Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Extinction Rebellion appears to be retreating in the face of growing pressure to stop disrupting the lives of ordinary people, though they call the retreat “a new phase of rebellion” .
Humanity is at a crossroads, Greta Thunberg tells Extinction Rebellion
Swedish climate activist’s speech comes amid police action to clear protesters from Waterloo Bridge
Vikram Dodd , Damien Gayle and Mattha Busby
Mon 22 Apr 2019 05.35 AEST…
Governments will no longer be able ignore the impending climate and ecological crisis, Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist, has told Extinction Rebellion protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London.
In a speech on Sunday night where she took aim at politicians who have for too long been able to satisfy demands for action with “beautiful words and promises”, the Swedish 16-year-old said humanity was sitting at a crossroads, but that those gathered had chosen which path they wish to take.
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The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said the disruption was “counter-productive” to the cause of climate change and was stretching resources so much it could damage police’s ability to fight violent crime.
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“I’m extremely concerned about the impact the protests are having on our ability to tackle issues like violent crime if they continue any longer. It simply isn’t right to put Londoners’ safety at risk like this.”
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Extinction Rebellion is discussing withdrawing from some sites in return for being allowed to remain in others and having its demands met.
One manifesto from Farhana Yamin, an international environmental lawyer, advocated a “pause” in disruption next week to better project their demands and press for negotiations with government.She wrote: “Today marks a transition from week one, which focused on actions that were vision-holding but also caused mass ‘disruption’ across many dimensions (economic, cultural, emotional, social). Week two marks a new phase of rebellion focused on ‘negotiations’ where the focus will shift to our actual political demands.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/21/extinction-rebellion-london-protesters-offer-pause-climate-action
Has Extinction Rebellion run out of puff? Did they fall for “beautiful promises” that politicians will now listen to their demands? Or is the lure of Britain’s deliciously warm beach weather weekend too much even for the most committed global warming activists? Time will tell.
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Retreating? If it’s really such a catastrophe they should be expanding their demonstrations. The future of Mother Earth is at stake but apparently these people don’t care. Funny how it all works.
I’ll believe politicians, environmentalists and precocious self-indulgent school kids can control the climate when they explain how they will modify the sun’s behavior, control the motion of the planets and our universe, regulate space weather, master the ocean cycles and wind currents, direct the movement of the continents, prevent volcanism, and create a reliable schedule for magnetic fields and their various reversals and realignments. It also might add to my confidence in their dire predictions if they could just once predict something substantial that actually happens.
the Swedish 16-year-old
Probably didn’t write a word of what she said, she’s the marionette.
The Real UK Nowadays: Eviction –
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And this is relevant how?
Think of our Posterity. Pro-Duck Dynasties. Pro-Life, before replacement, right?
I’m extremely concerned about the impact the protests are having on our ability to tackle issues like violent crime if they continue any longer
Eh? I thought you were supposed to have solved the issue of violent crime when you banned knives.
And what are the “ demands” to be made of government by Extinction Rebellion and Greta?
What ambit claims are we looking at?
The only mention in the press that I have seen is Declaration of a Climate Emergency and cessation of all use of fossil fuel energy by 2025.
Let the negotiations begin! (sarc.)
What expertise does that 16 year old Swedish girl possess? Joan of Arc she ain’t. Is it a case of the blind leading the blind?
These Extinction Rebellion oiks should be rounded up and put in the stocks so everyone can come and throw rotten vegetables at them, and then tarred & feathered and made to walk the streets apologising to everyone they meet.
Instead, they’re lauded up by AljaBeeba and the rest of the MSM, and given virtually a free pass by the police. It’s somewhat annoying, to say the least.
I thought the CAGW hoax would have imploded by now, but it seems it’s got a second wind.
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