Extinction Rebellion
Why are we addicted to fossil fuels? Michael Moore’s new film doesn’t have the answer
06 May 2020New film Planet of the Humans could damage the environmental movement
Anti-HS2 campaigners want money spent on NHS instead
04 May 2020Climate catastrophe activists blocked HS2 construction on Monday morning as part of their rebellion against the hugely damaging high speed railway.
Locust devastation in East Africa is linked to climate change
25 April 2020Some 40 percent of the 160 million people in the region are already undernourished
Climate protester told to travel 400 miles to court during lockdown
27 March 2020The state is calling on Extinction Rebellion members to travel across Britain during the coronavirus pandemic
Thousands join XR march demanding action on climate emergency
22 February 2020Over 5,000 people joined an Extinction Rebellion march in London on Saturday, and it led to discussions on tactics
Come out and join the fightback
18 February 2020Faced with a vicious Tory government, we need to step up the fightback outside parliament urgently.
Protest can turn climate chaos into Tory chaos for Johnson
11 February 2020Boris Johnson has lurched into the chaos of cobbling together a team and strategy for hosting the United Nations (UN) Cop26 talks
Take to the streets to demand action on climate catastrophe
07 February 2020The climate delayers and deniers in government reaffirmed their commitment to ignoring ecological breakdown this week.
Billionaires gather at Davos - the rich gloat as planet burns
21 January 2020“Without treating this as a real crisis we cannot solve it,” was the rallying cry from school climate strike leader Greta Thunberg to world leaders this week.
Rebel against Prevent
14 January 2020The state is so worried about Extinction Rebellion (XR) it has included the direct action group in its Prevent strategy.
Reports round-up: Australia bushfire protest, opposition to Stratford development and more
14 January 2020‘Hell on earth’ as fires sweep Australia
03 January 2020The bushfires that don't go out are raising a horrifying vision of a country that could be made uninhabitable by climate chaos
Wave of protests in Madrid to pile pressure on climate talks
10 December 2019The streets of Madrid were filled with defiant scenes last week as thousands of climate campaigners protested outside United Nations (UN) climate talks.
Why Roger Hallam was wrong about the Holocaust
22 November 2019Hallam downplayed the Holocaust as “just another fuckery in human history” and “almost a normal event”.
Victory for Extinction Rebellion as court rules that police ban on protest was ‘illegal’
06 November 2019Extinction Rebellion (XR) was vindicated in the High Court on Wednesday as judges ruled that a police order banning its International Rebellion was unlawful.
Whose streets? Our streets! Why it matters to fight for control of our space to resist
22 October 2019As disruption flares up around the globe, Simon Basketter looks at how the architecture of cities, institutions and the system is designed to dampen dissent—but how these can face a radical challenge from below
What actually makes a person middle class?
22 October 2019Tomáš Tengely-Evans argues that being middle class isn’t about your lifestyle, accent, or whether you do a manual job
Climate round-up: ‘Saladarity’ with animal protesters and demo for ‘educational revolution’
22 October 2019Activists from the “Learning Rebellion” group marched to the Department for Education on Monday.
Celebrate the rebellion, and build the climate movement
22 October 2019Two weeks of action by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists has brought the issue of climate change onto the streets and into the headlines.
Extinction Rebellion activists show determination with new disruptive protest
18 October 2019Thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters brought traffic in central London to a standstill for several hours
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