Westminster’s not working. But for many of us it’s hard to imagine anything beyond our current political system. And yet, as the climate and ecological emergency worsens, the need to upgrade our democracy becomes ever more acute. That’s why Extinction Rebellion is demanding that the UK Government create and be led by a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice.
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Following the racist arrest of a young black bystander in Parliament Square, repeated arrests without warning in Parliament Square, threats of conspiracy charges made against two men pushing a boat named ‘Lightship GRETA’ after the teenage climate activist, from Brighton to London and the confiscation of a banner, Extinction Rebellion has put the Metropolitan Police on notice.
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Today at 6pm, the Extinction Rebellion group Writers Rebel will take 20 high profile and award-winning novelists, poets and screenwriters to 55 Tufton Street, London, to speak out against climate science denial and the influence of climate sceptic think tanks on UK politics.
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Today Green MP Caroline Lucas tables the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill) in parliament and young people from up and down the country call on her, the Prime Minister and all other MPs to Act Now and embrace this legislation.
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Today, Extinction Rebellion will take to the streets of London, Cardiff and Manchester. We will take action day after day and rebel for all we hold dear.
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This morning, a crew from Extinction Rebellion Brighton have left Brighton with their 20ft bright red Lightship “Greta”, on an epic, week long, voyage destined for London, to join the September actions. They will be walking the entirety of the journey - stopping at Henfield, Horsham, Crawley, Redhill, Sutton, Vauxhall and Hackney - with a bold and vibrant samba band in tow.
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Last night, over 20,000 warning labels were stuck to petrol pumps all over England, Scotland and Wales, as part of a national campaign led by Doctors for Extinction Rebellion.
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Two members of Extinction Rebellion Youth (XR Youth) - Charlie Siret, 19, who is studying at the University of Bristol and Fern, 18, who has just completed her A-Levels and did not wish to give her surname - have blocked the iconic Bristol landmark. The two young women are locked together with an ‘arm lock’ and are lying in the road on the bridge. They expect to spend the night there and will be joined by more members of XR Youth in the morning. This comes during the leadup to a two week rebellion in Cardiff, London and Manchester starting on the 1st of September.
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Here we go again. Further seeds of doubt have been sown today by the Times in a piece titled “Baseless climate warnings wiped from Extinction Rebellion film” undermining the stark risks we face from climate breakdown.[1]
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On the 24th of August five members of the Burning Pink Party (BPP), formally known as the Beyond Politics Party, including Roger Hallam, Blyth Brentnall, Diana Warner, Ferhat Ulusu and Anglican priest Steven Nunn, were arrested in their homes. They appeared in person at Highbury and Islington Magistrates court at 12 noon yesterday, charged with conspiracy to commit public nuisance and criminal damage, as well as breaking bail conditions. They are being held on remand until their plea hearing at the end of September. Four of the five arrested have also worked with Extinction Rebellion.
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