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This letter by Clare Farrell, Gail Bradbrook and Roger Hallam was published on 19th October 2023 on the Extinction Rebellion website – the original can be found here https://rebellion.global/blog/2023/10/19/reflections-5-years-on/ Telling the truth means being ready to accept when you have been led astray, got things wrong and so have to modify your views. Five years since

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 Just Stop Oil I have spoken in defence of actions in galleries and on sports pitches.  This is a tough one for me because I am also a Theatre Producer,

“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 off his letter addressing the “concerns” of students in Uganda working to stop his company. Just a month earlier, one of the students was kidnapped for three days, beaten and

We hosted filmmaker Dan Edelstyn for a screening of his last documentary ‘Bank Job’. He wrote a touching blog about his experience

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 of the LGBTQIA+ community have: to stand in civil resistance against the greatest threat to our lives yet.  The UK Government is planning to licence over 100 new fossil fuel

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 a broken climate. Climate chaos is just a symptom of the endless greed of the powerful – who won’t stop until they’ve trashed even what they need to survive.  This

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 whether Just Stop Oil should be made to pay for its own policing. After making a series of plans for my kids to be looked after in my absence overnight,

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. On the one hand, we’re seen as yobs who rampage around smashing up petrol pumps; on the other, as hippies who hold hands in front of oil terminals. The way

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 implausible and melodramatic. Far from it. Of course, they express rage but they also have a rock-solid justification in international criminal law. We all wish it wasn’t the case. Our