Extinction Rebellion

(Sign up to the Newsletter here) Dear rebels, Last week, the Climate Change Committee (‘CCC’), the Government’s own climate advisers, released another staggering report on the Government’s utter inaction. It warned the Government to start preparing for a 4˚C warmer world, a future implying the loss of billions of lives, … Read MoreRead more

“The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. You, the people, have … Read MoreRead more

The tactics of disruption and nonviolent civil disobedience are at the heart of everything Extinction Rebellion does. We have been told that these tactics and our interpretation of them have excluded black people, other communities racialised as non-white, and other marginalised groups, and contributed to narratives that have put those … Read MoreRead more

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW Welcome back to our new podcast series, The Best of Rebel Radio. In this episode, we’re re-sharing an incredibly important story about the first person in the UK to officially die from climate change. 7-year-old Zane Gbangbola died … Read MoreRead more

We’ve seen a couple of stories hit the news this week about people who are or were involved in Extinction Rebellion beginning new projects and using their connection to the movement as a way of launching those projects. Rather than adding to the many opinions within the movement about the … Read MoreRead more

Robin Hood-style shoplifting session at London supermarket ‘because poverty sucks’A new political party was launched in London on Thursday by a group of activists from Extinction Rebellion, who marked the event by shoplifting a haul of supermarket goods to highlight the instability of global food distribution.The stunt involved five members … Read MoreRead more

Email: press@risingup.org.uk Phone: +447986671716 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #NoGoingBack Today the Committee on Climate Change, the Government’s official climate advisors, released their report detailing what progress has been made one year on from the adoption of the target to reach net zero emissions by … Read MoreRead more

Dear rebels, Many countries may now be coming out of quarantine, but the world is still sick. Now, more than ever, it’s time to rebel. The last few weeks have seen a near-endless parade of atrocities which only serve to highlight the injustices and social inequalities of our time. This … Read MoreRead more

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +44 7717474456 / +44 7969 083371 / +44 7933582245Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Media Assets | Crowd Funder               #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #HS2Rebellion #NHSnotHS2 #ShutTheSites #StopHS2 Beginning on 20th June, Extinction Rebellion and anti-HS2 groups will set out to walk 125 miles on the HS2 route from Birmingham to … Read MoreRead more

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Live on all platforms NOW Welcome to a new Extinction Rebellion Podcast series: The Best of Rebel Radio. Here we take some of the wonderful content coming out of Rebel Radio and edit it into a podcast so you can listen again whenever … Read MoreRead more

London-based reportage illustrator George Butler has travelled all over the world to war zones, refugee camps and gold mines. “I choose newsworthy situations and people with stories to tell, and then record them in pen and ink,” he says. Recently he’s been focusing on moments of protest in his home … Read MoreRead more

Whoopi Goldberg has teamed up with Extinction Rebellion in a beautiful new animation set in the future, entitled ‘The Gigantic Change’. The film, released as part of World Environment Day, looks back from 2050 to show how people came together to save the world from the climate and ecological crisis. … Read MoreRead more

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +447561098449 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets#NoGoingBack #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow Stay alert – the bailouts are coming.… The Bank of England’s announcement yesterday came quietly and to many unnoticed. Airlines, chemical companies, fast fashion and car manufacturers are among the largest recipients to be approved emergency funding so … Read MoreRead more

Dear rebels, We have been following this new wave of police violence and protests with heavy hearts. Racism and oppression are toxic symptoms of a poisoned system: they can have no place in the world we need to build. As we write this newsletter, our hearts are with all those … Read MoreRead more

Email: jonathanmintram@gmail.com / beverley@beverleyluckings.com Phone: +44 7802 530272  | +44 7472 916283Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Press Kit | Posters & Film Stills | Film#ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow Whoopi Goldberg has teamed up with Extinction Rebellion in a beautiful new animation set in the future. The stunning 3 minute film looks back … Read MoreRead more

Extinction Rebellion UK stands in solidarity with those in the US mourning and raging in memory of George Floyd and of so many others.  How many final straws will there be?  We stand alongside all those who are fighting for a world where the casual murder of black and brown … Read MoreRead more

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Podomatic Many people in the climate movement wonder why it’s so hard to get our message through. Could part of the problem be buried in the very language we use? In this episode we’re talking to Jeremy Lent, the author of The Patterning Instinct: … Read MoreRead more

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Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: +447561098449 Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets#NoGoingBack #DecideTogether #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow CHANGE IS NOW > DECIDE TOGETHER: Extinction Rebellion to hold silent, socially distanced protest for one hour in Parliament Square – with similar protests to be held in Worcestershire, Whitstable, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Northampton, Dorset, Nottingham and … Read MoreRead more

Dear rebels, Since its inception, a central goal of our movement has been to bring thousands of people from all walks of life out onto the streets, day after day, to peacefully engage in civil disobedience. This is how we wooed the world’s media, shifted public consciousness, and brought complacent … Read MoreRead more

6 MAY | Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece Every night since May 6, rebels and other environmental activists have held a socially distanced vigil outside the Greek parliament building.  They are demanding the withdrawal of a new law, the so-called ‘Modernization of the Environmental Legislation’, which XR Hellas (Greece) says “effectively … Read MoreRead more

Email: press@risingup.org.ukPhone: 07561098449Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Media Assets #NoGoingBack #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow At 8am this morning more than 2000 pairs of children’s shoes were placed in London’s Trafalgar Square with people holding a banner saying ‘Covid today > Climate tomorrow > Act Now’ Extinction Rebellion are calling on the … Read MoreRead more