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The Sea is Rising and so are We

August 21, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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.

‘Something Drastic Has To Happen’ Roger Hallam on BBC Hard Talk

August 21, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Roger Hallam talks with Stephen Sackur from BBC Hard Talk about the need to ACT NOW. [16.08.2019]

Roger Hallam at Solvay Library, Brussels

August 16, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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…

Roger Hallam at the Green Gathering 2019

August 08, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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]

Newsletter 27: Crikey! Disobedience down under!

August 08, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

(Sign up to the newsletter here) Welcome to our 27th newsletter! 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…

Newsletter 27: Crikey! Disobedience down under!

August 07, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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 as ‘roaring’, and there was even…

Newsletter 27: History Corner

August 07, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

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 treated as…

Newsletter 27: Global XR Actions

August 07, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Hell hath no fury like a bank swarmed 25 JUL | Lausanne, Switzerland XR Switzerland saw its first arrests after a hefty police response to an action outside a bank in the city of Lausanne. Around fifty rebels swarmed the road outside the Crédit Suisse HQ, whose heavy fossil fuel investments make it…

ACT NOW | A film by Lily Colfox and Jack Thompson Roylance

August 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion