News: Actions

Our Future on the Table

August 20, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Thousands rush to rebellion following the IPCC report and extreme weather events. The rebellion crowdfunded has reached £300K and the weather looks good. Get set for an amazing rebellion!

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Reparations Rebellion: Portrait of a Young Indian Activist

July 31, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Work Inspired by Early Project to Protect Sal and Mango Trees We interview Sumana Nandi on the eve of the 2021 Reparations Rebellion event in Brixton August 1st, 2021. The Indian activist remembers taking part in Brixton’s first ever Reparations Rebellion March in 2014 . But her work began in Northeast India…

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Afrikan Reparations Day: Portrait of an Activist from the Global South

July 30, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Mawuse Yao Agorko from Ghana To coincide with the Pan Afrikan Reparations Rebellion ‘Groundings’ taking place on Sunday 1st August in Brixton and across the Global South, we are profiling the amazing and brave work of activists from the Global South. The  movement bringing these groups together is the XR Internationalist Solidarity Network (XRISN)…

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Won’t You Help To Sing These Songs of Freedom?

July 29, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Sunday 1st August Windrush Square Max Roach Park from 10AM Join a host of incredible speakers at the ‘groundings’ in Brixton to celebrate Afrikan Emancipation Day and look to the future of the Global South bearing the brunt of the climate and ecological disaster. Speakers including XR’s Esther Standford Xosei and Kofi Mawuli…

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Whistleblow for the Planet: Extinction Rebellion launches whistleblowing platform TruthTeller.Life

February 26, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion has launched its secure, anonymous whistleblowing platform, TruthTeller.Life, with a campaign of innovative actions aimed at employees of climate-damaging companies.

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Extinction Rebellion Podcast Episode 17 – No More Lies, with Zadie Smith, George Monbiot, and Jay Griffiths and more at Tufton Street

November 24, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW Where is the heart of climate denial in the UK? Who are the main individuals & organisations coming between the people and the policy progress we need to address the climate & ecological emergency?…

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XR Midlands Response to HS2 High Court Ruling – ‘Choose life rather than HS2’

April 04, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Photo above from Broadwells Wood Warwickshire in May 2019. Will there be bluebells this year? With the release of those arrested at Crackley Woods yesterday for protecting trees at risk from HS2 works, Extinction Rebellion Midlands gives us an update on what’s been happening. If you’re at home and would like…

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9pm Sunday 16 February – Channel 5’s Inside Extinction Rebellion. A message from the Director

February 15, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Keo Films’ Tom Beard, Director, and Alice Henley, Producer, began following Extinction Rebellion in the run up to last year’s October Rebellion, with intimate access to our headquarters (and thoughts) both before, during and after the two-week London protests. The Extinction Rebels are gearing up…

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Action Strategy Update for 2020

January 01, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

“We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that. Surely we all have a responsibility to care for our blue planet. The future of…

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