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🌎 We are #ExtinctionRebellion in Cambridge, UK. Proud conscientious protectors. 🌍 Rebel against the government on behalf of all life. DMs open.

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“The repression that environmental activists who use peaceful civil disobedience are currently facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy." Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, 2024 youtu.be/hbgAZk7TL9I?... 1/2
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Dissent In Danger - What is happening to our right to protest and why does it matter?
YouTube video by Zoe Broughton
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The attack on protest rights, with psychiatrist and writer Dr. Lynne Jones OBE, former Editor in Chief of the BMJ Dr Fiona Godlee, Emeritus Professor of Criminal Law and Justice Richard Vogler, and me chairing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbgA...
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Dissent In Danger - What is happening to our right to protest and why does it matter?
YouTube video by Zoe Broughton
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@XRBristol @xrbristol.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Power the UK with homegrown renewables
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@XRBristol @xrbristol.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"Gas prices have surged since Iran conflict began. The way power markets work (under powerful Labour MPs) means gas almost always sets the wholesale electricity price. During periods of zero-carbon operation, Neso expects wholesale prices to be low" www.thetimes.com/article/01d7... 1/
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Britain’s grid could run without fossil fuels for first time since 1882
This Easter could mark a milestone for the country’s transformation of the electricity system, though the exact moment depends on our mercurial weather
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Swiss far right "People's Party" (which appears in the Epstein files in his communications with Steve Bannon) is our country's largest party. It is also campaigning in favour of a straight up white nationalist ecofascist initiative - called the "sustainability initiative."
White family in Swiss mountainsBlack stick figures on Swiss map.
Swiss cultural symbols presented as being under threat.Headscarf-wearing woman with Swiss passport.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
mediasovereignty.org/petition/
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Parliamentary Petition Do YOU want Britain to take back control of our media and democracy from the international billionaires who have hijacked it?They use it to force our politicians to act again…
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
'Two pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested for violating contentious new Queensland hate-speech laws, with one of them allegedly saying the banned phrase “from the river to the sea”.' 🍉🙅‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Two protesters arrested on first day of Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban
Arrests occurred after pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside state parliament within hours of new laws taking effect
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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#Climate breakdown shrinks the amount of time people can safely go about their lives. Rising temperatures, driven by #fossilfuel burning make it hard even for many young, healthy adults to do basic physical activities, such as housework or walking up stairs www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Advert for an event about protest rights in the UK, Monday 16 March 6-8 pm, Cambridge Quaker Meeting House, Jesus Lane.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/12/2025
The average thickness of #Arctic sea ice reached a new all-time minimum this year (in this dataset)... 📉 More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Line graph time series of daily mean Arctic sea ice thickness for each year from 1979 to 2025 using shades of red, white and blue. A seasonal cycle is shown with thicker ice in late winter and thinner ice in late summer. A long-term decreasing trend is also visible. Data is from PIOMAS v2.1.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
What does @rutgerbregman.com know that Kevin Anderson doesn't? And what gives him the right to brand the likes of Kevin Anderson a 'doomerist'? academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Every single month the UK burns up 0.7% of the carbon budget for 2C. In the words of Kevin Anderson , it is now 'too late for non-radical futures. I see no way out of revolutionary rates of change in how we (particularly groups of us) live today.' See earthbound.report/2025/11/29/t... (at 40:29)
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The National Emergency Briefing
There was a ground-breaking event in London this week, a first of its kind update on climate change called the National Emergency Briefing. Members of Parliament were invited to attend and many did…
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
To stay within 2 degrees of warming, the UK would need to cut its emissions by 8% per year, 3% higher than the cuts we saw at the peak of the COVID epidemic. If we took a more equitable approach to our fair share of the pie, the figure would be 13% per year.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We know that if we pass 2C we risk triggering a cascade of interacting tipping points in the earth system. We are already crossing tipping points for coral reefs and the Amazon, and we are witnessing the weakening of the AMOC, which regulates our climate.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We are anticipating temperature rises of 2C by 2050 with a small but real chance of 4C by 2100. This spells systemic collapse, including the collapse of the economy. Risks will become uninsurable and the financial system will implode. global.insure-our-future.com/climate-chan...
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Climate change: senior insurance leader warns of economic collapse - Insure Our Future Global
As climate risks escalate and global temperatures exceed 1.5°C, insurance industry leaders remain silent. This article explores the urgent warnings from insider Allianz’s Günther Thallinger and calls ...
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This was @rutgerbregman.com's reply to a question about the pace of change following his third Reith Lecture. History is also littered with the corpses of people who underestimated imminent threats. Could it be that Bregman is failing to recognise the unprecedented nature of the climate threat?
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
'I've never really liked the doomerist framwork of, oh, we have only 5 years or 10 years or whatever the number is to tackle climate change. Humans are also extraordinarily creative and adaptive creatures, at least that's what I see time and time again in history'.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Cambridge Antarctic Rights Network! Big event on the evening of December 1, with Natalie Bennett, Paul Powlesland and others. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-voice-fo...
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A Voice For Antarctica
Join us to mark the global launch of Antarctic Rights: an evening of presentations, performance and movement building
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/11/2025
Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday. At least two deaths have been reported and over a million people were pre-emptively evacuated from their homes. nyti.ms/4hMp3TC
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Cambridge
Jonathon Porritt introduces his new book which asks: "What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?"
