News: Grandparents

Janet Young: How Could I Stand By and Do Nothing

October 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Janet Young, a 72-year old retired social worker and grandmother from Devon read out this statement at her plea hearing in August. She was arrested on Waterloo Bridge on the first Tuesday, 16 April. “I am pleading guilty for financial and emotional reasons. I accept that I did not comply with a…

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Video: Phil Kingston, the 83-Year Old Rebel

October 04, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Yesterday, 83-year old grandfather Phil Kingston was part of the group that used a fire engine to spray fake blood over the Treasury Building. In April he was arrested for climbing on top of a Docklands Light Railway train: he’ll be on trial in Crown Court next year. This beautiful film profiles…

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Doro Marden, 71, retired adult education trainer from Primrose Hill, London

September 30, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

When I tell people I was arrested I can see the shock on their faces

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What did you do when the Earth was unravelling?

September 30, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Jane Baker, 64, a retired NHS speech therapist from Exeter read out this statment in mitigation when she pleaded guilty to “not moving when asked from Waterloo Bridge”. She was appearing at City of London Magistrates Court on 6th September before District Judge Rimmer. “I want to apologise for the necessary disruption caused at…

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