‘What are we waiting for?’: Why the IPCC report is a call to action
Yesterday’s 6th Assessment Report from the IPCC reiterated what we’ve known for a while: the climate crisis spells certain disaster. But it also provides more reason than ever before to join the two...
View ArticleStatement on Police Liaison for the Impossible Rebellion starting 23rd August
In line with our current police liaison policy, XR will not be pre-liaising actions with police for any of the London based actions that will be part of the Impossible Rebellion, August 2021, unless...
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Rebel Daily 1: Let’s turn the tables
Impossible Rebellion: Rebel Daily 1 Introduction As the Impossible Rebellion kicks off, rebels gather around a giant pink table and take action together. (To find out what’s going on this week, see...
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Rebel Daily 2: Locking onto Planet Earth
Our second day of Rebellion saw the end of The Table, a confiscated planet earth, a major set of actions by XR Cymru and ongoing antics from our friends in Digital Rebellion. (To find out what’s going...
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Rebel Daily 3: Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere
Catch up on all the action from yesterday, featuring more lock-ons, a ghoulish Mother Earth, and a very special award. Guess who’s back? As a brand new day of Impossible Rebellion breaks, let’s take a...
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Rebel Daily 4: Bamboo, Blood and Buddhists
If two days’ worth of bumper actions doesn’t make you want to get out on the streets and jump around, we just don’t know what will Introduction We’re five days into this Impossible Rebellion, and...
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Rebel Daily 5: Night at the Science Museum
It’s been another rollicking two days over the bank holiday weekend. We’ve seen a two-pronged truth-offensive on the Science Museum, a mass-disruption at St Paul’s, the kick-off of Football Rebellion,...
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Rebel Daily 6: Police Board our Bus with Batons
Day 9 saw some disturbing scenes, but a heavy-handed police response won’t dampen our resolve! Read on for details of the latest inspiring actions. We’re in the thick of it. After a brilliant first...
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Rebel Daily 7: Breaking bad things
Windows, bail conditions, systems, laws. If it’s bad, we love to break it! Introduction It’s been another couple of smashing days of rebellion, with lots still going on into days 10 and 11. Rebels...
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Rebel Daily 8: Are you up for a rest?
Recap on how the final two days of the Impossible Rebellion went down. We did impossibly well. We did it. After two heart-warming, audacious, thrilling weeks, the Impossible Rebellion ended on...
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Newsletter October 2021
In the recent Chatham House Climate Change Risk Assessment report, the bare facts were laid out: “If emissions follow the trajectory set by current nationally determined contributions (NDCs), there is...
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Newsletter November 2021
XR UK Newsletter November 2021 COP26 Time to Act 120 world leaders and 2,000 delegates have assembled for the 13-day UN-sponsored event in Glasgow. They will dine on a largely plant-based Scottish...
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Newsletter December 2021
XR UK Newsletter December 2021 Welcome to the last UK Newsletter of 2021. Since we reformed the Newsletter team earlier this year we’ve managed to produce regular monthly issues covering stories and...
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Newsletter January 2022
2021: A Year in Protest As the year progressed, the pandemic and subsequent lockdown continued to make climate actions challenging, if not impossible. Gatherings of large groups became difficult or...
View ArticleXR UK Strategy 2022
The full 2022 XRUK Strategy document can be read in full here. What follows is a digest of its conclusions. Please read both documents, and if you would like to find out even more, attend one of the...
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XR UK Newsletter February 2022
Last month’s Newsletter featured a review of the year but this month we are unashamedly looking forward. The new XR Strategy has been unveiled across the movement’s platforms and toured the UK with...
View ArticleXR UK Statement on the latest IPCC Report
Today the IPCC published its latest report into the impacts of climate breakdown. This devastating report is just the latest in a series of increasingly desperate warnings from scientists and...
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Newsletter March 2022
Last week saw the publication of the latest IPCC report focusing on the probable real-world impact of the climate crisis: extreme weather, floods, droughts and fires. Even if the world keeps heating...
View Article2022: The year the movement of movements aligns to end fossil fuels
This Spring, Extinction Rebellion UK is focusing all its activities on an immediate demand: to end the fossil fuel economy. In light of recent war, past war, the recent IPCC reports, advice from...
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Extinction Rebellion UK statement on strike at Fawley Oil Refinery
Extinction Rebellion UK stands in solidarity with the 100 or more workers at Fawley Oil Refinery who will be taking strike action on 8th April. The strike is in response to the offer of a “pathetic”...
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