XR co-founder Gail Bradbrook read out a letter to the Queen, and one activist glued herself to the gates of the Palace, before the procession returned to Parliament Square. On 'Rebellion Day 2', a week after the first, Extinction Rebellion blocked the roads around Parliament Square, before a mock funeral march to Downing Street and then onto Buckingham Palace. An Oxford XR group blocked traffic on Botley Road on the same day. On 23 November, in a first action outside London, an Extinction Rebellion group in York stopped traffic on Coppergate, Clifford Street, Pavement and Ouse Bridge, as well as holding a demo outside West Offices of the City of York Council. Similar actions continued for the next two days in London, with one group moving to Oxford Street on the afternoon of the discount shopping day Black Friday. 'Rebellion Day' Įxtinction Rebellion protesters in Tower Hill, 23 November 2018įrom 21 November 2018, beginning a campaign known as 'swarming' roadblocks (repeated roadblocks of approximately 7 minutes each), small groups of Extinction Rebellion activists carried out protests by occupying road junctions at Lambeth and Vauxhall Bridges, Elephant and Castle, Tower Bridge and Earl's Court, causing serious disruption to rush-hour traffic and continuing throughout the day. In the evening of 15 November a large group closed the access road to Trafalgar Square outside the Brazilian Embassy in an joint action with Brazilian Women against Fascism UK. We're Fucked' banner over Westminster Bridge and glued themselves to the gates of Downing Street, near the Prime Minister's official residence, on 14 November. On 12 November 2018, activists blockaded the UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and some glued their hands to the department's doors. In the first two weeks of the movement in November 2018, more than 60 people were arrested for taking part in acts of civil disobedience organised by Extinction Rebellion. Following this, 15 campaigners were arrested for deliberately continuing the sit-in in the roadway. After a motion was proposed and agreed, the assembly moved to occupy the road, where Green MP Caroline Lucas, environmentalist George Monbiot, and other speakers and singers, including Seize the Day, continued from the reclaimed street directly in front of the Houses of Parliament. 'Declaration of Rebellion' at the Parliament Square, 31 October 2018Īn assembly took place at Parliament Square, London on 31 October 2018, and drew more than a thousand people to hear the 'Declaration of Rebellion' against the UK government and speeches by Donnachadh McCarthy, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl 'on strike' from school over her own government's climate inaction, Julia Bradbury, and Green MEP Molly Scott Cato in the square. On 17 October 2018, activists from Extinction Rebellion held a sit-in at the UK headquarters of Greenpeace, 'to encourage their members to participate in mass civil disobedience as the only remaining alternative to avert the worst of the catastrophe' and join in future activities of Extinction Rebellion. 1.5.2 House of Commons - Speakers Chair.

1.5.1 We Will Not Be Bystanders - April Rebellion 2022.1.2.12 'Election Rebellion: Twelve Days Of Crisis'.

1.2.8 September – Port of Dover blockade.

1.2.4 April – House of Commons naked demonstration.

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