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28 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
BREAKING: Judge finds 3 guilty, despite their nonviolent act against the crime of dangerous and damaging denial and delay coming out of the "think-tanks" and lobbyists at 55 Tufton Street in a #ClimateCrisis that is happening now.

#DenialOnTrial #TellTheTruth #ClimateJustice
Guilty of criminal damage, they all received 6 month conditional discharge and were ordered to pay reduced court and compensation costs totalling of £200. Unusual as this is far less than the claimed damage caused.

The magistrates praised them for their “openness and honesty”.
More info in press release here:
extinctionrebellion.uk/2021/10/28/tuf…

#DenialOnTrial #TellTheTruth #ExtinctionRebellion
Solicitor Raj Chada of HJA said: “Surely yet again, the CPS needs to consider whether it is in the public interest to prosecute when these are the sentences imposed.”

Why are courts making it a crime to care about the #climate, while ministers and lobbyists spread lies.

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29 Oct
When the 68 uprising graffitied Paris with “Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible!” who thought this call to action would meet its alter ego years later in the UK?

For what is Insulate Britain if not: Be Impossible, Demand the Realistic?

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The recent attempt to ban a form of protest from happening anywhere in the UK is a warning to all of us who dare to stand up for truth; the UK government is coming for us all. It is also a complete vindication of our resistance.

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27 Oct
CLIMATE INACTION = RACISM

Hey @Guardian @GdnSaturday @GdnReadersEd, well done for the article on climate activists. But how come there’s 19 people with placards and 1 without?

You know, the 1 black person, Elise Yarde.

Don’t you like what she has to say?

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When I realised I was the only person without a placard I felt so let down. I experience this shit way too often. Why am I the only black person in the article? Why does my message get silenced? Why don’t you want to talk about the fact that climate change is a racial issue? 2/6
Can’t you see that not noticing when you treat black people differently = racism.

Omitting their sign deliberately = racism.

Not printing the placard because you think it will offend your white middle class @guardian readership = racism.

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4 Sep
As the #ImpossibleRebellion draws to a close, the analysis will inevitably begin.
One of the things that has been clear though is a shift in the way XR is being covered in the 🇬🇧 🗞.
Like a samba-dancing mosquito🦟, our persistence is paying off. 1/7

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This piece by the @FT’s @henrymance discovers a quality long since thought extinct in the UK press: nuance – and it’s a joy to read. Henry *gets* us. And in a world of ‘but China’ 🇨🇳and ‘Gail’s car’ 💀🚙💨 that’s a step change in the narrative from the streets of shame. 2/7
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2 Sep
So what if Extinction Rebellion isn’t popular? We’re protesting to bring about change and it’s working.
We’re told that in order to be successful, XR must offer people hope.
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We're @cityoflondon to demand NO NEW FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENT.

The City continues to funnel billions into fossil fuels that can’t even be used if we are to stay within the targets required by the #ParisAgreement. The @IEA agree.

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In May @IEA said if the world is to meet the target of net zero emissions by 2050, all new investment in fossil fuels must cease by the end of this year. Our demand is in keeping with the science & all expert opinion - but bankers choose short term profit over long term life. 2/5
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🚨🔨 IN CASE OF CLIMATE EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS 🚨🔨

At 7am 8 women lined up at the European office of @jpmorgan in Canary Wharf and carefully broke 2 windows with hammers and chisels. Wearing all black, the women used painted hammers bearing words such as LIFE, LOVE and CARE.
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After the action, the women sat down in a circle and waited for the police to arrive.

They were holding hands & wearing patches that read ‘Deeds not words’ and ‘Stop the harm’.
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JP Morgan fund more fossil fuel activity than any other bank.
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