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Extinction Rebellion trials and hearings this week (30 September to 4 October)

30 Extinction Rebellion defendants are on trial this week across LondonSix trials are for public order offences during the April Rebellion; one trial is for offences under the Police ActThe Shell 7 will attend a preliminary hearing at Southwark Crown Court charged with criminal damage to the oil major’s HQ A further 50 people are expected…

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Ecology & Equity: towards a class conscious climate justice movement

by Greenjacker The 2009 book The Spirit Level (published by Allen Lane), written by epidemiologists Richard G. Wilson and Kate Pickett, demonstrated the “pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption”. These effects have factored heavily in the development of the climate and extinction…

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Making Decisions in October

During the October Rebellion, an effective decision-making system is vital to our success. We encourage sites to use these systems, however, as they are autonomous, it is up to them. This system is meant to be clear and structured. However, we do not want following the system to prevent people from getting shit done. Holding…

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Announcements #2 The season of change begins!

Sign up to receive the newsletter here. This week, we reflect on the legacy we are leaving behind. ‘You have stolen my dreams and my childhood’ Greta declares at the UN climate summit in New York, ‘and yet I am one of the lucky ones.’ The audience cheer, but her face stays stony,…

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Youth Letter to UN

Extinction Rebellion Youth around the world have written a letter to the UN Secretary-General ahead of the NYC Climate Summit, with the demand that the UN declare a Climate and Ecological Emergency, ensure global commitment to net-zero carbon by 2025, and encourage the global creation of Citizens’ Assemblies…

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