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A week in resistance with Cressie
Sunday, 12th November It’s Remembrance Sunday in North London, a windswept afternoon with prickling bouts of rain. A group of 40 Just Stop Oil supporters

A message from Sam Griffiths in Wandsworth Prison
I was remanded to Wandsworth Prison because I walked slowly in the road with about 40 other supporters of Just Stop Oil and we were

Supporting Just Stop Oil – By Jonathon Porritt
“Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels. Investing

Court round-up, Friday Nov 3rd
So what’s happening in the courts? The wheels of justice grind on relentlessly as hired thugs in big oil suits pursue those pesky Supporters of

TELLING THE TRUTH SO WE CAN LEARN FROM MISTAKES – REFLECTIONS FIVE YEARS ON
This letter by Clare Farrell, Gail Bradbrook and Roger Hallam was published on 19th October 2023 on the Extinction Rebellion website – the original can

The show can’t go on: an open letter to my colleagues in the theatre industry
by Chloe Naldrett Yesterday (4 October), student supporters of Just Stop Oil disrupted the evening performance of Les Misérables. As a supporter and spokesperson for

Total lies to the students resisting the ultimate crime
“Thank you for your interest in our work”. That’s how Philippe Groueix, the man in charge of TotalEnergies’ East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), signed

Dan Edelstyn’s evening with Just Stop Oil
We hosted filmmaker Dan Edelstyn for a screening of his last documentary ‘Bank Job’. He wrote a touching blog about his experience

Civil Resistance as the Heart and Soul of Queer Existence- A call to Action
As another Pride month is coming to an end with London’s much-anticipated Pride Parade, it’s important to reflect on the responsibility that we as members

Time’s Up
Why we are in civil resistance Our system is killing us. The root of the wreckage we see around us is a broken democracy, not

Open letter to Good Morning Britain
Dear Daniel, Susanna, Richard, Ben and Charlotte, I was booked by your producer, Patrick, to appear in the Studio this morning for your discussion on

Grit!
The secret ingredient that makes nonviolence so powerful Just Stop Oil supporters have been accused of being ‘destructive’, but equally, of not being forceful enough.

Two words that change everything
When Just Stop Oil describes the Government as criminal, genocidal or guilty of mass murder, how do you feel? To some people, these words sound

Government in the dock
Morgan Trowland goes on trial today at Basildon Crown Court, charged with causing a Public Nuisance after scaling the QE2 bridge to demand no new

Out of their depth
If you’ve read Lord of the Rings, you’ll remember the hobbits living comfortably in the green, cosy Shire – oblivious to the gathering of the

This is not a climate crisis
The climate crisis is spoken about today by almost everyone – academics, scientists, civil society, activists, intellectuals and so on – as the greatest crisis

Beyond Lützerath: what next?
In their second post on the German village lost to coal, Lexy Ray shares how Lützerath captured people’s imagination and created a vision of how

The Last Days of Lützerath
In the first of a two-part series on Lützerath, Lexy Ray shares their deep connection with the village lost forever to a coalmine January 10th,

Defying the silence
It sounds like a dystopian sci-fi film: people too scared to speak or reach out to each other as flood waters pour through their communities

What is worth more: freedom or life?
The risk of prison couldn’t deter Phoebe – not when climate breakdown is bringing something infinitely worse My name is Phoebe Plummer, I’m 21 and