Two of the world’s biggest fund management bosses called for an end to ‘our obsession with ever-increasing GDP and the ‘primacy of shareholders’ over the environment and the challenges of climate change.
https://t.co/aIgcVDc6gW
85% of Venice has been flooded — which is the worst flooding the city has had in half a century.
We agree with Venice's mayor. This is the result of climate change.
https://t.co/e1nsQAlw7K
After mass protests in Chile, President Sebastián Piñera has vowed to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution. But activists say constitutional change should be driven by a constituent assembly, not "the same elite that put us here in this situation." https://t.co/HD4e1BcjI4
"Climate change is absolutely an aspect of empire".
@GhoshAmitav sees that 'it's no coincidence that the constraints of the bourgeois novel began to form at the same time as the West began to use fossil fuels to project its power around the world.'
https://t.co/F8r5Qp8U3v
1970: One more lane will fix it.
1980: One more lane will fix it.
1990: One more lane will fix it.
2000: One more lane will fix it.
2010: One more lane will fix it.
2020: ?
via @avelezig
The police don’t have the power to ask you for ID. And you don’t have a duty to show them any - or even provide your name.
If you’re stopped by the police, ask them what powers they are using first, and do what makes you feel safe.
#KnowYourRights
Huge presence in Trafalgar Square in defiance of government clampdown on peaceful protest.
The rebellion is growing as the climate emergency is accelerating.
The government must launch a comprehensive response not cower behind the police.
#ExtinctionRebellion
📸Ben Gillespie
.@AlokSharma_RDG@ChukaUmunna McDonnell has pledged that labour provide citizens of the Global South with free or cheap access to green technologies as ‘reparation for our colonial past’. How will the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats protect nations in the Global South?
. @ExtinctionR protests are a wake-up call to a sleep walking system. Banning protest is like petulantly sticking fingers in your ears, & systems which deny feedback fail...
BBC News - Extinction Rebellion: Police ban London protests
https://t.co/SR699IDzlR
We live in a world where a significant amount of "renewable" energy comes from cutting down trees using diesel, transporting them around the world using diesel, and burning them. Massive subsidies are paid by taxpayers in this "renewable" energy scam.
https://t.co/PCrntMoGSJ