Environmental issues are commonly dismissed as middle class concerns, reserved for those who have no more pressing issues affecting their daily lives. However, people from all classes and backgrounds share the same basic needs of drinkable water, breathable air and a non-toxic, habitable planet. We also all need a connection to wilderness, to not be…
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‘When I learnt they had been here for over three weeks and not one member of the Conservative leadership or MPs had come out to speak to them, just to speak to them, I thought it’s not acceptable, not acceptable in a democratic country’…
Read full postThanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters, we’ve now raised over £400,000 through our CrowdJustice campaign. If you’re one of the many rebels facing financial challenges as a result of your prosecution, here’s how to apply for some potential support towards your costs. Distribution of Central Legal Defence Fund The CrowdJustice…
Read full postListen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW Join the Extinction Rebellion Podcast for the #ElectionRebellion, pushing the Climate & Ecological Emergency to the top of the political agenda. Hear about the Three Demands Bill, the hunger strikers, climate hustings, and our 12 days of crisis, including a…
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“We’re here outside COP25 in Madrid because we’re in a climate emergency, leaders of our world have had 25 years of working on this issue, and we’re still nowhere near where we need to be”…
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Filmed at the BBC HQ, London (5 December 2019) ‘Although flooding and coastal erosion means different things to different communities, this is an issue that we are all vulnerable to. The sea is rising, and so are we.’…
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Artist Jane Mutiny paints a mural for Extinction Rebellion as part of the ‘paint the streets’ action. Holywell Lane, Hackney – October 2019…
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Following Roger Hallam’s recent comments in Die Zeit and Der Spiegel concerning the Holocaust, a process, with experienced facilitation support, has been opened to look at what happened and decide upon the most suitable course of action. The process is being carried out in order to safeguard our Principles & Values and the Purpose, Mission…
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Following legal action from Extinction Rebellion, the Metropolitan Police has now accepted that Section 14 arrests were unlawful during both weeks of the October Rebellion. If you were arrested for breach of a Section 14 during the October Rebellion please read this briefing carefully. It sets out the next steps available to you including…
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“I know that the strikers here are striking in support of a climate and ecological emergency act, which actually makes good the promises that Governments have now made declaring ecological emergencies, declaring climate emergencies but they haven’t yet acted on them”, George Monbiot…
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