Extinction Rebellion

"Extremism"  Extinction Rebellion   (Non-violent resistance)
Motto	Rebel for life
Formation	31 October 2018
Founder	•  Roger Hallam •  Gail Bradbrook
Interests	environment, pollution, “climate change”
Sponsored by	Open Society Foundations
A mass civil disobedience movement

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a UK-based resistance movement that promotes direct action to try to prevent climate change and damage to the environment. Although it is explicitly non-violent, the UK police have termed it an "extremist" ideology and have tackled it under the Prevent (Preventing Violent Extremism) programme.

"Extremism"

A document published by the Guardian in 2020 shows that although acknowledging the movement as non-violent, the UK police have listed Extinction Rebellion as as "extremist" group under the PREVENT (Preventing Violent Extremism) programme. When asked about the document, Counter Terrorism Policing South East stated that "this document was produced at a local level to help our partners to spot the signs of vulnerability to radicalisation. By including Extinction Rebellion in this document, it gives the impression we consider them to be an extremist group, which they are not. We will review the guidance to make this clear."

Worldwide groups

The UK group has inspired similar ones worldwide, including in Australia and Denmark.

 

Sponsor

Event	Description
Open Society Foundations	A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered.

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Media Freedom? Show me the MSM Journalist Opposing the Torture of Assange	blog post	7 September 2020	Craig Murray	At a time when the government is mooting designating Extinction Rebellion as Serious Organised Crime, right wing bequiffed muppet Keir Starmer was piously condemning the group, stating: “The free press is the cornerstone of democracy and we must do all we can to protect it.”
New Climate Reality, New Media	Article	10 August 2021	Mike Small	Call out the worst of columnists and publications spouting writing that is clearly against the common good and against humanity’s future. A weekly prize for the worst culprits. Naming and shaming disinformation and sponsored propaganda.

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