(Sign up to the Newsletter here) Dear rebels, Exciting times on the frontlines of change. XRUK has announced the next UK Rebellion. For further details, or to see how you can get involved, check out the Rebellion FAQ. Also this month, France sees the results of its first Citizens’ Climate Assembly,…
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Today Extinction Rebellion reveals plans for their next UK Rebellion - beginning on 1 September - when the UK Parliament is due to sit again. We will peacefully blockade the area around the Houses of Parliament until the Government agrees to sign our 3 demands into law during their first debate back from summer recess.
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Racism and oppression are toxic symptoms of a poisoned system: they can have no place in the world we need to build.
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6 MAY | Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece Every night since May 6, rebels and other environmental activists have held a socially distanced vigil outside the Greek parliament building. They are demanding the withdrawal of a new law, the so-called ‘Modernization of the Environmental Legislation’, which XR Hellas (Greece) says “effectively withdraws environmental regulations so…
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In a poetic end to a life-changing two weeks, Sam Lee, of Nest Collective, summoned the nightingale back to its former London home
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The last day of the April Rebellion saw a series of audacious actions throughout the City of London. First time activist Sian Vaughan donned a Robocop outfit to help disrupt the London Stock Exchange.
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Although the government now accepts there is a climate and ecological emergency it still refuses to take radical action. It's a political choice, as recent events have proved. By Sarah Lunnon of XR's Political Circle
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For Reverend Sue Parfitt, being arrested on Maundy Thursday had a special poignancy. In her own passive surrender to the authorities, she found a unique sense of empowerment.
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I am very proud to have won the Olympics in London 2012. But it stands equal to my part in the April Rebellion in 2019
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More than 1,000 people were charged with criminal offences after being arrested during the April Rebellion. Many read out statements in court which explained why they did what they did. Part Four in a series of videos featuring the voices of arrestees reading excerpts from those statements.
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