Below, Freedom reproduces an open letter to XR from Earth First!.
Earth First! open letter: To our friends from XR
Tag: XR
XR blockades private jet airport ahead of Davos talks
The action this morning, targeting business tycoons flying out of Farnborough, aimed to highlight the environmental damage being done by privileged…
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.
Climate activists blockade Glasgow gas shipping office in solidarity with Ukraine
Climate activists have blockaded the Glasgow offices of Russia-linked shipping company Seapeak, demanding an end to gas shipping that is fuelling t…
Jailing the Peaceful
James Brown, the Extinction Rebellion protestor and partially sighted paralympian who glued himself to the top of a plane has had his prison senten…
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.
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.
Police vs XR: What can be done about the Met’s Section 14 order?
The Met have kicked off week 2 of the XR autumn rebellion with an almighty bang, issuing a revised s14 order that effectively bans XR from pr…
BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion London warehouse raided by cops
Extinction Rebellion South London warehouse has been raided by the police this morning.
Legal: Was Roger Hallam ‘pre-emptively’ arrested?
In case you missed it: Roger Hallam, one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion, has been ‘pre-emptively’ arrested the day before he – an…
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