Hello John
We took 150 actions in October. Each is an act of resistance and hope. Here are just a handful of the ways we demanded a better future.
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We shut down the Oscars of oil. Hundreds of rebels joined Fossil Free London to disrupt the oil industry's annual shindig. As a result, the conference could not run as planned and key delegates were unable to attend including Shell's CEO. We were joined by Chris Packham, Caroline Lucas MP and Greta Thunberg. Greta said "The fossil fuel industry has actively distracted and delayed. ...We have no choice but to disrupt."?
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We held to account fossil fuel financiers and insurers. Hundreds of rebels took over Lloyd's of London to demand they rule out insuring the proposed West Cumbria coal mine and the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). XR, Money Rebellion and Stop EACOP occupied the building as part of the Oily Money Out protest. Across October, rebels also led 15 actions against Barclays, Europe's biggest fossil fuel financier.?
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We marched together. Hundreds of people came out for a day of action in Bath, organised by a coalition of 40 partner organisations. XR Hertfordshire came together with Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Take the Jump to march in Hitchin.?
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We called out Standard Chartered for their outstanding greenwashing. The bank sponsors the 'Weather Photographer of the Year' competition - and entirely sidesteps the bank's role in increasing the likelihood and severity of extreme weather events. They have pumped ?38 billion into fossil fuels since 2016. Money Rebellion?displayed photos by Gideon Mendel showing the environmental destruction enabled by banks like Standard Chartered.
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We continue to say no to Rosebank, a planned new oil field 80 miles off the Shetland coast in the North Atlantic. Actions took place in Oxford, Worthing, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle, York, Bangor and Aberdeen, pictured above, where protests gathered at the offices of Equinor, the Norwegian oil giant that will operate the oil field.
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We demanded better from institutions that should know better. Coal and gas giant Adani are set to sponsor a new "Energy Revolution Climate Change Gallery" at the Science Museum in London. The Climate Choir Movement filled the halls of the Museum to ask why they are choosing to endorse a fossil fuel company that has been accused of violating the human rights of indigenous people, contaminating crops, corruption and fraud.
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We said no to climate injustice.?The Global North are responsible for the vast majority of climate change, yet it is the Global South that have and will suffer the most devastating consequences. We protested against this inequity outside the Bank of England with Money Rebellion, Debt for Climate and Debt Justice.
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We engaged our communities. Around the country we created art installations, shared meals, and ran outreach, like the event pictured above, engaging local people on air pollution in Nottingham. And we held Assemblies in Inverness on renewables and by XR North East on green alternatives to the Cumbrian coal mine.
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Want to join in? Find an action near you.
Love and rage,
XR UK
PS Remember the A12 blockade in the Netherlands? After 27 days of continuous blockades, the Lower House is finally calling on the cabinet for a fossil fuel subsidy phase-out plan :)
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