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Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, [10] [11] with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse.
On "Rebellion Day 2", a week after the first, Extinction Rebellion blocked the roads around Parliament Square, before a mock funeral march to Downing Street and then onto Buckingham Palace. [36] XR co-founder Gail Bradbrook read out a letter to the Queen , and one activist glued herself to the gates of the Palace, before the procession returned ...
Hallam is a co-founder of environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion, with Gail Bradbrook and Simon Bramwell. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He stood unsuccessfully in the 2019 European Parliament election in the London constituency as an independent, winning 924 of the 2,241,681 votes cast (0.04%).
The group wrote: “Extinction Rebellion supporters have superglued around the Speaker’s chair inside the Commons chamber. “Right now inside Parliament a speech is being read out demanding a ...
Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters were detained by police late in the afternoon after ignoring orders to end their blockade. Amsterdam Municipality said in a message on X, formerly Twitter ...
Impossible Rebellion was a series of nonviolent climate change protests in the United Kingdom organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR), from 23 August 2021 to 4 September 2021. The protests particularly targeted the City of London to raise awareness of the role of the financial sector in climate change.
Extinction Rebellion Youth (abbreviated as XRY and shortened to XR Youth) is the autonomous youth wing of the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion (XR), made up of activists under the age of 30. [1]
Soon after returning she met Roger Hallam and together they came up with Extinction Rebellion. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Bradbrook wants to raise awareness of the dangers from anthropogenic climate change and believes that only civil disobedience on a large scale can bring about the change that is needed.