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“If we’re not all in this together, we’re not going to win this battle”: Emma Thompson comes out in support of the Impossible Rebellion
After 3 successful days of the Impossible Rebellion, with spirits soaring high following a day of action at Oxford Circus where thousands of people were able to participate, we begin Day 3 on another high. Award winning actor, Emma Thompson has shown her backing for the Rebellion today in a video message, calling Extinction Rebellion “essential.”
BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion block Oxford Circus calling on women to take their seat at the table and demand climate action
At 2pm on August 25, more than forty women blocked the Oxford Circus junction in central London. They have erected a 2.5m tall structure designed to look like a giant table with a banner that read ‘COME TO THE TABLE’, while placing two chairs facing each other at the top. The chairs were left empty to represent an invitation to all those who identify as female, nonbinary or trans: the crisis is here - come and take your seat at the table and demand the urgent action needed to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.
Code red for fossil fuel fashion! Extinction Rebellion Fashion Action glue themselves to Selfridges on Oxford Street
On the afternoon of Tuesday 24th August 2021, four members of Extinction Rebellion Fashion Action glued themselves to the front door of Selfridges on Oxford Street. They were wearing a dress inspired by designer Issey Miyake's 'A Piece of Cloth' (APOC) which displayed the messages: 'Fashion is addicted to dirty oil' and 'Code red for fossil fuel fashion'.
IMPOSSIBLE REBELLION DAY 2: Crisis Talks continue
Following a brilliant first day of powerful speeches, great music, nonviolent protest and pink tables, day 2 of the Impossible Rebellion is in full swing. XR Cymru has already taken the reigns and occupied parts of Parliament Street, with rebels moving back towards Charing Cross Road.
NOT IN OUR NAME: XR Wales occupy Parliament Street to demand HMRC quit ‘toxic’ relationship with Barclays
On Tuesday 24th August, the second day of Extinction Rebellion protests in London, over 50 people from XR Wales occupied Parliament Street, outside HMRC offices, to demand HMRC end their relationship with Barclays, Europe's largest financier of fossil fuels.
COME TO THE TABLE: Extinction Rebellion launches the Impossible Rebellion with giant pink table by Leicester Square
At midday today, a 4 metre high pink table landed at the intersection by Upper St Martins Square and Long Acre, near Leicester Square station, with the words ‘COME TO THE TABLE’ written across it. Once arrived, 4 people emerged from the truck that carried the huge object into the square and climbed onto the table, now preparing to stay for the long haul and occupy the square.
Extinction Rebellion scale Guildhall to demand the City of London Stop the Harm
At 5:30pm on Sunday August 22, ahead of the Impossible Rebellion as our Opening Ceremony for two weeks of mass participation civil disobedience planned by Extinction Rebellion - 3 people scaled the portico of the Guildhall and dropped a banner that read ‘Co-Liberation / Freedom Together’.
Stephen Fry backs XR’s Impossible Rebellion as public pledge £100k in 24 hours
In a video released today, actor and comedian Stephen Fry backs Extinction Rebellion’s Impossible Rebellion: two weeks of mass civil disobedience which starts on Monday.
Extinction Rebellion locks down ExxonMobil oil terminal with demand to stop funding fossil fuels
Extinction Rebellion are protesting against major expansion plans at Fawley Refinery in Hampshire, the biggest oil refinery in the UK. Protestors are also making a new immediate demand ahead of the next major Rebellion beginning in London on Monday: Stop all new fossil fuel investment now.
XR to the Director of Public Prosecutions: Time to put right your mistakes
Extinction Rebellion's lawyers have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill, requesting confirmation that all past and ongoing prosecutions are being reassessed in light of the recent 'Ziegler' ruling and that any miscarriages of justice will be corrected.
IT’S HAPPENING NOW: Extinction Rebellion launch plans for UK Rebellion starting 23 August as latest IPCC report confirms the future we fear is already here
To coincide with the release of the 6th Assessment Report from the IPCC this morning, Extinction Rebellion UK has launched plans for 2 weeks of civil disobedience in London, beginning Monday 23 August.[1] Because the future we fear is already here and there’s nothing left to do now but act.
Six pregnant women bare their bumps at Piccadilly Circus, demanding an end to fossil fuels
On the morning of July 31 at Piccadilly Circus, six women stood with their six unborn children in their pregnant bare bellies, demanding an end to fossil fuels. The words ‘My Future’ were printed on their bumps and they held a giant ‘umbilical cord’, connected to a petrol pump and nozzle. Desperate for a cleaner world for their unborn children, they were drawing attention to Extinction Rebellion’s demand for an immediate ban on all new fossil fuel projects.