Written by susieq From a gentle sloping valley in Charente, the sweet sound of peaceful rebels filled the air, a magic flute, gentle guitars and the unifying force of collective song. As I lay in my tent listening I was filled with a sense of hope. The XR France summer camp (17-25 August) was…
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Over a year has passed since Greta Thunberg began striking from school for the lack of governmental action on the climate crisis. In that time, different groups have mobilised 1.6 million students across the world to strike for the same cause. #FridaysForFutures has become a globally active movement, bringing a powerful youth energy to the…
Read full postHeading for Extinction Talk for your MP 09 Sep | House of Commons, Westminster, UK | 16:00 or 17:00 Your MP needs to know and tell the truth about the climate and ecological crisis. They need to understand the full extent of this crisis and take urgent action. Invite your MP to join you…
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Text and images by Victor Chaix. Victor recently returned from Brazil, and is currently an active member of XR Paris. The largest forest on earth, home to nature’s most astonishing biodiversity and complexity, is under serious threat. To the despair of local communities and Brazilian activists, a resurgent form of colonialism and an unconstrained, globalized…
Read full postHell hath no fury like a bank swarmed 25 JUL | Lausanne, Switzerland XR Switzerland saw its first arrests after a hefty police response to an action outside a bank in the city of Lausanne. Around fifty rebels swarmed the road outside the Crédit Suisse HQ, whose heavy fossil fuel investments make it the country’s…
Read full postXR Munich town hall lock-on 15 JUL | Munich, Germany XR Munich collaborated with Fossil Free Munich to protest the local government’s delay in closing a nearby coal-fired power station, as they had promised. Rebels and activists chained themselves to the town hall and distributed the keys among local politicians. They were urged to come…
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We’ve been waiting a while for this one to come. And here today, summer silly season has arrived. On transparency A cursory scan of Google brings up much about the lack of transparency around everything to do with Policy Exchange, the ‘think tank’ who ‘asked’ Richard Walton to do his ‘deep’ research. Policy Exchange doesn’t…
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English (translation) I want to tell you what was forged in me that day. (I realise that it will look grandiloquent and over the top, ten times too long to read, but it’s quite grandiose, I have no other way to say it!) Since I joined XR I have awaited, without really believing it…
Read full postEmail: press@risingup.org.uk, Phone: +44(0)7479234522 Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets What emergency? | Extinction Rebellion in Numbers Pride in our planet – No pride in ecocide On this morning of Pride in London, XR LGBTIQ welcomes that Pride in London has declared a Climate Emergency. [1] In declaring an Emergency they…
Read full postEmail: press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +44(0)7561098449 / +44(0)7479234522 Website:https://rebellion.earth/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExtinctionRebellion/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExtinctionR; #TellTheTruth #ThisIsNotADrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/extinctionrebellion/ Photos/videos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m1v7Cs8JFkDM1gHp45OF-NwwhLzPZJO Climate Factsheet for Rebels https://rebellion.earth/the-climate-factsheet-for-rebels/ Thursday 13 June: ‘This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook’ is released by Penguin Random House after publication date brought forward for rush…
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