UK Newsletter 18: Just one day to go! Get Ready for This!

August 26, 2020 By XR Newsletter

(Sign up to receive the newsletter here) Dear rebels, It is all happening this weekend!! All across the country, action plans are being fine-tuned, props are getting a final layer of garish paint and the final zoom calls are reaching their check-outs full of excited anticipation.  Rebels in their local and regional groups are kicking off the Rebellion with a long weekend of civil disobedience, starting this Friday. This writer for one, can’t wait to see what you have planned! It’s not too late to join your local group and get in on the action. After what we’re…

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Global Newsletter #42: Gluttons for Change

August 23, 2020 By XR Newsletter

(Sign up to the Newsletter here) Dear rebels, Everyday we move closer and closer to a state of irreversible climate chaos, ridden with sickness, greed and desperation. Or – we can choose to move toward global societal change and a world we want to live in. The choice is ours. Don’t feed the system, feed the future. Today we bring you exciting but incipient news of planned Rebellions all over the world. From Poland to Australia, through September and into early October, with more dates being added all the time. (Re)connect with your local group here.  This month we focus…

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XR Unchained 17

August 23, 2020 By XR Newsletter

23 JUL | Bangladesh Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future activists call for solidarity. “Bangladesh is drowning under flood water. Will the world stay silent? We care for the environment, we care for our existence.” 10 AUG – Adelaide, Australia Extinction Rebellion activists chained themselves together in the foyer of Australian energy company Santos to protest the company’s Narrabri gas development.  The project, which has strong government backing, would involve up to 850 coal seam gas wells being drilled on 1,000 hectares of a site that includes the Pilliga forest, the largest remaining woodland wilderness in New…

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UK Newsletter 17: Fast and Furiously Non-violent

August 06, 2020 By Extinction Rebellion

(Sign up to receive the newsletter here) Dear rebels, The Rebellion is just 3 weeks away! Plans are being hatched as we write. Here’s the lowdown for now. Local groups will kick off the Rebellion with action all over the UK in a civilly disobedient long weekend from 28-31 August. Join your local group now and start planning your action! From 1 September, we will gather in Cardiff, Manchester and London to disrupt key powers and Parliament until they respond to the Climate and Ecological Emergency by debating…

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Co-liberation and Justice in XRUK

July 30, 2020 By Extinction Rebellion

The XR community in the UK has begun a process to ask deep questions about our demands and issues relating to justice. There have been lots of groups and individuals active in furthering these conversations and the project, Justice within XR UK (combining two working groups, XR UK Rebel Hive Justice and XR Co-Liberation Project) is in motion. We are also aware of all the work of our affinity groups and local groups, asking important questions about oppression, justice and solidarity.  We want to thank all rebels for their open hearted responses. The project will be led by a…

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Further clarity on XRUK and the Beyond Politics party

July 25, 2020 By Extinction Rebellion

Following actions this week at Amnesty, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Christian Aid by the new political party, Beyond Politics, XRUK would like to restate that Beyond Politics are a separate organisation and not a part of Extinction Rebellion.  We also would like to be clear that Roger Hallam no longer has a formal role in XRUK.  We would also like to clarify that members of Extinction Rebellion are welcome to be part of other parties and groups but must not use XR resources for these purposes. It is clear that many are frustrated by what happened this week,…

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Goodbye rebellion.earth. Hello extinctionrebellion.uk!

July 22, 2020 By Extinction Rebellion

The Extinction Rebellion UK website has recently changed its domain from rebellion.earth to extinctionrebellion.uk. We hope this will make clear its role as the XR UK website, while distinguishing it from other national XR websites and the XR global site rebellion.global. Any rebellion.earth URLs will redirect correspondingly to extinctionrebellion.uk for the foreseeable future. If you use rebellion.earth URLs in your email signature, in communications or on websites, they will therefore remain active for some time, but we advise you to change to extinctionrebellion.uk URLs as soon as possible. If you have an @rebellion.earth email address, this will be unaffected…

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Get ready for Rebellion 🔥 – UK Updates 1

July 21, 2020 By Extinction Rebellion

(Sign up to the newsletter here) Dear rebels, The Rebellion is coming. 2020 is a year of multiple crises and a Government that is failing to keep us safe. They ignored the warnings about coronavirus. Now they’re ignoring warnings of a 4˚C warmer world from the Committee on Climate Change, a warning that could result in billions of deaths – with marginalised communities and those in the Global South on the front line. Right now, our Government is bailing out big banks, big oil and climate destroyers with zero commitments to people and…

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Global Newsletter #41: Please Proceed to Emergency Exits

July 16, 2020 By XR Newsletter

(Sign up to the Newsletter here) Dear rebels, Exciting times on the frontlines of change. XRUK has announced the next UK Rebellion. For further details, or to see how you can get involved, check out the Rebellion FAQ.  Also this month, France sees the results of its first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, aimed at drastically reducing greenhouse gases while addressing climate and social justice. This is a massive step in the right direction for those of us fighting for the future of humanity and the planet. Citizens’ Assemblies are a fair and sustainable way to find…

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UK Newsletter 16: The Rebellion Returns 1 September

July 03, 2020 By XR Newsletter

Get ready for the next Rebellion, everything you need to know and more.

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