{"id":11255,"date":"2019-03-06T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T19:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:14:10","slug":"extinction-rebellion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/extinction-rebellion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Extinction Rebellion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

International Highlights\u00a0(xrebellion.org)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

South Africa \u2013 February 7, March 15 and 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rebels used South Africa\u2019s recent state-of-the-nation address to raise awareness of Extinction Rebellion\u2019s demands, by holding a mock parliament and making their own address to the nation. There\u2019s an ongoing, dynamic discussion about how XR can best tackle South Africa\u2019s unique challenges, and help people affected by climate breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as participating in the upcoming international actions, Extinction Rebellion South Africa has two upcoming events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 15 Co-hosting the Cape Town Climate Strike<\/a>, in solidarity with school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 23 Funeral for the earth<\/a> events in Cape Town, Jo\u2019burg, Durban and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy \u2013 February 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rebels performed a die-in at a Mall in Milan. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon so the mall was busy, and the protest garnered a lot of attention. You can watch Extinction Rebellion Italy\u2019s beautifully produced video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada \u2013 February 10-17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Extinction Rebellion week in Canada<\/a> saw a variety of creative actions across the country. As well as road-blocks and die-ins, XR attempted to deliver 4180 dumpster-dived candy canes to a politician to highlight the problem of food waste, and used the occasion of Valentine\u2019s day to invite people to write love letters to trees. 
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Switzerland \u2013 February 12 and 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lausanne<\/a> saw its first Extinction Rebellion action on February 12, when Rebels enacted a silent grieving in front of the city hall. This powerful demonstration asked arriving councillors to vote yes on a resolution that would declare a climate emergency, and prioritise measures to combat climate breakdown. The resolution was postponed but the Swiss rebels remain undeterred, declaring \u201cthe pressure on the government is only the beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, in Zurich<\/a>, on February 23, Rebels performed a series of die-ins in the city\u2019s main shopping area. More than 25 participants simultaneously dropped to the ground and remained motionless for five minutes, while others spoke to people in the crowd. Despite some negative (though comical) comments such as \u201cyou should be at home making babies!\u201d, the response was generally positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Belgium \u2013 February 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a spectacular first action for their country, Rebels protested outside a high-level international climate conference<\/a>in Brussels. Rebels challenged the attending world leaders to set more ambitious targets on the oceans and climate change; they also managed to infiltrate the conference and interrupt the opening speech by Prime Minister Charles Michel (you can see a video of that here<\/a> and more coverage on their facebook page<\/a>). Their protest received significant media coverage: see here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a> for a few examples (not in English).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden \u2013 February 22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Teachers in Stockholm demonstrated in front of their Department of Education in solidarity with protesting UK teachers and pupils, demanding the declaration of a state of emergency and the prioritization of the climate crisis in education. Students must be taught the truth about the ongoing catastrophe, they insisted, and all student climate strikes must be permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ireland \u2013 February 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Extinction Rebellion Ireland, in coalition with other groups, held a die-in<\/a> in Dublin on February 10, to protest a proposed gas terminal. This was covered in the media, including on page two of the Irish Independent, a prominent newspaper (picture shown here). 
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The Irish Rebels have also been busy holding various meetings and community talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany \u2013 February 23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Hamburg, Rebels held a \u2018funeral\u2019 march in memory of all of the species that have gone extinct due to human activity. It was the first action in Hamburg; Rebels found it to be a good chance to meet each other and plan for the future. This video<\/a> gives good coverage of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Czech Republic \u2013 February 26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Extinction Rebellion CZ had a high visibility action when they dropped a banner<\/a> in Prague old town square, calling upon the City of Prague to declare a climate emergency. Bravo!
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Australia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Recently, having blocked a coal terminal in Australia for several days, protesters were greeted by a row of police at the gates to Abbot point, Adani. One protester had suspended himself on a giant tripod above the railway line that feeds key Adani infrastructures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spain \u2013 March 1 and 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Extinction Rebellion Spain University group, along with FridaysForFuture and Youth4Climate, held a sit-in at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, Rebels are inviting climate and ecocide protesters to join them on the March 5th at 7.30pm in Madrid. They plan to hold a \u2018jam\u2019 in the city centre and are inviting everyone to share their creative skills. This could involve music, dance, circus skills and art on the streets. For more information click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

France \u2013 March 24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

French working groups are busy preparing for the \u201cJour de Declaration de Rebellion\u201d (JDR) on 24 March, which will mark the start of Extinction Rebellion action there. It will take place at 2pm at the Place de la Bourse, in Paris, and will urge the government to meet Extinction Rebellion\u2019s demands. A declaration statement will go out as a press release on March 20. The event page is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning is already underway for follow-up civil disobedience locally and nationally, and Rebels are conducting training in non-violent direct action and discussing how best to respond to the questions of the media and individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Highlights\u00a0(xrebellion.org) South Africa \u2013 February 7, March 15 and 23 Rebels used South Africa\u2019s recent state-of-the-nation address to raise awareness of Extinction Rebellion\u2019s demands, by holding a mock parliament and making their own address to the nation. There\u2019s an ongoing, dynamic discussion about how XR can best tackle South… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11262,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions\/11262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}