This network of activists, formed in the UK in 2018, regularly uses civil disobedience to denounce what it calls government inaction on climate change. Its activists have distinguished themselves by holding onto roads or planes to block traffic. At the end of August they again blocked London’s iconic Tower Bridge Weighbridge.
“This year we are prioritizing attendance over arrests and public outreach over blockades,” the group said in a statement. He announces that for 2023 he has made the “controversial decision to temporarily move away from disruption to public space as the main tactic”.
A demonstration in April
He recognizes “the power of riots to sound the alarm,” but says there is a “need” to move forward and, above all, want to “disrupt the abuse of power” by pressuring the political class to use fossil fuels to put an end to. To this end, he is calling for a major demonstration on April 21 in front of the British Parliament in the hope of bringing 100,000 people together.
Extinction Rebellion’s actions were often controversial, with the group infuriating a section of public opinion, conservative power and much of the press by attacking the public. Many activists were arrested during these actions and the government plans to further tighten the right to demonstrate.