Sam J. Knights

Writer, actor, activist, clown | co-editor, This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook.

Greta Thunberg mural in Bristol

Some thoughts on strategy, and climate change, and feeling like you’re not trying your hardest…

“What can I do?”, “How hard should I try?”, “Why aren’t we all on the streets, night after night, fighting for change?”… Perhaps, all we can say at the end of it all is that asking these questions is an important part of the process. A sign that you’re still fighting, still human. You have not given up.

January 7, 2022

School Strike

Manifesto for the Future

I do not look forward to the future like I used to. I do not sit and dream about the life I will lead or the things I will do. In fact, these days, I have to force myself to think about it. Dreaming is effort. Imagination is work. Hope is complicated.

January 23, 2020

Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion: We Need To Talk About The Future

This is a love letter to Extinction Rebellion. It is also a letter addressed to those who have criticised us. An apology. A response. And, ultimately, an invitation.

October 29, 2019