Extinction Rebellion

[savoloysam]

It will be interesting to see what happens next

Lots of kids will continue to enjoy Fridays off. Fragment anarchist groups will appear. Greta will be on tour with Sting and Bono raining it in before buying an elite property in Monoco and the world will carry on turning for about another 11 years.

 

[BigTom]

It will be interesting to see what happens next

I expect they'll have grounds to deny bail to everyone they've nicked today as one of the grounds for denying bail is if it's reasonable to think the person will commit another crime whilst on bail, and they'll spend the weekend in a police cell, magistrate's court on monday and next week in prison somewhere. Hopefully won't have too much impact on the actual actions but I have zero knowledge of anything so who knows.

 

[redcogs]

i'm hopeful that there will be many XR supporters and activists who will recognise the class dimension of the role of police. The Force will do as they are told , even to the point of the certain destruction of the earth and the civilisation that they seem to believe in. XR's tactical flexibility is likely to tested very quickly.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[andysays]

I expect they'll have grounds to deny bail to everyone they've nicked today as one of the grounds for denying bail is if it's reasonable to think the person will commit another crime whilst on bail, and they'll spend the weekend in a police cell, magistrate's court on monday and next week in prison somewhere. Hopefully won't have too much impact on the actual actions but I have zero knowledge of anything so who knows.

But on the bright side, time for some yoga practice

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Guardian story, though doesn't say much more than is on Twitter anyway: London police arrest activists ahead of Extinction Rebellion protest

also they found some terrorist beanbags



"remain under heavy guard from the Met’s territorial support group"

 

[Pickman's model]

Guardian story, though doesn't say much more than is on Twitter anyway: London police arrest activists ahead of Extinction Rebellion protest

also they found some terrorist beanbags



"remain under heavy guard from the Met's territorial support group"

Those aren't tsg, they have two letters on their epaulettes, aw, and tsg only have one, u

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Those aren't tsg, they have two letters on their epaulettes, aw, and tsg only have one, u

They came in a TSG van then, from one image I saw.

 

[Pickman's model]

They came in a TSG van then, from one image I saw.

The tsg used to use those silver box ones but those have for some time been used by level 2 cops too. The tsg now seem to have blue vans similar to city police riot cops with territorial support group painted on the side in white, which rather gives the game away

 

[FridgeMagnet]

at a recent Free Tommy

They're all over the place now, it's not unusual to see them just randomly at any protest no matter how peaceful.

 

[DaveCinzano]

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at a recent Free Tommy

They're all over the place now, it's not unusual to see them just randomly at any protest no matter how peaceful.

And they're not even hybrids

 

[Fozzie Bear]

 

[Pickman's model]

In't that clissold pk?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

In't that clissold pk?

Yep.

 

[GarveyLives]

Yup. Amazing how fast white people will defend each other when the minority experience is pointed out as distinct from their privilege.

Please see:

"Extinction Rebellion is overwhelmingly shaped by the concerns, priorities, and ideas of middle-class white people. If it doesn't tackle white supremacy, it doesn't serve us ..."

Stop Asking People of Color to Get Arrested to Protest Climate Change

 

[campanula]

OMG, Fozzie Bear I looked at humans of XR in utter disbelief - I honestly thought it was a parody. These people...yep, I surely know they exist (there are uncomfortable similarities with my own daughter, on the surface)...but honestly, this parade of unutterably smug, well-fed, clonish white people (are XR utterly lacking in even a shred of self-awareness?) is enough for me to indulge in a hitherto suppressed disdain (who wants to be seen as curmudgeonly about activism, however feeble?). I can confidently state that not a single government policy maker or corporate bandit will lose a milliseconds sleep over the half-witted antics of this bunch of dreary, vomit-inducing dolts.

 

[savoloysam]

My advice to to Thom Yorke (however it's spelt) is to top yourself mate and that's one less carbon footprint in the sand. Come on mate you've been hinting at it for years. Inject some real passion and belief into this thing before it fades into another passing fad.

 

[Gramsci]

Lambeth bridge London

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

Lot of police and protestors.

 

[butchersapron]

Nice caption gramsci - i suspect not really required though.

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

Scuffles on Westminster bridge as protestors try to block bridge

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

Westminster bridge now

 

[cupid_stunt]

23 arrests so far.

 

[andysays]

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I wish I didn't feel this way, but that sort of twattery almost makes me long for increased global warming

 

[TopCat]

It all gets more real for both sides.