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The Only Thing Left to Try: Voices From the Stand

April 19, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

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 Five in a series of videos featuring the voices of arrestees reading excerpts from those statements

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April Stories: A Reverend’s Easter arrest

April 19, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

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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We Have Seen What’s Possible and There’s No Going Back

April 19, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

Striving for a fairer society that puts people and planet before profit is both necessary and a moral duty. By Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell.

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Photo Story: The Trees on Waterloo Bridge

April 19, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

London's temporary Garden Bridge was horticulture as protest, the gentlest of non-violent civil disobedience. By Mak Gilchrist, Founder of The Edible Bus Stop.

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‘The Time is Now’: Etienne Stott on His Arrest on Waterloo Bridge

April 19, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

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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The Government Has Failed Us: Voices from The Stand

April 18, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

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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To Go Beyond Politics We Must Trust the People

April 18, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

A year on from the April Rebellion, are we any closer to XR's Third Demand for a Citizen's Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice?

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Photo Story: Parliament Square – BEYOND POLITICS

April 18, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

The battle for Parliament Square was not won and lost overnight. As dedicated rebels were eventually cleared from roadblocks and traffic would be opened up again, a rescue party in the form of bikes, samba bands or extinction marches would swoop in and shut it down again shortly after in a dramatic turn of events.

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We Act in Peace: Voices From the Stand

April 17, 2020 by Extinction Rebellion

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 Three in a series of videos featuring the voices of arrestees reading excerpts from those statements.

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