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EXTINCTION REBELLION JOINS TOGETHER ALLIANCE MARCH IN LONDON

March 27, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

TOGETHER — AND WIDE AWAKE London, 28 March 2026 — Extinction Rebellion will take to the streets of London tomorrow as part of the Together Alliance march, joining teachers, care workers, trade unionists, faith communities, artists and organisers in one of the biggest shows of collective will this country has seen in years.

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MARCH AGAINST THE MACHINES

March 08, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

A pause before we build Last Saturday, 28 February 2026, I marched through central London with thousands of other people in the biggest ever protest about the use of AI. This march was organised by young people and it showed in the energy of the day. Pull The Plug teamed up…

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Christians ‘die’ outside St Paul’s in call for Archbishops to speak out to stop the Rosebank oilfield

February 20, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Images available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u7jmOXNuVSBm5XsMoacGuTRJIRde-H6j  For more information please contact Christian Climate Action on christianclimateaction@gmail.com or 07427770385. Christian climate activists ‘died’ on the steps of St Paul’s on the 18th and 19th February to call on Church of England leaders to urge the Government to refuse the Rosebank oilfield…

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IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS

February 19, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Unanimous not guilty: All Extinction Rebellion ‘JP Morgan medics’ cleared A jury has delivered a unanimous not-guilty verdict to the six healthcare professionals from Health for Extinction Rebellion who cracked windows at JP Morgan Chase’s European headquarters during the July 2022 heatwave. After fewer than four hours of deliberation,…

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Looking forward as spring reawakens

February 06, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

As spring slowly approaches, we turn our attention to what’s been growing beneath the surface over winter. Rest and regeneration are not absence or delay. Nature doesn’t move by calendars or commands and gardens don’t bloom on January 1st.  If we are serious about preserving nature and the living world, we have to…

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Extinction Rebellion ‘Closes the Door’ on government inaction over 1.5°C target

December 20, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Apocalypse Theatrics’s Oil Slick performers glided in triangular formation through Whitehall this morning, pausing at key entrances to mark what they describe as a critical turning point: the passing of the 1.5°C Paris climate goal. To mark the first phase in XRUK’s Trilogy campaign the Oil Slicks paused at the entrances of three influential establishments, symbolically closing the door on institutions they say have failed to act on scientific warnings.

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Security, dogs and silent protest: Why Westfield shut down a festive message of hope that a better world is possible

December 09, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

Red Rebels shut out of Westfield Shopping Centre as Extinction Rebellion UK activists display banners reading  “No Shopping on a Dead Planet” and “A Better World is Possible” Hi-Resolution Press Assets https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-newsXRUK Press Contact: Marianna (+44) 7827922444 media@extinctionrebellion.co.uk On Saturday 6th December, Extinction Rebellion’s Red…

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Communities Rise for Climate Justice – But Face Growing Threats from Extremists

November 18, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

XR UK press team press@extinctionrebellion.uk “This World is Ours: Resist. Reclaim. Rise up!” Climate Change is real. The planet is heating, primarily as a result of the burning of fossil fuels. In the resulting chaos, the thirtieth Conference of the Parties (COP30) is meeting in Belem, Brazil. Extinction…

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Make Them Pay demand tax on billionaires

September 27, 2025 by Extinction Rebellion

On the 20th September, thousands joined a coalition of groups with Make Them Pay, demonstrating through Central London to demand that the government make billionaires pay to clean up the mess they’ve made of our planet. Photos from the action here. The richest 1% – who in the…

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