Accepting the truth about the climate and ecological emergency—and acting upon it—is the core message of Extinction Rebellion. Since April, through non-violent acts of civil disobedience, they have globally staged protests and street blockades. During October’s wave of action, Buchsbaum joined them in Berlin. When hope dies, action begins Building upon the momentum of the Fridays For Future and other climate groups, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) has swept cities worldwide. Relying upon increasingly disruptive acts of creative, non-violent civil disobedience and other forms of “passive” resistance to cut through our normal routines, the movement is trying to refocus media and political attention onto the climate and biodiversity crisis in a desperate bid to change the system before it’s too late. One of XR’s central understandings is that despite decades of campaigns, thirty years after the first global conference convened to get nations to reduce their emissions, governments have simply not acted strongly enough. Over the years, it’s become clear that traditional systems like voting, petitions and letter campaigns as well as large traditional protest marches … Continue reading Rebelling against extinction: new British movement fuels global action