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Festival of Resistance – Program

September 07, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Join us this weekend in Hyde Park! Come and hear inspiring speakers, great bands, poetry and panel discussions, and find out more about how citizen engagement can make our politics fairer and more just.

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Strategy Team Update: The Plan to Spring 2023

September 02, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

In May this year, following the April Rebellion, the XR UK Strategy Team set four objectives for our work. This is an update on our progress so far, ahead of releasing a more comprehensive strategy document later this year.

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XR UK position on Strike Action

August 25, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

The cost of living crisis is escalating week on week, the movement to refuse to pay energy bills is gaining momentum and workers from an increasing range of industries are voting to take strike action for livable wages and secure jobs. Railway and tube staff, bus drivers, communications workers,…

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The Project 3.5 Report #1 – Doorstep Researchers

July 20, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Welcome to the Project 3.5 Report - regular short video reports with data, learnings and stories from on the ground with Project 3.5. In our first report we take a look at what we’ve learnt since we launched in January this year. Over 60 Extinction Rebellion local groups have been out knocking on doors, having conversations with their neighbours about the climate crisis and holding local talks. 

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Are climate protestors HEROES?

July 18, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

Listen to Clare Farrell on The Jeremy Vine Show answering the question “are climate protestors heroes?”. Temperatures are reaching 40C in the UK. The Met Office issues, the first-ever red warning for extreme heat. With the Government announcing the UK’s first national heat emergency, Jeremy Vine asks: ‘Are…

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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. During the…

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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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