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Hunger Strike Ends on Night of Defiance

After 26 days, Peter Cole, Marko Stepanov and Julian May have ended their hunger strike, breaking their fast on Election night, Friday 13th December. Surrounded by around thirty members of Extinction Rebellion, the trio watched the re-elected Prime Minister entered CCHQ without so much as a glimmer of recognition for them, as the Conservative leader had regularly passed so unresponsively through the guarded gates before.

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Monday, 9.30am: Extinction Rebellion’s first Crown Court trial begins

The trial of three Extinction Rebellion protesters who disrupted the Docklands Light Railway during the April Rebellion begins on Monday (16th December) at Inner London Crown Court. Cathy Eastburn, Mark Ovland and Luke Watson are the first members of Extinction Rebellion to have their cases heard before a jury of fellow citizens, rather than in a Magistrate’s court where judges sit alone.

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BREAKING COP25: Extinction Rebellion vomits up oil at CEPSA – ‘the world is getting sick, we need to put people before profit’

12 December 2019, Madrid, Spain – Extinction Rebellion’s Rebels without Borders have today swarmed CEPSA (Torre Cepsa, Paseo de la Castellana, 259, A, 28046 Madrid) as well as occupying the foyer dressed in business suits – representing the obsession with oil and gas profits – and vomiting up oil inside.

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BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion UK glue themselves to Tory battle bus and ask the Conservative Government “Where have you been?” this #ClimateElection

press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7561098449 / +44 7459055152 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion!#ElectionRebellion #UpgradeDemocracy #ThreeDemandsBill #VoteClimate Extinction Rebellion UK activists dressed as bees swarm the Conservative battle bus at JCB Factory in Burton, StaffordshireActivists are demanding the Prime Minister and Conservative Government answer…

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Madrid and London: Extinction Rebellion Artists Join Forces to Raise Awareness About the Climate Emergency

Enjambre Sonoro (Sound Swarm).  Collective Enmedio and Filastine in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion. Photo: Lorenzo Belenguer 2 – 13 December 2019 – COP25 Madrid: Conference United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 30 November -11 December 2019 – Election Rebellion: Twelve Days of Crisis Artists from Madrid performed Enjambre Sonoro (Sound Swarm). A participatory orchestra…

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