Some Thoughts on Extinction Rebellion – and the Future of the Climate Movement

By Paul Arbair, Paul Arbair blog

The rise of ‘Extinction Rebellion’ signals that climate activism is moving up a gear. Further radicalisation is probably inevitable.

Why I Say that this Civilisation is Finished

By Rupert Read, Extinction Rebellion

The stakes of course are very, very high, here, because the climate crisis and the broader ecological emergency of which it is only the most urgent part puts the whole of what we know as civilisation at risk. By ‘this civilisation’ I mean the hegemonic civilisation of globalised industrial growth capitalism— sometimes called ‘Empire’—which today governs the vast majority of human life on Earth.

How a Movement of Movements can Win: Taking XR to the Next Level

By Rupert Read, Medium

We have a plan: a movement of movements. We want contingents of new rebels from movements ‘allied’ to XR. The peace movement. The animals movement. The social justice movement. And several more. Call it the rebel alliance…

In the Age of Extinction, Who is Extreme? A Response to Policy Exchange

By Julia Steinberger, Simon Mair, Open Democracy

We must do all we can to protect the basic environmental conditions that allow humanity to flourish. In this context, Extinction Rebellion’s economic and political program is on the side of reason, and well supported by academic research.

The Climate Movement Needs More Radicals

By Samuel Miller McDonald, The Trouble

One of the protesters called out to the crowd gathered on Waterloo Bridge, “If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done during the Second World War, this is your answer.” Fighting evil in the 1940s was not a peaceful, niche enterprise. Doing so today must not be either.

Extinction Rebellion and the New Visibility of Religious Protest

By Stefan Skrimshire, Open Democracy

As a parish priest and Christian Climate Action member put it to me, the ecological crisis is also a “spiritual crisis.” Certainly it seems to be a crisis that requires and justifies spiritual responses and resources - a coalition of religion, ritual and rebellion.

Escaping Extinction through Paradigm Shift

By Nafeez Ahmed, Insurge Intelligence

This is the conversation we need to begin having, from our boardrooms, to our governing councils — for those of us who have woken up to what is at stake, the real question is, how can I actually mobilise to build the new paradigm?

Young People and Climate Change: Why it’s our Time to Take the Reins

By Tegan Tallulah, The Climate Lemon

In this post, I’m going to run through some of the key things that make this moment in history so unique when it comes to young people and climate change.

For the Love of Winning: An Open Letter to Extinction Rebellion

By John Jordan, ROAR Magazine

Would it be ridiculous to believe that not only the third runway will never get built but that one day our children will be able to hear a nightingale in Harmondsworth again because we had learnt to fall in love with the world, in love with life rather than money.

George Monbiot on U.K. Climate Emergency & the Need for Rebellion to Prevent Ecological Apocalypse

By Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh, George Monbiot, Democracy Now!

On Wednesday, the House of Commons became the first parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency. The resolution came on the heels of the recent Extinction Rebellion mass uprising that shut down Central London last month in a series of direct actions.

Without a Rebellion There Might be Nothing Left. The Tide is Turning and Necessarily So.

By Roxy Piper, Permaculture Association

People are coming out of their silos. And if these movements have shown us anything, it’s that if we join forces and mobilise then decision makers will have to act.

Extinction Rebellion, Green New Deal, Labour and Sustainability……. and Cap and Share

By Brian Davey, Feasta

Despite my ambivalence about the demands of UK Extinction Rebellion I am really impressed by the way it has shot the climate emergency and bio-diversity collapse up the political agenda and into the public imagination.