BREAKING: AMAZON CRIMES WILL COST THE EARTH – Extinction Rebellion disrupts Black Friday by blocking 15 Amazon fulfilment centres 

November 26, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

From 5am this morning, Extinction Rebellion has blocked a total of 15 Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands on Black Friday, the major global discount day. In the UK, people from all across the country are taking part, with 13 blockades in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury, Milton Keynes and Dunfermline. These sites account for just over 50% of Amazon deliveries in the UK.

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Extinction Rebellion appeals to Science Museum trustees at Lates event

November 24, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

The performance comes only a few days after dozens of scientists and contributors have pledged not to work with the Science Museum again. Their voices are just the latest addition to a series of resignations from Trustees and from Chris Rapley (ex director of the Science Museum), calling for the Group’s senior leadership and trustees to end ties with fossil fuel sponsors. It was also announced on Monday that Anna Phoebe and Space Rocks were withdrawing from performing at tonight's event.

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Extinction Rebellion announces plans for April 2022: ‘The COP process has failed, it’s up to all of us now’

November 23, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion UK responds to the failure of the COP process with plans to mobilise two million in the UK towards mass civil disobedience, with the first major campaign of civil resistance taking place in April 2022. 

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WE WILL NOT BE BYSTANDERS: More than 100 people break National Highway’s injunction on Lambeth Bridge

November 20, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

BREAKING: This afternoon, over a hundred people have sat down on Lambeth Bridge to break the National Highways super injunction in solidarity with the at least 34 people who have broken these injunctions so far, 9 of whom received prison sentences this week on 17th November. The group of over a hundred people from all walks of life marched from outside the Royal Courts of Justice at 12pm arm in arm and in rows, each row holding a sign that read ‘Betrayed by my government’. The group intend to stay in the road until they are arrested. 

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‘You can’t imprison a flood, you can’t bankrupt a fire’: Highway 9 sentenced to prison

November 17, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Beginning on Tuesday morning, nine people from Insulate Britain faced trial at the High Court for breaking the injunction on the M25. This morning, all nine were sentenced to prison for between two and six months, with the prosecution arguing for excessive costs to each individual, the final amount of which will be released tomorrow. 

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COP HAS FAILED, TIME TO REBEL: Extinction Rebellion disrupts Lord Mayor’s Show to declare COP26 a failure

November 13, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

BREAKING: At 12pm today, Extinction Rebellion disrupted the Lord Mayor’s show in the City of London - the heart of fossil fuel investment in the UK - and several other locations along the parade. Riding a float entered into the show under the company name of the London Physical Society, Extinction Rebellion declared that COP26 had failed, and demanded the City of London take responsibility for their part in the climate and nature emergency by ending all fossil fuel investments immediately. 

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XR and Climate Call-Up sound WWII-style siren to highlight failure of COP

November 11, 2021 by Zoe Blackler

Email: press@extinctionrebellion.ukPhone: +44(0)7986671716Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets | Donate#ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateEmergency #COP26 #COP26GlasgowExtinction Rebellion and Climate Call-Up today sounded a “Climate Siren” in Glasgow, opposite the COP’s main centre where the high-level negotiations are concluding.Inspired by wartime emergency sirens, the Climate Siren is a spectacular and powerful symbol, designed to remind political leaders that we face an…

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‘Bloodbath’ – Extinction Rebellion stands with APIB against the destruction of the Amazon

November 09, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

Following this morning's collaboration and the global call of action from APIB (Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) Extinction Rebellion is acting in solidarity to put a stop to investment in deforestation and land grabbing. The group held a protest in front of the St Vincent Street branch of Santander in Glasgow to denounce the Bank’s criminal complicity in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the climate emergency.

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WEBINAR: Highway 9 facing jail – Why it’s time to step up and engage in civil disobedience

November 09, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

On the 16th of November, 9 nonviolent protesters will be sentenced up to two years in prison for breaking an injunction on protesting on the M25 with Insulate Britain. They are part of a group of over thirty who could face similar sentences over the coming months.

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Doctors stage die-in at JP Morgan Glasgow in ongoing campaign, demanding they end new fossil fuel investment

November 05, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

9am this morning, Doctors for Extinction Rebellion staged a ‘die in’ outside JP Morgan on Waterloo Street, Glasgow, whilst holding banners that say ‘Cause of Death: Fossil Fuel Finance’ and ‘JP Morgan: World’s leading investor in fossil fuels’.

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