OH went on Friday. Got into an argument with Corbyn the lesser and his "minions." She was interested to learn from one of the cultists that the recent earthquake that affected Turkey was a deliberate act (HAARP I assume) to punish Erdogan for not getting on board with the climate change agenda. She tried to get more information about this and other things but only Piers understands apparently and he had skulked off.I popped along and took a few pics
View attachment 371971
View attachment 371972
Extinction Rebellion Parliament Square protest – activists, speakers, music and Morris Dancers, Sun 23rd April 2023 -
Extinction Rebellion have taken over Parliament Square from the 21st to 24th April to highlight the lack of action against climate change. More than 200 organisations are supporting the event - including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and PCS Union - with up to 50,000 people expected to...www.urban75.org
I'm all in favour of demonstrations but bringing Morris dancy types along is beyond the paleI popped along and took a few pics
View attachment 371971
View attachment 371972
Extinction Rebellion Parliament Square protest – activists, speakers, music and Morris Dancers, Sun 23rd April 2023 -
Extinction Rebellion have taken over Parliament Square from the 21st to 24th April to highlight the lack of action against climate change. More than 200 organisations are supporting the event - including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and PCS Union - with up to 50,000 people expected to...www.urban75.org
I’m disturbed by that lot that wander in line dressed like goth Handmaids as wellI'm all in favour of demonstrations but bringing Morris dancy types along is beyond the pale
jeez you could have asked an AI to generate those pics and got the same results (not a comment on your excellent pics, rather the typical people who are there).I popped along and took a few pics
View attachment 371971
View attachment 371972
Extinction Rebellion Parliament Square protest – activists, speakers, music and Morris Dancers, Sun 23rd April 2023 -
Extinction Rebellion have taken over Parliament Square from the 21st to 24th April to highlight the lack of action against climate change. More than 200 organisations are supporting the event - including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and PCS Union - with up to 50,000 people expected to...www.urban75.org
You could say that about any protest, really.jeez you could have asked an AI to generate those pics and got the same results (not a comment on your excellent pics, rather the typical people who are there).
i've nothing original to say, but been viewing the XR live stream you tube channel on and off throughout the day ('The Big One'). Quite interesting, reasonably professional production - huge diversity of views expressed. extremely naive mostly, massively middle class, mainly white, stereotypical 'do gooders' and hippies. It will be fascinating to see how they react when the state finally confronts them with the force that most here know will come if XR becomes a more serious threat to capital accumulation. Top marks to XR for mobilising so many concerned people though. Apparently XR have given the Tory gov until 5.00 pm today to start being serious about the climate threats and begin negotiations with XR and 'peoples assemblies'..
i'm pretty confident Rishi's cabinet will turn the tin ear.
The maker of this vid estimated there were in the region of 55K people at this demo and pretty much radio silence from the MSM:
I didn't see anything really but there again I wasn't really looking tbh. 55k is not 'relatively small' to my mind. Why was is politically annoying to you?I saw a bunch of coverage, not sure how much you/they would expect for a relatively small and quiet demo/event?
Hard not to watch any footage and find the whole thing very annoying politically tbh.
I didn't see anything really but there again I wasn't really looking tbh. 55k is not 'relatively small' to my mind. Why was is politically annoying to you?
I don't know what that's a photo of, but how do you measure what's "best"?Some of the best protests I've ever been on have had 'weird dancing, costumes etc,' tbf.
View attachment 372799
It was from the M41 Reclaim The Streets party. Underneath those big skirts activists were drilling into the road and planting trees.I don't know what that's a photo of, but how do you measure what's "best"?
It seems to me it has to be primarily about going some way towards stopping the thing you're protesting about.
Weird dancing and costumes might be fun for those taking part, but if they alienate many of those who might otherwise be joining in protest or other action, it's valid to question how successful that protest really is.
That was about 25 years ago and was strikingly innovative at the time. The idea of motorways being repurposed was part of the whole point of the protest at a time of significant challenges to a road building programme which was finally stopped.Some of the best protests I've ever been on have had 'weird dancing, costumes etc,' tbf.
View attachment 372799
I don't have any particular attachment to XR apart from agreeing with their basic goal but I wonder what some people expect from them sometimes.