CNN. Extinction Rebellion’s meteoric rise has left many people — including some of its founders — wondering how they managed it, and whether the movement can maintain the momentum. Source: CNN…
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Broadcast on Russia Today | 23 December 2019…
Read full postThe restorative process for bringing accountability to Roger Hallam’s comments in Die Zeit and Der Spiegel concerning the Holocaust is progressing. This is an update in the spirit of transparency. There were serious and far reaching impacts of Roger Hallam’s comments and the restorative process aims to address these impacts in a way which lives…
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“There are 16 sites in the Colne Valley that we’re trying our very, very best to cover but we need more people than what we’ve got”…
Read full postYou’ve probably heard this is the time of year to pause. If you’re anything like me you might find this difficult. You might even not be pausing, just swapping one kind of busy-ness and pressure for another. This year has been hard. Next year will be hard. This is an opportunity for two weeks of…
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Dearest rebels, welcome to the last XR Newsletter of the year – and indeed, the decade. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you do. Whether you are a donor, volunteer, brave arrestable or quiet supporter, rest assured you are vital to the movement and XR would not exist without…
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Austria 5 DEC | Vienna. “Keep it in the ground” action outside the headquarters of the OPEC oil cartel. Australia 14 DEC | Glenelg beach, Adelaide. Watch the video: “Dressed in suits and carrying briefcases we buried our heads in the sand at Glenelg to symbolise the Government’s refusal to confront the climate and…
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The Peaceful Revolution of 1989 | East Germany This year saw the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This iconic event is often seen as part of a broader world history – the dissolution of the USSR, the opening up of Eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War. But the fall…
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XR Political Liaison coordinator Rupert Read spoke recently to Sheffield XR about learning from what went well and not so well in 2019, and about possible strategic options for XR in 2020.
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Dr. Peter Carter is founder of the Climate Emergency Institute and has served as an expert reviewer for the IPCC (abridged version; original here)…
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