Extinction Rebellion activists who occupied London twice last year were largely white, middle class and highly educated – but many were first-time or inexperienced protesters, a new analysis has found Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2248729-extinction-rebellion-were-not-veteran-protesters-new-analysis-shows/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Extinction Rebellion protests should be embraced, not banned
The move to haul protesters off London’s streets reflects a scientifically and economically illiterate political and media elite in denial about the climate Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219934-extinction-rebellion-protests-should-be-embraced-not-banned/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
UK scientists join the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests
New Scientist spoke to members of Extinction Rebellion who are scientists to find out why they are taking to the streets of London to protest climate change inaction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219008-uk-scientists-join-the-extinction-rebellion-climate-change-protests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience
Gail Bradbrook, a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has called for a mass ingestion of psychedelic substances in protest against the criminalisation of drugs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213787-extinction-rebellion-founder-calls-for-mass-psychedelic-disobedience/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Extinction Rebellion book is short on science but big on action
A new book on the Extinction Rebellion’s climate protests sells the science short but neatly explains the group’s highly effective civil disobedience tactics Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232360-400-the-extinction-rebellion-book-is-short-on-science-but-big-on-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Does people power make a difference? The truth about protests
From Extinction Rebellion to the Hong Kong marches, protesters are regularly taking to the streets. But what really works to change people’s minds Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206831-does-people-power-make-a-difference-the-truth-about-protests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Greta Thunberg became a climate activist not in spite of her autism, but because of it
Source: https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/5/6/18531551/autism-greta-thunberg-speech…
Extinction Rebellion’s three demands on climate change explained
Ministers are expected to meet with climate protestors next week, but what do they want? Rupert Read, of Extinction Rebellion, explains the group’s demands Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200755-extinction-rebellions-three-demands-on-climate-change-explained/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The science behind Extinction Rebellion’s three climate change demands
Ministers are expected to meet with climate protestors next week, but what do they want? Rupert Read, of Extinction Rebellion, explains the group’s demands Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200755-the-science-behind-extinction-rebellions-three-climate-change-demands/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Climate Change Activists Stripped Semi-Naked In British Parliament
Lawmakers have shown their whole asses by ignoring that climate change is upon us, so on Monday activists got semi-naked in British parliament to grab their attention. A group of demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion, a campaign that demands that governments “tell the truth about the climate and wider ecological emergency” and reduce carbon emissions to… Continue reading Climate Change Activists Stripped Semi-Naked In British Parliament