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Newsletter 25: History Corner

It is all too easy for we who call ourselves Environmentalists to get caught up in decidedly urban, human-centric, even virtual, disembodied ways of being on a day-to-day basis, just like everybody else in the dominant culture. To fight against this alienating tendency, it’s important to get ‘out there’ and develop a real, intimate…

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An XR France account of Pont de Sully

English (translation) I want to tell you what was forged in me that day. (I realise that it will look grandiloquent and over the top, ten times too long to read, but it’s quite grandiose, I have no other way to say it!) Since I joined XR I have awaited, without really believing it…

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Glastonbury Special – Extinction Rebellion Podcast

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW The Extinction Rebellion Podcast is back with a special, soaking up the atmosphere from 2019’s Glastonbury Festival. We start with Sir David Attenborough’s Sunday afternoon appearance on the pyramid stage, praising the festival for going plastic…

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Meidän veremme – Our blood

Elokapina (Extinction Rebellion Finland) organized a performative demonstration on Sunday the 30th of June in Helsinki’s Makasiinitori, on the threshold of Finland’s EU-presidency. The situation is severe, and both politicians and citizens have to wake up to its reality.

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Paris Action ‘Sur le Pont’

28 June 2019 – Protesters from Extinction Rebellion France, a civil disobedience movement that began in Britain, blocked traffic on the Pont de Sull. Guardian article here.

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Newsletter 24 Plus

This post serves as an overflow for some of the slightly longer contributions to XR’s fortnightly newsletter. Enjoy these further explorations of some thought-provoking actions and events. This time, it’s the Cannes Lions festival disruption, the Petroleo and Fueliet’ BP Screening action, RCA Fashion action, and the Natural History Museum…

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Newsletter 24: They fought like (nonviolent) Scotsmen

(You can sign up for this newsletter here) ‘I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving in.’ ― Rosa Parks Holyrood Rebel Camp in Scotland. Photo by Leda Bartolucci. Welcome to our 24th newsletter! This fortnight has been so jam-packed with action,…

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