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             The  triumph  of  the  two-week  disruption  came  with   Government Policy. As shareholders in the Rebellion,
             an  unprecedented  amount  of  political  and  public   critics  attack  their  financial  incentives  along  with
             attention drawn by the arrests of 1,130 teenagers,   the lack of stance on issues as wide as economic
             students, pensioners, academics, nurses and doctors   modelling to the controversial roll out 5G.
             peacefully supporting the XR campaign in London. The
             strategy of the Met to refer as many cases as possible   Rupert explains the thousands of world wide members
             to the CPS is seen as deeply flawed; strengthening the   in  the  XR  church  represent  a  broad  base,  but  the
             message of rebellion by making Martyrs of non-violent   issues XR deal with are focussed. Extinction Rebellion
             protestors.                              is not there to provide an answer as to HOW we
                                                      stop  extinction.  They  want  an  independent  Citizen’s
             Showing  surprising  respect  for  the  police  Rupert   Assembly to do that.  Their job is simply to call for a
             explains  that  law  enforcers  are  just  doing  their  job,   seismic change in focus to tackle an urgent problem
             and that XR supporters are warned that their actions   that,  as  Mathew  Todd  wrote  in  The  Guardian,  the
             could lead to imprisonment.  What politicians have   media has had all “the urgency of a quiche recipe on
             not considered is that protestors are prepared to go   daytime TV”.
             to jail because the end of the world is more urgent
             than  comfort.  Floods,  wildfires,  extreme  weather,   As  I  contemplate  the  subversive  use  of  a  limited
             biodiversity loss, crop failure, mass migration and the   company to change capitalism, I wonder how to tell
             breakdown of society make an assertive Met look like   my daughter that currently the best option for saving
             the henchmen of deluded MPs.             the world is to get arrested.  “For many, it’s a necessary
                                                      price to pay to protect our children from what’s
             The  transparency  of  the  XR  website  led  those   coming,” XR said in a statement after the April arrests.
             wishing  to  derail  the  cause  to  attack  its  founders.  A   Cold comfort indeed.
             farmer, a doctor and a Greenpeace sales rep set up
             ‘Compassionate Revolution Ltd’ in June 2015 with an
             aim to develop the best tools for affecting change in



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