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Newsletter 25: UK local actions

Carmen’s Carbon Procession + Royal Opera House die-in 2 JUL | London Photo by Anthony Jarman: Carmen Declares a Crime scene at Italian fossil fuel giant Eni Rebels from across London converged for a day of coordinated ‘Carmen’ inspired actions — the latest Royal Opera House production to be sponsored by BP. The day started…

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Newsletter 25: Around the World

XR Ghana 30 JUN – 2 JUL | Accra XR and other groups gathered to celebrate the 59th anniversary of Ghana’s independence. XR banners flew for three days, together with the Black Star Pan-Afrikan Resistance flag of Ghana. The gathering took place at the Fire Grounds in Accra, hosted by the Ghana Union Movement (GUM)…

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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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