Welcome to XR Unchained! As much as we’d love to squeeze every action we hear about into the email, it simply can’t be done! XR Unchained will be a new source of rebel actions, celebrating the efforts of XR from all corners of the world. If you want to see your action here, please…
Read full postHeading for Extinction Talk for your MP 09 Sep | House of Commons, Westminster, UK | 16:00 or 17:00 Your MP needs to know and tell the truth about the climate and ecological crisis. They need to understand the full extent of this crisis and take urgent action. Invite your MP to join you…
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Text and images by Victor Chaix. Victor recently returned from Brazil, and is currently an active member of XR Paris. The largest forest on earth, home to nature’s most astonishing biodiversity and complexity, is under serious threat. To the despair of local communities and Brazilian activists, a resurgent form of colonialism and an unconstrained, globalized…
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On Sunday 11th August, 2019 - Extinction Rebellion's Ocean Red Rebel Brigade made their first ever appearance. They came to Porthmeor Beach in St.Ives, Cornwall. Accompanied by The Penitents and a group of supporters, they processed around the beach and then entered the ocean.
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Roger Hallam talks with Stephen Sackur from BBC Hard Talk about the need to ACT NOW. [16.08.2019]
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August 2019, Roger Hallam visited Brussels as part of his ‘The Time is NOW’ tour through Europe. Roger talks about himself, the crisis we are facing, how to mobilize people and how to build a movement, in the setting of the historical Solvay library where many famous scientists presented their breakthrough findings. Now Roger brings…
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Please note, as stated by Roger towards the end of this talk, the Heathrow Pause protest is an independent action and does not involve Extinction Rebellion. [.02.08.2019]…
Read full post(Sign up to the newsletter here) Welcome to our 27th newsletter! Mysterious symbol crops up in UK countryside Congratulations, you made it through the hottest month ever recorded. You know there’s something wrong when it’s 35°C (95°F) in Sweden, just north of the Arctic Circle, and there are…
Read full postMysterious symbol crops up in UK countryside Congratulations, you made it through the hottest month ever recorded. You know there’s something wrong when it’s 35°C (95°F) in Sweden, just north of the Arctic Circle, and there are wildfires in Siberia. Glaciers are melting so fast they are being described…
Read full post(image source) With a right-wing think tank now beginning to use the ‘t’ word to describe XR, now might be a good time to look at a period in the early 00s known as the ‘Green Scare’, when environmental activists in the US were routinely referred to as ‘domestic extremists’ and ‘terrorists’ and…
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