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Sep 3, 2021 7 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Back in the City, where #ExtinctionRebellion are on the march again, attempting to raise awareness of rising sea levels, as their latest rebellion draws to a close.
#ExtinctionRebellion’s protesters have paused in front of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.
“Lloyds of London is an insurer of fossil fuel projects at a vast scale across the world and it’s the turning of the wheels of finance driving more and more of these destructive projects.”

#ExtinctionRebellion activist George Barda, from Bristol, on why protesters are here.
After a brief stop and People’s assembly, #ExtinctionRebellion are marching again.
What do the @CityPolice FIT teams have in their backpacks? #ExtinctionRebellion
The cops got a bit spooked when #ExtinctionRebellion turned up at the offices of @blackrock
“[Blackrock] are the world’s leading investor in oil, gas, coal and companies linked to deforestation.”

#ExtinctionRebellion co-founder @gailbradbrook speaks at another entrance to Blackrock.

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Oct 14, 2022
Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall.
“What is worth more, art or life? … are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?”

@JustStop_Oil’s activists explain their action
“What is worth more, art or life? … are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?”

@JustStop_Oil’s activists explain their action
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Oct 12, 2022
I don’t think the police have joined @JustStop_Oil , but it looks like it. A dozen or so climate protesters currently blocking Horseguards, at the back gate to Downing St Image
Police currently stopping anyone from crossing the road in Parliament Square - to make sure no one stops in the middle @JustStop_Oil
Last autumn’s climate campaign, @InsulateLove, is back on the streets in Westminster as part of the @JustStop_Oil coalition Image
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Apr 13, 2022
Scientists with @ScientistsX have glued themselves to the windows of @beisgovuk in a climate change protest
Scientists swooped on @beisgovuk at 11am and glued scientific papers - and their own hands - to the windows of the government department
This video by Zoe Broughton shows the moment @ScientistsX swooped on @beisgovuk at 11am - after a decoy by @DoctorsXr
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Oct 13, 2021
Protesters with #insulatebritain have blocked the roads near Purfleet
Angry drivers dragged @InsulateGB protesters from the road after they blocked a busy junction by the m25 near the QE2 bridge
Drivers are becoming increasingly aggressive with #insulatebritain protesters
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Sep 2, 2021
Several hundred #ExtinctionRebellion protesters blocking the road outside the Bank of England.
Today’s #ExtinctionRebellion protest is a mass breach of bail conditions, with rebels arrested over the past two weeks breaking their conditions by returning to the City of London.
“I’ve been arrested over 200 times in many different countries, I don’t think one more time is going to make much of a difference.”

Veteran peace campaigner Angie Zelter, 70, who is breaking a bail condition stipulating that she stays out of the City. #ExtinctionRebellion
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Sep 1, 2021
Several hundred #ExtinctionRebellion protesters outside Downing St protesting against “greenwashing” Image
“Greenwash is when people claim to be taking action to tackle the climate emergency, but actually they are not.”

Lisa Hill, 57, of Newbury #ExtinctionRebellion, outside Downing Street. Image
“Ducking out of meaningful climate responsibility.”

Today’s #ExtinctionRebellion protest is highlighting what they see as the government’s duplicity over the climate emergency. Image
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