Extinction Rebellion targets Vanguard – and wins!

July 05, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

June was a huge success for Extinction Rebellion groups standing up to corporate lies and greenwash in the investment industry. On the first day of the investment giant, Vanguard Asset Managements UK 'Sustainable Life' roadshow, XR disrupted the conference in Glasgow, resulting in Vanguard cancelling the whole UK tour and moving it online. Concerned over further humiliation, company heads even admitted in an online meeting after the action that XR was the reason they had decided to move online.

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Stephen Fry in defence of Extinction Rebellion

June 28, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

National treasure, actor and comedian Stephen Fry has made a statement in defence of Extinction Rebellion. He is calling the British public to support the movement. This video comes as Europe experiences record-breaking temperatures, which increase the risk of forest fires this summer across the continent. Stephen Fry in defence of…

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September 10th – Update from the Rebellion Design Team

June 27, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

We’re committed to building a mass movement of 3.5% of the population - because when huge numbers of people take sustained nonviolent civil disobedience together, they become impossible for the government to ignore. Aiming for this success means a movement-wide pivot of energy towards mass mobilisation, (which we are well on our way to), and a change of tactics to introduce a different model for how we do ‘Rebellion’.

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We’ve got a plan, it’s called Project 3.5

June 27, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Watch this short video from the Project 3.5 team to hear about how just 3.5% of us working together in 2022 could turn things around on the climate and ecological emergency. 

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Strategy Team Update: Areas of work

June 03, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

The strategy team has identified four key areas of work to take forward over the coming weeks and months, and we wanted to tell you a bit about what we’re looking at for each of these areas.  In order to ensure that our work is well informed and serves the movement’s need for a strategy…

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Strategy Team Update: Justice in XR

June 02, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

researchers, to develop the deep work that is needed to foster greater understanding of climate justice both inside and out of XR. 

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Charity what charity? Letter of complaint about the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s charity status

May 23, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Monday May 23rd 2022 Dear Charity Commissioners,  Main complaint I am writing on behalf of the undersigned to call for a re-examination of the case for divesting the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) of its charitable status in light of the Open Democracy, Guardian and Independent revelations that, contrary to the…

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Strategy Team Update: Gratitude to XR UK

May 20, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Dear XRUK, Strategy team here, we wanted to send you love and gratitude for your hard efforts in the recent rebellion in London. An update from us, we have elected a replacement IC from Political Circle and we have refreshed the team to replace some people who have decided to take time off to recover…

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Tufton Climate Denialist Group’s Oil and Gas Funding Revelation vindicates XR

May 05, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Yesterday the Guardian and Open Democracy showed a direct connection between the arch-denialist group the Global Warming Policy Foundation and big oil funders in the United States.

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they legislate against you…

April 29, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Statement from XRUK offering some perspective on the PCSC Bill and other repressive legislation which has just been passed by the House of Lords and received ‘Royal Assent’ yesterday. 

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