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Christians ‘die’ outside St Paul’s in call for Archbishops to speak out to stop the Rosebank oilfield

Images available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u7jmOXNuVSBm5XsMoacGuTRJIRde-H6j  For more information please contact Christian Climate Action on christianclimateaction@gmail.com or 07427770385. Christian climate activists ‘died’ on the steps of St Paul’s on the 18th and 19th February to call on Church of England leaders to urge the Government to refuse the Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea.

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IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS

Unanimous not guilty: All Extinction Rebellion ‘JP Morgan medics’ cleared A jury has delivered a unanimous not-guilty verdict to the six healthcare professionals from Health for Extinction Rebellion who cracked windows at JP Morgan Chase’s European headquarters during the July 2022 heatwave. After fewer than four hours of deliberation, all six defendants…

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Looking forward as spring reawakens

As spring slowly approaches, we turn our attention to what’s been growing beneath the surface over winter. Rest and regeneration are not absence or delay. Nature doesn’t move by calendars or commands and gardens don’t bloom on January 1st.  If we are serious about preserving nature and the living world, we have to keep remembering…

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Extinction Rebellion ‘Closes the Door’ on government inaction over 1.5°C target

Apocalypse Theatrics’s Oil Slick performers glided in triangular formation through Whitehall this morning, pausing at key entrances to mark what they describe as a critical turning point: the passing of the 1.5°C Paris climate goal. To mark the first phase in XRUK’s Trilogy campaign the Oil Slicks paused at the entrances of three influential establishments, symbolically closing the door on institutions they say have failed to act on scientific warnings.

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Security, dogs and silent protest: Why Westfield shut down a festive message of hope that a better world is possible

Red Rebels shut out of Westfield Shopping Centre as Extinction Rebellion UK activists display banners reading  “No Shopping on a Dead Planet” and “A Better World is Possible” Hi-Resolution Press Assets https://show.pics.io/xr-global-media-breaking-newsXRUK Press Contact: Marianna (+44) 7827922444 media@extinctionrebellion.co.uk On Saturday 6th December, Extinction Rebellion’s Red Rebel Brigade silently marched towards Westfield in…

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Justice under threat: what’s happening to jury power in the UK?

On 28th November 2025, Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) revealed that the government is drawing up plans to grant police and courts sweeping new powers to declare entire protest or dissent movements as “subversive” — effectively labelling civil resistance itself as a security threat. Under the proposals, activism and protest could be judged…

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Communities Rise for Climate Justice – But Face Growing Threats from Extremists

XR UK press team press@extinctionrebellion.uk “This World is Ours: Resist. Reclaim. Rise up!”Climate Change is real. The planet is heating, primarily as a result of the burning of fossil fuels. In the resulting chaos, the thirtieth Conference of the Parties (COP30) is meeting in Belem, Brazil.Extinction Rebellion UK and allies across…

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Make Them Pay demand tax on billionaires

On the 20th September, thousands joined a coalition of groups with Make Them Pay, demonstrating through Central London to demand that the government make billionaires pay to clean up the mess they’ve made of our planet. Photos from the action here. The richest 1% – who in the UK have more wealth…

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Picnic in the Park

Picnic with Extinction Rebellion and friends. Saturday, August 16th 2025 at 12 md. St James Park, London. An afternoon of fun , friends and frolics celebrating our community and friendships. All welcome. Bring cake!

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