{"id":11581,"date":"2019-04-11T10:05:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2019-04-11T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:05:05","slug":"international-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/international-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Three Die-ins in Switzerland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

5 APR\u00a02019
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Rebels in the city of Neuch\u00e2tel have performed three die-ins in recent weeks. While the first two aimed to highlight the overall message of Extinction Rebellion, the third one was specifically targeting telecommunications companies to protest the release of 5G. Rebels pointed out that faster connection speeds come with increased emissions, and that relentless progress and consumption is unsustainable and unacceptable. 
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Protest at Museum Opening in France<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

31 MAR
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Rebels used the opening of the new Science and Nature Museum of Bordeaux to draw attention to the ecological crisis and the systemic problems causing it. Some rebels performed a die-in while others spoke<\/a> to the assembled crowd. 

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Arty Rebels in Ireland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2 APR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showing that rebellion can occur in any way and at any scale, a family at a beach in Wexford, Ireland created the Extinction Rebellion symbol out of sand and seaweed. They said, \u201cThe most interesting thing was people who stopped to watch us and ask what we were doing it for \u2013 it was a great way to get the conversation started\u201d.
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Supportive Marathon Runners in Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

7 APR
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Rebels hung a banner from a bridge across the route of the half marathon in Madrid, to remind runners and spectators that we are all running against the clock to halt the climate catastrophe. They were pleased to receive a lot of encouragement from runners passing below.
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Extinction Rebellion (rebellion.earth) Three Die-ins in Switzerland 5 APR\u00a02019 Rebels in the city of Neuch\u00e2tel have performed three die-ins in recent weeks. While the first two aimed to highlight the overall message of Extinction Rebellion, the third one was specifically targeting telecommunications companies to protest the release of 5G. Rebels… 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":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11582,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581\/revisions\/11582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}