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

December 10, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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…

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BREAKING COP25 – Extinction Rebellion and Minga act for Amazonia: Let’s disrupt the Destruction

December 09, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

[Spanish below] 9th December, 2019 (Madrid, Spain) – It is time to #ProtectTheAmazon. Today, Minga, the indigenous peoples’ alternative to COP25, and Extinction Rebellion’s Rebels Beyond Borders have blocked the road leading to the entrance to COP25. They have also installed a yellow boat, with people locked on to it, in an act…

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Day 22: Lily Cole visits Hunger Strikers on their fourth week

December 09, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +44 7969 083 371 / +44 7459 055152Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion! Lily Cole, actor, environmental campaigner and patron of the Environmental Justice Foundation, visited hunger strikers today outside the Conservative Party Headquarters The hunger strikers invited…

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The Air We Grieve: Extinction Rebellion Block Central London Road to Demand Action on Deadly Air Pollution as Hunger Strikers Continue into Fourth Week

December 09, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion have blocked Cranbourne Street outside Leicester Square Station in central London. The road has been chosen for it’s dangerously high levels of air pollution. Extinction Rebellion are demanding action from the next government, following this Thursday’s general election, on deadly levels of air pollution in the UK. The action is part of the Election Rebellion and seeks to place the climate and ecological emergency at the top of the agenda for all political parties. [1] Parallel actions are taking place in Manchester, Weymouth, Yeovil and York.

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Bikes against Bulldozers: Extinction Rebellion head to Heathrow demanding promise to cancel third runway be kept

December 06, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7561098449 / +44 7482729729 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion!#ElectionRebellion #UpgradeDemocracy #ThreeDemandsBill Extinction Rebellion to take a critical mass of cyclists to Heathrow on Sunday and perform a symbolic ‘lie-in’ in front of a bulldozer Prime Minister,…

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Breaking COP25: Extinction Rebellion occupies Zara on Madrid’s Gran Via – ‘Greenwashing is a COP out – Green words, toxic truths’

December 04, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

 press@risingup.org.uk Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | COP25 Media Assets Around 30 Extinction Rebellion activists have today occupied Zara on Gran Via, with people glued on to the windows inside the store. People are holding banners saying ‘Green words, toxic truth’ outside Zara which is part of…

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Day 15: Hunger strikers begin third week with further meetings with political leaders

December 02, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7969 083 371 / +44 7459 055152 Facebook|Twitter|Instagram|Media Assets| New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion! #ThreeDemandsBill #12DaysOfCrisis Five Extinction Rebellion activists continue their hunger strike for the third week outside political party headquarters until party leaders meet them to discuss the Three Demands Bill…

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CLIMATE CHANGE KILLS CHILDREN: EXTINCTION REBELLION MOTHERS AND BABIES STAGE MASS ‘FEED-IN’ AT PARTY HQs

December 02, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

December 2 2019, London: Extinction Rebellion Mothers and Babies will stage a series of winter vigils in Westminster ahead of the UK General Election, demanding action on behalf of children affected by the climate and ecological emergency. It will be the first event to unfold as part of a wider Extinction Rebellion pre-Christmas agenda, ‘12 Days of Crisis’.

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Tomorrow: Extinction Rebellion’s 12 Days of Crisis begins across the UK

November 30, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7969 083 371 / +44 7459 055152 / +44 749 729 729Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion!#ElectionRebellion #UpgradeDemocracy #ThreeDemandsBill The 12 Days of Crisis begin tomorrow with groups “Sounding the Alarm” with the Flag of Extinction…

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Hunger Strike Day 12: UK-wide occupations of political party offices announced

November 29, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7969 083 371 / +44 7459 055152 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | New – Crowdfund the #ElectionRebellion!  Extinction Rebellion UK announces phase 2 of their Global Climate Hunger Strike: from 7 December hunger strikers and supporters will peacefully occupy local party…

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