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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…
Read full postNewsletter 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,…
Read full postWITNESS BOX STATEMENT – Angie Zelter, Hendon Magistrates Court 25th June 2019
Words – 4,451 words. Time to read out – 30 minutes max Personal Background I am now 68 years of age but when I was 21, in my final year at university, I read the January edition of ‘The Ecologist’ magazine, called ‘Blueprint for Survival’. This had an enormous impact on me as it…
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Extinction Rebellion Podcast Episode 4 – Looking Forwards
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW In our first episode since April’s International Rebellion, the Extinction Rebellion podcast discusses the future. Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016. The 2015 Paris Agreement was her most…
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