Extinction Rebellion

Having Served on a Jury, I Can Easily See How a Climate Activist Could Manipulate It

After the shock acquittal of the climate activists who committed £500k worth of damage to HSBC's HQ, one ex-juror says it is easy to see how a vocal jury member can volunteer as foreman and push for the verdict he wants.
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Climate Activists Acquitted After Arguing They Had “Lawful Excuse” for Causing £500,000 Damage to HSBC HQ

A jury has cleared nine climate activists of causing £500,000 worth of criminal damage to HSBC’s London headquarters after they argued they had a "lawful excuse" for the action.
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Book review: Saving The People’s Forest: Open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London by Mark Gorman

Book review: Saving The People’s Forest: Open spaces, enclosure and popular protest in mid-Victorian London by Mark Gormanby Ian SinclairPeace NewsJune-July 2023 Following the January 2023 mass trespass on Dartmoor, the campaign to stop the felling of trees in Sheffield and the government U-turn on the privatisation of the forests in 2011, Saving The People’s […]

The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari

Strange things are happening. Every few days, it has become customary to hear stories of trains carrying toxic waste derailing in rural food producing regions of the USA, or food processing plants going up in flames. Meanwhile propaganda justifying the confiscation of property in the name of the greater good advances within the U.S. Environmental Read More...

Research for the Revolution: Interview with James Ozden

Research for the Revolution: Interview with James Ozdenby Ian SinclairMorning Star8-9 April 2023 Set up in 2022, according to its website the Social Change Lab “conducts and disseminates social movement research to help solve the world’s most pressing problems”, with a particular interest in environmental protest. This research, it hopes, will “inform advocates, decision-makers and […]