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The Architecture of Truth: from local conversation to national security

May 27, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

On 27th November 2025, ten of the UK’s leading experts presented a National Emergency Briefing to an invited audience of more than 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media in Westminster. Those who attended include broadcaster Chris Packham, actress Jennifer Saunders, business guru Deborah Meaden and musician Brian Eno,…

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A united community stops Danone’s expansion in Rotary Wood

May 18, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

In a significant victory for local biodiversity and community resistance, Harrogate Spring Water bottling factory expansion plans reserved matters were recently refused. The proposal by the multinational giant Danone would have seen the destruction of Rotary Wood, a 4.25-acre area of community woodland in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. This would have meant the felling…

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THE AWAKENING: BEYOND THE WALL

May 14, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

The path from spring to summer has a beautiful way of revealing what has been gaining strength invisibly. Roots grow underground long before anything breaks the surface. Networks form quietly beneath hard ground. By the time the first shoots appear, the real work has already been happening for months. Something similar can…

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Labour Government Must Now Respond To Parliamentary Petition Demanding An End To The Capture Of The UK’s Democracy By Media Billionaires

May 13, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Press contact: DMC@MediaSovereignty.org+44 (0)7947884299 After just seven weeks, a Parliamentary Petition demanding that the government pass the Media Sovereignty Act has reached the necessary threshold of 10,000 signatures. This means that the Labour government now has to state its position on the domination of British politics, through the hijacking of…

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Action to raise awareness of the Rivenhall Incinerator

April 29, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

This Saturday members of Extinction Rebellion groups from across the East of England came together to make the local public aware of the incinerator on their doorstep. The Rivenhall Incinerator was built in Essex in 2025 by Belgium-owned Indaver, which has already been accused of greenwashing and is embroiled in controversy after failing to adhere to the site’s initial planning permission, which involved building recycling facilities adjoining the incinerator.

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Earth Day Coalition Closes Whitehall: “Everything we love depends on a liveable planet”

April 22, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Hi-Resolution Press Assets: https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-news/search?collectionIds=69e9e39eb8a2f01f8324d483⁩Press Contact: press@extinctionrebellion.co.uk HUNDREDS GATHER IN CENTRAL LONDON FOR EARTH DAY: FAITH GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS UNITE IN CALL FOR CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR AND AN END TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION On a…

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14 Arrested at RAF Lakenheath Used in Iran War

April 10, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

Images available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kMtl64icQeTuf8a8KCX74y3vtu_lOyqA Contact: press@lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk | 07546 291378 | 07552 122901 Fourteen peace campaigners were arrested during a 6 hour blockade of the main gates at RAF Lakenheath on Monday 6th April. RAF Lakenheath is used exclusively by the United State Air Force and is sending fighter…

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LOVE ON THE STREETS 

April 03, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

There was a moment at the Together march on Saturday 28th March that felt like a homecoming. Hundreds of thousands of people filling the streets of London: colour, music, bodies taking up space with intention and joy. For those of us who have spent years learning how to do this, who lived through the…

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EXTINCTION REBELLION JOINS TOGETHER ALLIANCE MARCH IN LONDON

March 27, 2026 by Extinction Rebellion

TOGETHER — AND WIDE AWAKE London, 28 March 2026 — Extinction Rebellion will take to the streets of London tomorrow as part of the Together Alliance march, joining teachers, care workers, trade unionists, faith communities, artists and organisers in one of the biggest shows of collective will this country has seen in years.

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