Holliday
Animal Rebellion Bristol performed a dramatic funeral march for animals, people and the planet.
Photos: Simon Holliday
Animal agriculture, overfishing, water pollution, species extinction, and ocean dead zones. These destructive industries need to end!
28 AUG | Bristol
Photo: Simon Holliday
No more elephants in the room! Nelly says current political and economic systems cannot save us from the climate crisis.
Bristol