To Tell You The Truth, It’s Always Political
By Julia Kotziamani By defining themselves as ‘beyond politics’, the justice is missing from the Extinction Rebellion (XR) discourse surrounding global climate ; Some recent XR events have been fundamentally classist, racist and moving in a very unsavoury direction. The…
Message From A Prison Cell To October Rebels
By Roger Hallam, Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion I have been here for several weeks and may be here for some time longer. But please remember to do this: Take all your rage and furyTake all your despair and heartbreakTake all…
Why I’ve Just Joined Extinction Rebellion
By Rod Webb Most people know how we put off what is really important in life, like spending more time with our friends and family, because we are too busy just getting on with it. And some of us have…
XR Rebels – More News
Extinction Rebellion (XR)’s local group in Hastings and St Leonard’s built a large traditional fishing boat and carried it down to the beach on Pirate ; PICTURE: David Bruce XR member Phoebe Cecchini said:”We decided to celebrate the special fishing…
Bookbuster Book Review
This is Not a Drillan Extinction Rebellion Handbook Penguin paperback in stock at Bookbuster, £ by Tim Barton Here’s a topical book, right at the height (so far) of Extinction Rebellion’s rise to the ubiquitous on High Streets across the…
The Hour Glass Runs On
Merlin Betts and Alan Bolwell explore the impact of Extinction Rebellion Reclaim public spaces, rewild your gardens, rebel against bureaucratic mismanagement. The climate rebels encompass all sorts, not just radical ecologists. Sedate middle-class patrons also break out the banners and…
Reclaim, Rewild, Rebel
Merlin Betts considers an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Hastings town centre On Saturday 29th June, Extinction Rebellion Hastings & St Leonards gathered in Hastings' town centre by Caffè Nero. They explained “In the spirit of Waterloo Bridge, during the Spring…
The Council Has Made A Commitment To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2030. What next?
By Julia Hinton Back in February – thanks in part to pressure from the Hastings Green Party and our open letter calling on the council to declare a climate emergency – Hastings Council committed to making our town carbon neutral…
Might A Green New Deal Save The World?
Before Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion dragged the British public and politicians kicking and screaming towards the realities of climate change a bold new rescue plan, the Green New Deal (GND) was already gaining substantial support on both sides of…
Civil Disobedience
Merlin Betts considers whether there are better and worse ways to change the world Extinction Rebellion are making waves here in the UK because they’ve disrupted traffic in Central London and sung loudly. The other day, I also saw one…