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Rebels mass to prevent tree felling
Extinction Rebellion activists have begun to mass in the Colne Valley, to prevent the felling of woodland planned by HS2 this weekend. The Rebels join longstanding activists from StopHS2 and Save Colne Valley to oppose the proposed operation. Hundreds of tree protectors are expected over the weekend, vowing to stop the trees from being chopped down, while adhering strictly to peaceful, non-violent principles and tactics.
This is ‘Crude Divisive Dangerous’ – Response from Extinction Rebellion to Police’s ‘Run Hide Tell’ poster
This ‘who’s who’ poster listing of groups in the UK that the police are telling people to ‘Run Hide Tell’ on is totally bonkers. Unfortunately it is not surprising.
‘Stain on their history’ – Extinction Rebellion UK turns Siemens into crime scene over Adani mine
From 9am today, dozens of people from Extinction Rebellion UK have turned Siemens London office into a ‘crime scene’, following its decision to continue providing railway signalling services to the Adani coal mine in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Extinction Rebellion and StopHS2 join forces to save Colne Valley’s trees from HS2 destruction
This weekend (17-20th January), Save Colne Valley, Extinction Rebellion and Stop HS2 join forces to save the trees that HS2 plans to fell along Harvil Road and along the Chiltern Trainline (UB9 6JW). This follows a failed attempt in April 2019 by HS2 to remove the trees stopped by an earlier joint action on a smaller scale, when protesters took to the trees. [1]
Extinction Rebellion to BlackRock: Not even close
It’s not always the case that something is better than nothing, particularly if it’s used to distract from the truth. And the truth is that the world’s biggest miners and polluters will not be losing any sleep over this.
‘How dare they’ – Extinction Rebellion responds to terrorism slur by Police
How dare they. Children up and down the country are desperately fighting for a future. Teachers, grandparents, nurses have been trying their best with loving nonviolence to get politicians and big business to do something about the dire state of our planet.
Bushfire Rebellion: XR UK brings bushfires to Australian Embassy
From 12pm today, hundreds of people from Extinction Rebellion UK are protesting outside the Australian Embassy on the Strand in London to protest against the Australian government’s failure to respond to the bushfires and the climate and ecological emergency.
Chris Packham, Extinction Rebellion and #ReThinkHS2 Deliver The Present No Child Wants This Christmas
This Sunday 22nd December, Chris Packham and his daughter Megan McCubbin join Extinction Rebellion aboard an open-top double decker bus to tour through central London.
DLR 3 Receive Minimum Sentence After Jury Regrets Conviction
Three Extinction Rebellion protesters who glued themselves to a Docklands Light Railway train during the April Rebellion have each been given a conditional discharge after a jury found them guilty “with regret”.
Extinction Rebellion UK filmmakers block red carpet at Star Wars London Premiere
8 filmmakers from the Extinction Rebellion UK group, Film Strike for Climate, occupied the red carpet at the Star Wars European Premiere in London’s Leicester Square this evening, as some of Hollywood’s biggest stars arrived.[1]
Hunger Strike Ends on Night of Defiance
After 26 days, Peter Cole, Marko Stepanov and Julian May have ended their hunger strike, breaking their fast on Election night, Friday 13th December. Surrounded by around thirty members of Extinction Rebellion, the trio watched the re-elected Prime Minister entered CCHQ without so much as a glimmer of recognition for them, as the Conservative leader had regularly passed so unresponsively through the guarded gates before.
Extinction Rebellion on COP25: ‘What a pile of shite this is’
To mark the end of this year’s COP, Extinction Rebellion has delivered a present to our world leaders who have come here for this most important gathering: a tonne of Madrid’s finest horse manure. Our message to world leaders is this: