Extinction Rebellion

[Spymaster]

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Ahhh, a vegan alternative I presume.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Oh look...Cunty wants in on the being a cunt action on this thread. Now there's a surprise.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Waterloo Bridge is made from self-cleaning concrete, so I reckon you can spray paint it and avoid a charge anyway.

 

[Spymaster]

Oh look...Cunty wants in on the being a cunt action on this thread. Now there's a surprise.

I've been being a cunt on here for a while, ya melt.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Waterloo Bridge is made from self-cleaning concrete, so I reckon you can spray paint it and avoid a charge anyway.

Everyday is a school day!

Self-cleaning concrete

Still think plod would arrest first and argue later if peeps were openly armed with spray cans.

 

[Spymaster]

Waterloo Bridge is made from self-cleaning concrete, so I reckon you can spray paint it and avoid a charge anyway.

I doubt the road surface is. Give it a go.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I doubt the road surface is. Give it a go.

Nah, XR state no booze or drugs at the protest, plus no weapons and no violence. Sounds boring as fuck and not worth the train fare in to town.

 

[newbie]

As relevant as ever. This is worth reading when thinking about XR.

is it? why?

In those days there were plenty of mags publishing plenty of discussion about the need for non violent direct action, the impatience of those who insisted that nothing would change without violence, the views of others that any such stunts would detract from serious campaigning and so on and so on. I've got boxes of them. Why pick on that particularly wordy, American, article from 1979?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

They’ve glued themselves to Corbyn’s house now.

A move that might just see the MailOnline implode.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

They’ve glued themselves to Corbyn’s house now.

A move that might just see the MailOnline implode.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's nearly 20,000 words, which is more of a booklet than an article to just throw into a chat on tactics, but suit yourself

in the time you've spent complaining about it you could have read half of it

 

[Pickman's model]

This does seem to be a congregation of those who do....
But I'm not hating on them. Whatever clothes they show up in, they're committed and present and I've got respect for their tenacity.

not to mention their confidence in wandering the streets of london dressed like that

 

[andysays]

They’ve glued themselves to Corbyn’s house now.

A move that might just see the MailOnline implode.

Extinction Rebellion London activists glued to Corbyn's home

Climate change activists glued themselves to a train and others are protesting outside Jeremy Corbyn's home in the third day of protests. Four people have now glued themselves together at the Labour leader's home. The activists, who are sitting against the Labour leader's house in north London, said they supported him but wanted the Labour Party to go further than declaring a "climate emergency".

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

There's an awful lot of redheads down here; I found my spiritual home

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I might go home with a massive hole in my ear lobe..,

 

[killer b]

I'm in folkestone for the easter weekend, what are the chances of this still being on by saturday?

 

[killer b]

BTW, a straw poll of my fairly apolitical office has universal approval and a surprising amount of enthusiasm for this action, if that means anything.

 

[Pickman's model]

Extinction Rebellion London activists glued to Corbyn's home

the mail's take on it

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Your distaste is understandable, but this is the largest and most well-organised movement for this cause (arguably the #1 most important of our time) right now. If people like you and I *did* have something to do with this stuff, then it would cease to be a hippyfest.

This

 

[andysays]

the mail's take on it
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No mention of how much Corbyn's house is worth?

Also, WTF have they got against dancing and yoga, it's hardly dope, guns and fucking in the street or whatever that old slogan was...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

the mail's take on it
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Some quality froth there.

 

[Pickman's model]

No mention of how much Corbyn's house is worth?

no

 

[andysays]

no

"Mail going down pan" thread...

 

[pinkmonkey]

the mail's take on it

Lock Them All Up - well that's the point isn't it?

 

[Riklet]

Get down here Londoners As I said before, easy to be critical but this is a small fluid movement achieving something. And it could achieve more. And there are plenty of people mumbling away on social media but they arent achieving jack shit in comparison.

Give me a shout anyone who's in Oxford Circus, there's some surprisingly banging tunes. Waterloo Bridge was amazing to see and walk across but the hippy wailing wasnt my thing.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

UK police shut off Wi-Fi in London Tube stations to deter climate protestors

Can't say I noticed anything this afternoon, not that it's that reliable anyway. I did see a uniformed copper on the platform at Euston though which I've never seen before.

 

[chilango]

is it? why?

In those days there were plenty of mags publishing plenty of discussion about the need for non violent direct action, the impatience of those who insisted that nothing would change without violence, the views of others that any such stunts would detract from serious campaigning and so on and so on. I've got boxes of them. Why pick on that particularly wordy, American, article from 1979?

Because, for me at least, the analysis (of 1980s anti-nuke stuff) really resonated with my own experience in the environmental movement. The arguments it makes are just as applicable (imo) to XR today.

Of course people don't have to read it, but since when has suggesting an interesting read been a bad thing?

 

[newbie]

Because, for me at least, the analysis (of 1980s anti-nuke stuff) really resonated with my own experience in the environmental movement. The arguments it makes are just as applicable (imo) to XR today.

Of course people don't have to read it, but since when has suggesting an interesting read been a bad thing?

It's not bad, just curious. Someone at Libcom found it and digitised it in 2010, and now you've brought it back into the foreground. Which seems odd as the actual period is almost unknown these days.

ps And it's about 1970s anti-nuke stuff- within a few months on that being published first Thatcher the Reagan were elected, E P Thompson went on the stump and the focus moved from nuclear power to nuclear weapons, Cruise missiles, Starwars and all that.

 

[Pickman's model]

Because, for me at least, the analysis (of 1980s anti-nuke stuff) really resonated with my own experience in the environmental movement. The arguments it makes are just as applicable (imo) to XR today.

Of course people don't have to read it, but since when has suggesting an interesting read been a bad thing?

since people stopped read things longer than a sentence

 

[chilango]

It's not bad, just curious. Someone at Libcom found it and digitised it in 2010, and now you've brought it back into the foreground. Which seems odd as the actual period is almost unknown these days.

ps And it's about 1970s anti-nuke stuff- within a few months on that being published first Thatcher the Reagan were elected, E P Thompson went on the stump and the focus moved from nuclear power to nuclear weapons, Cruise missiles, Starwars and all that.

I often recommend Midnight Notes stuff on here tbf.