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Elbit insurer Allianz targeted in 8 countries
Tag: Extinction Rebellion
Hull’s new groove: From arrests to assemblies
How former Extinction Rebellion activists and co-operatives took inspiration from models worldwide and built a localised movement.
Call for solidarity: Defend the rights of disabled campaigners
In advance of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion this week, Netpol is calling on the Metropolitan Police to prevent a repeat of the systemic …
Earth First! open letter: To our friends from XR
Below, Freedom reproduces an open letter to XR from Earth First!.
XR and Just Stop Oil Coalition continue their actions against the fossil fuel industry
It has been a few busy days in climate emergency activism.
In defence of ‘In defence of Extinction Rebellion’
It would be prudent for me to open with the affirmation that this is an ‘opinion piece’.
In defence of Extinction Rebellion
“The next popular climate movement can only avoid a slow death if its politics are as red as they are green.”
Don’t want to get arrested before a demo? Then don’t publicise a plan to break the law!
The raid on Animal/Extinction Rebellion’s warehouse shows why you shouldn’t publicly broadcast plans to break the law.
Twelve arrested in pre-emptive raids
A dozen activists, several linked to Extinction Rebellion, have been detained today after a series of raids across London, including against an art…
Tories are living in fear of direct action’s rise
It took nearly two years but just one action for Extinction Rebellion to make it onto the Tories’ prestigious “so dangerous they should…
Scotland XR occupies Shell gas rig, temporarily shutting down offshore project
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have occupied a massive gas rig leased to Shell and currently parked in Princess Alexandra Wharf , Dundee Habou…
XR leak: Hallam Holocaust comments were a deliberate ‘provocation’
A memo from controversial Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam, leaked to Freedom, suggests his offensive interview with Der Spiegel was a …
I got de-escalated by XR and then the police evicted them
Dear all at XR!
On Class and Climate Struggle: Decolonising XR
In the last week, two widely-shared images have summed up deep-rooted problems at the heart of the Extinction Rebellion movement.
It is not just a bunch of flowers
Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult.
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