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/09/2025
The Norwegian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🇳🇴
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Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Cambridge activist Andrew Dames, walking from Shetland to London to protest against fossil fuels, has arrived in York! www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2542855...
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Pilgrim on 700-mile 'save the earth' walk to London calls in at York
A pilgrim with a 21st century “save the earth” message has called in at York during his 700-mile trek. Quaker and climate activist Andrew Dames…
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Protest outside Great St Mary’s, Cambridge
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
350 signatures! including many plucky fighters from the tuition fee wars of 2010-11. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open Letter re Chancellorship
Open Letter re the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge The next Chancellor will, we are told, ‘play a vital part in Cambridge’s public-facing activities, fundraising, and in providing advi...
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
"This is not just a usual British warm summer and it's being driven by climate change." 💯 @robertnpalmer.bsky.social on @lbcnews.bsky.social
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
tomorrow!
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Cambridge-associated people, please keep signing/sharing this letter against Lord Browne's candidacy for Chancellor. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open Letter re Chancellorship
Open Letter re the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge The next Chancellor will, we are told, ‘play a vital part in Cambridge’s public-facing activities, fundraising, and in providing advi...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This MUST happen www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Tonight in Cambridge!
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XR Salisbury @xrsalisbury.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
To quote Ricky from the excellent Council Estate Media: ‘Splashing paint on a plane is terrorism and killing 20,000-plus children is self-defence. Welcome to upside-down world.’
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE RIVER CAM tomorrow in Cambridge -- if you have a drum, come at 4 to make some noise!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is what heroes sound like. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow
The judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse
We have an urgent problem to solve.​ Our societies and progressive political organizations are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. They have been there for some time [...]
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I also discuss the bizarre and disturbing association between the Starmer government and former special advisers to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. I vaguely remember being told something about "Change". But this continuity is beyond our worst nightmares. Not just Tory policies, but actual Tories.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Petition: Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases
Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal damage and other such cases.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Thanks to Derek Langley and Will Colebourne for the photos, and to Mark from Faces Of Rebellion for the painting.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are scared. We are grieving. But we won't give up. We may represent different causes, but we will all continue to fight for justice, an end to genocide and colonialism, and a habitable world for all life. #ClimateEmergency #NoMoreFossilFuels #FreePalestine
A painting executed on the day showing the Red Rebels in central Cambridge
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We also heard from family-members of those imprisoned in the UK for peacefully standing up against the murderous fossil fuel lobby. And from young people risking arrest to protest fossil capitalism and UK complicity in the Gaza genocide.
A speaker with a sandwich board reading 'What Matters to You? Civil Rights? The Right to Protest?'A group of 26 Red Rebels marching through Lion Yard shopping centre in central Cambridge
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We marked the cataclysm of the Israel's genocidal war on Gaza with a minute's silence, and heard from speakers on how the same murderous logic drives the destruction of our biosphere. At the same time, populists like Farage harness ecofascist narratives to serve their racist agendas.
March participants with placards and sandwich boardsCambridge Climate Choir sings under a tree on Christ's PiecesA speaker in a keffiyeh in front of the mic, on Christ's PiecesA banner drop with text 'No Future on a Dead Planet', with a skull and crossbones
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We marched through Cambridge, led by the Red Rebels, before hearing speeches from @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, @orca4el.bsky.social, Cambridge Stop the War, @defendourjuries.bsky.social, @youthdemand.bsky.social and Cambridge Community Kitchen. We had songs from Climate Choir and Lefty Men Sing!
Red Rebels in Lion Yard, posing with coffins in front of themSamba drummers lead a march through Christ's PiecesMarchers with a banner reading 'Cambridge', with patches bearing XR symbols Red Rebels in front of Senate House, Cambridge
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
On Saturday, we held a mock funeral for the 1.5C climate target agreed 10 years ago in Paris. In a decade, we have burst through 1.5 and could hit 2C of warming by the mid-2030s. Governments have failed to keep the world safe from deadly temperature rises. They are killing us.
Mourners march through Christ's Pieces with a coffinPeople stand in a circle on Christ's Pieces, some wearing sandwich boardsPall bearers with a coffin reading 'Inaction = Death'Pall bearers carry a coffin reading '1.5 is Dead, Act Now', with an XR symbol
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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U.K. Activists Stage Mock Funeral for 1.5°C Climate Target
Extinction Rebellion and other groups held a mock funeral in the U.K. for the 1.5°C climate target to mark governments’ failure and demand action.
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OliviaMLondon 🍉 @oliviamlondon.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Was a wonderful action. Red Rebels, drums, singing, poetry & politics. Strong impact on passers by. 🙏🏽
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1.5 IS DEAD… Come and mourn its passing: 📅 Sat 10 May, 13.30–16.00 📍 Meet on Christ's Pieces, Cambridge, nr Wesley Church (look for XR flags) ⚰ Join XR Cambridge in a funeral march round the city, led by Red Rebels and ending with speeches, poetry, songs and art.
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XR Cambridge @xrcam.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
FUNERAL FOR 1.5 A funeral march through Cambridge city centre, led by Red Rebels and bookended by speeches, poetry, songs lamenting the death of the 2015 Paris climate goal of restricting global heating to 1.5C (or 'well below' 2C). Saturday 10 May, Christ's Pieces, 1.30 - 3.30
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