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Rebel Daily 8: The rules must be broken

October 16, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

(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…

XR Unchained 8

October 16, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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…

London Newsletter: Day 9

October 16, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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…

Changing the curriculum – Extinction Rebellion Podcast Special 2.5

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW At the heart of October 2019’s International Rebellion in London, as with any other rebellion, are Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) Youth. Listen to the day they marched to the Department of Education and demanded…

SOS from the Kids

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Filmed in Trafalgar Square by William Watson

‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Jerome Flynn shows up for the Rebellion

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

XR Rebels assemble outside offices of MI5 ‘We are together, We are family’

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Ursula Pethick, 83: I hope those lives lost in WWII were not in vain

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Ursula Pethick, an 83-year old grandmother of five from Sussex, was arrested for the second time last week after gluing herself to the road on Whitehall. Until her first arrest in September she’d never been involved in a protest. Cell shocked… …Only it was not as bad as I had…

Rebel Daily 7: A fire they can’t put out

October 15, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

(Sign up for the International Newsletter here) Change takes time: even at the rate we’re going – and need to be going – it’s never going to happen all at once. But things are changing. The past week has been a moment in history: to simply list the thousands…