Extinction Rebellion
XR activists acquitted over printing plant protests
03 May 2021The protests were able to delay the distribution of newspapers including The Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail. The estimated cost of this delay was £1.2 million.
Climate activists celebrate court success as world leaders’ pledges fall short
24 April 2021Six Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists were acquitted of criminal damage charges in a landmark verdict at Southwark Crown Court
Defend the Shell 7
13 April 2021The trial began on Monday of seven people, including two Extinction Rebellion co-founders, charged with £25,000 of criminal damage at Shell’s London headquarters.
Financial institutions are funding climate destruction
11 April 2021Extinction Rebellion targeted banks last week as part of a campaign against their funding for fossil fuels. Sam Ord looks at global banks’ climate failures
We need ‘serious disruption’ to kill Tory police bill
17 March 2021MPs have taken another step towards making it much harder for people to protest in Britain.
Tories’ draconian police bill will ensure many more repeats of Clapham Common
14 March 2021What happened on Clapham Common on Saturday evening will be repeated, but more often and with more brutality if a new bill goes through parliament.
Norwich climate protester Alex Sidney court decision
15 February 2021A Norwich Extinction Rebellion spokesperson said, “Alex is not a criminal. He is a young man terrified about his future."
Investigation aims to label the left and protest movements ‘extremist’
08 February 2021The government has chosen a former Labour MP turned Lord to lead an investigation into “extremism on the far left”.
Letters—blame the government for the pressures of online education
18 January 2021I write as a grandparent of two primary age grandchildren and as a retired teacher. I think there is a lot of pressure from the department for education on heads to try to force their staff to provide huge amounts of work for their pupils
A climate of punishment
12 January 2021The people at the top are actively punishing those who draw attention to the scale of the emergency
Anger as Heathrow airport ruling boosts climate-wrecking project
16 December 2020A new court ruling means a third runway at Heathrow airport could be back on the cards, overturning a previous decision to block the project.
Shell’s links with murder in Nigeria aren’t forgotten
13 November 2020Twenty five years ago this week nine protest leaders in Nigeria were executed who were fighting environmental destruction caused by fossil fuel giant Shell.
XR climate rebellion ends with rage at financial system
10 September 2020Extinction Rebellion finished ten days of protests in London with a lively march through the heart of the City financial district.
Bosses’ press isn’t free
08 September 2020When Extinction Rebellion (XR) blockaded the entrances of two printing plants last week, it might not have anticipated the vitriolic response.
Extinction Rebellion takes on the right wing media barons
08 September 2020Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests—which began in London, Manchester and Cardiff last Tuesday—have drawn thousands of people worried about the climate crisis onto the streets.
Rebelling against the system
07 September 2020As Extinction Rebellion takes to the streets of London, Manchester and Cardiff, Sarah Bates looks at the movement demanding urgent action on climate change
Extinction Rebellion continue to fight for the climate
05 September 2020Climate rebels have turned their fire on the billionaire-owned press, racist Home Office and cash-guzzling HS2 developers in their latest protests.
Climate activists stage second day of rebellion
02 September 2020Climate crisis activists across Britain took to the streets on Wednesday, as part of the second day of protests of the latest Rebellion.
Extinction Rebellion back on the streets
01 September 2020Extinction Rebellion kicked off ten days of protests with defiant action in London, Cardiff and Manchester
Extinction Rebellion stage protests for the climate
30 August 2020Climate change protesters with Extinction Rebellion (XR) are staging protests in towns and cities across Britain over the weekend, ahead of a new International Rebellion.
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- Union rep sacked after reporting racism
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