Burning Pink

[teqniq]

Anyone come across this lot? Saw them on Twitter today. Kind of like XR I suppose from looking at their site. Thoughts?

Burning Pink - People Over Politics - Deeds not Words

Burning Pinks policy is to give the power to the people and create citizens assemblies. Let them decide how their world should be run, not just the burning issues climate change will change

burningpink.earth

 

[Argonia]

I read on WIkipedia that they launched by steering trolleys full of food out of a Sainsburys and not paying for it.

 

[hitmouse]

I think they're Hallam's own split from XR, there's some not-entirely-positive discussion about them on the main XR thread: Extinction Rebellion

 

[hitmouse]

I read on WIkipedia that they launched by steering trolleys full of food out of a Sainsburys and not paying for it.

That is pretty good tbf. Sure I can remember some discussions about doing that like the cool Italians would around the time of the 2008 crash (was it something Bone pushed maybe?) but not sure anyone actually got around to doing it back then.

 

[teqniq]

I think they're Hallam's own split from XR, there's some not-entirely-positive discussion about them on the main XR thread: Extinction Rebellion

Doh! I did a search but nothing seemed to show up hence starting this thread. Thanks anyway.

 

[hitmouse]

Also, my first reaction was that I remembered them being a pretty good Swedish hardcore band, but I was actually thinking of someone else there.

 

[teqniq]

Looks to be political policing to me. Looks likely that it has something to do with spraying the Guardian offices pink:

Guardian offices sprayed with pink paint by climate activists

Protesters claim newspaper ‘broke its climate pledge’

www.independent.co.uk

or possibly this:

Climate protesters smash windows at HSBC's London headquarters

Nine women shattered about 19 windows at the Canary Wharf building

www.thenationalnews.com

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I posted about it on the "guardian going down the pan" thread just now - the guy who sprayed the offices pink got arrested (obviously, he hung around waiting for the fuzz) but they also raided his house, then arrested Valerie Brown, the Burning Pink mayoral candidate whose campaign he worked for.

I mean yes it is political. The govt have been increasingly aggressive about XR and associated groups, and of course the met are doing what they're told.

 

[Pickman's model]

I posted about it on the "guardian going down the pan" thread just now - the guy who sprayed the offices pink got arrested (obviously, he hung around waiting for the fuzz) but they also raided his house, then arrested Valerie Brown, the Burning Pink mayoral candidate whose campaign he worked for.

I mean yes it is political. The govt have been increasingly aggressive about XR and associated groups, and of course the met are doing what they're told.

I don't think the met needed much telling

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I don't think the met needed much telling

They know their job. Cressida Dick certainly knows her job.

 

[Pickman's model]

They know their job. Cressida Dick certainly knows her job.

Yeh there's no one i'd trust less with a firearms unit

 

[teqniq]

Small protest outside the police station where she's being held:

 

[FridgeMagnet]

aw look at the blue vests scratching the dog like they are human beings

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Yeh there's no one i'd trust less with a firearms unit

See, this is where we display our lack of specialist knowledge. The average civilian might think that a firearms unit should maybe not kill innocent people during an attempt to look hard for a government agenda. However, Dame Cressida clearly appreciates that the agenda part is far more significant than shooting innocent people several times in the face, hence her promotion and dameification.