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London Newsletter: Days 10, 11 + 12
Red handed march took the message to UK government departments and asked ‘What’s your plan?’ Rebels on bamboo structures block the road at Oxford Circus. Photo: John Paul Brown George Monbiot, shortly before being arrested Rebel ‘Boris’ climbs Big Ben’s scaffolding calling for a citizen’s assembly on the climate and ecological emergency, as part…
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BBC News London | Clare Farrell | 17.10.2019
London Tube Train protests, October 2019…
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XR Unchained 9
XR Ireland Junior rebels march Italy Italian Rebel on day 6 of his hunger strike Rome Extinction Rebellion Hellas is feeling excited. Brussels. XR speaking on a panel at the European Parliament on the climate and ecological breakdown. Credit: The Brussels TimesBrussels. Youth For Climate started a sit-in in the European Parliament on…
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Grandparents unite to protect the planet
Facebook | xrgrandparents@gmail.com On Tuesday 15 October, over a hundred grandparents came together under the name of Extinction Rebellion Grandparents to protect the futures of their grandchildren and of children around the world. The group gathered on the steps of the Queen Victoria Memorial Statue outside Buckingham Palace, many of them…
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Making the ‘Emergency’ feel like one | Marc Lopatin
Marc Lopatin from XR Media & Messaging speaking to the People’s Assembly in Trafalgar Square on 16th October, 2019.
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Rebel Daily 8: The rules must be broken
(Sign up to the International Newsletter here) Day 9 in Extinction Rebellion across the world was a day of contrasts. In London, we witnessed a disturbing attack on civil rights – rightly condemned by Amnesty International, lawyers and politicians – and on the same day, our…
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XR Unchained 8
Police kettle XR art outside the Tate Modern in London. German protestors ‘return’ the climate package to the SPD party on the basis that it is inadequate to prevent mass extinction and climate crisis. Amsterdam. Rebels on Blauwbrug bridge On Indigenous Peoples’ Day XR NYC focused attention on their 4th demand – a just transition…
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London Newsletter: Day 9
Tuesday saw a flurry of activity from rebels in London, who responded with renewed vigour and momentum following the divisive blanket protest ban by police. As many prominent lawyers, politicians, human rights charities, and others publicly criticised this attempt to undermine the right to peaceful protest, media across the globe put Extinction Rebellion firmly back…
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