Extinction Rebellion

[Marty1]

View attachment 187286 View attachment 187285 More pigs than protestors

And parked in a loading only bay

 

[Dillinger4]

Extinction Reb0ellion at the You Tube headquarters in Kings Cross today. Helicopters flying overhead all morning. More police than protestors. Are the regular police in control or is it MI5?.

If the Territorial Support Group are out, MI5 will be heavily involved.

 

[LDC]

Extinction Reb0ellion at the You Tube headquarters in Kings Cross today. Helicopters flying overhead all morning. More police than protestors. Are the regular police in control or is it MI5?.

Dickhead.

 

[LDC]

If the Territorial Support Group are out, MI5 will be heavily involved.

You too.

 

[Dillinger4]

no u

 

[Pickman's model]

If the Territorial Support Group are out, MI5 will be heavily involved.

That doesn't follow.

 

[ffsear]

 

[Pickman's model]

If it is too late there is no proper case for political action, but a massive argument for simply saying fuck it, we are all dead, so lets get stoned and pissed and shag ourselves into oblivion. So many are probably into that despairing hopelessness already that you could be right. But i don't believe that you believe that anyway - you hold on to anarchism don't you? Why bother if its game over?

Force of habit

 

[cupid_stunt]

There's a bigger version of that video on this link - Clashes between XR and commuters during Tube protests - updates

 

[kenny g]

God knows why they chose Canning Town. Makes me highly suspicious TBH.

 

[maomao]

God knows why they chose Canning Town. Makes me highly suspicious TBH.

Suspicious of what? Lot of possible reasons. It's a big entry point to the tube and DLR from suburban bus routes. Could also be that the cops got to City Airport first so the protestors went to the nearest big station. A lot of the travellers there are going to be very low paid workers in insecure jobs on long commutes and are unlikely to have patience with them though. I'm on that line at 6ish every morning (from Stratford) and I wouldn't want to start a fight on it.

 

[Marty1]

Commuters turned on XR protestors this morning on the tube at East London this morning.

Angry commuters have pulled Extinction Rebellion protesters from the top of a Tube as activists disrupted services across London

Furious commuters drag Extinction Rebellion protester from top of Tube

They were then seen beating the campaigners up before the pair were arrested by police.

 

[Pickman's model]

God knows why they chose Canning Town. Makes me highly suspicious TBH.

junction for dlr and jubilee line, bloody stupid thing to do, mind, but can understand their targeting logic. tho it would have helped if they'd done a recce and judged the possible mood of the people they intended to delay before the action.

 

[marshall]

Bit surprised commuter v protestor clashes haven't been a constant throughout this whole thing, commuters have the numbers if push really comes to shove.

 

[kenny g]

A lot of the travellers there are going to be very low paid workers in insecure jobs on long commutes and are unlikely to have patience with them though..

Precisely. Anyone with any sense would not target canning town station early in the morning.

 

[chilango]

Not a good look.

 

[kenny g]

West Ham is a station I use early quite regularly and it is like an army on the march at 6.20 am.

 

[maomao]

Precisely. Anyone with any sense would not target canning town station early in the morning.

They don't seem overburdened with sense tbh. Hope they didn't get beaten too badly.

 

[Pickman's model]

they should have tried this at hampstead

they might have been showered with pastries instead

tho they might have faced the terrible humphing wrath of liberals

 

[brogdale]

I'd have to have the logic of targeting public transport explained to me, tbh.

 

[alex_]

I'd have to have the logic of targeting public transport explained to me, tbh.

electrically lowered ( therefore potentially zero carbon ) public transport

 

[brogdale]

electrically lowered ( therefore potentially zero carbon ) public transport

I'm just saying that my understanding of 'green' transport aspiration is to transfer as many folk as possible onto public transport? Seems odd, then, to deliberately seek to target those systems?

 

[Pickman's model]

I'd have to have the logic of targeting public transport explained to me, tbh.

islagiatt

 

[SpookyFrank]

I can't comprehend the logic behind targetting working folk on public transport but if you stomp on someone's head because you're a bit late for work then you're an arsehole.

 

[8ball]

I'd have to have the logic of targeting public transport explained to me, tbh.

Disruption. And awareness. You’re not in less shit from the effects of climate change just cos you get the tube.

 

[chilango]

Disruption. And awareness. You’re not in less shit from the effects of climate change just cos you get the tube.

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

 

[brogdale]

islagiatt

in Richmond.

 

[8ball]

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

That really your best this morning? More coffee required.

Fwiw I agree it’s not a good strategy, it’s far from their only iffy strategy, but I understand them well enough to know that this will be their logic.

 

[Pickman's model]

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

it'll have worked, as there's nothing like giving someone a good kicking in the morning to liven you up for the day

 

[8ball]

Btw, I’ve just asked someone fairly influential in XR to check, just in case...

Edit: all I have so far is that huge numbers of XR members didn’t want this particular action to happen (not verified directly by my contact, but is part of the discussion I have butted into)