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Burnt RainRoc Sanford

Roc Sandford — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:00:44 +0000

Thirty years ago, Roc Sandford moved to a small, bleak island in the Hebrides. They aimed to live there without mains services and manage the land for wildlife. But the place had a different destiny in store. Far from being an unspoilt haven, Gometra was in ecological crisis, caused by climate and nature breakdown. [...]

Does Throwing Food Help?Diana McCaulay

Diana McCaulay — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:00:50 +0000

Recently two women threw a can of soup onto the glass protecting Vincent Van Gogh’s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers in London’s National Gallery, and then glued their palms to the wall. Watching the YouTube video, I’m struck by how young they are. Their hands shake as they apply the glue to their palms, and [...]

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Q&A with Roman KrznaricLiz Jensen

Liz Jensen — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:00:28 +0000

Political thinker and philosopher Roman Krznaric is interviewed by Writers Rebel’s Liz Jensen. Roman shares an excerpt from his latest book, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World, here. Liz Jensen: The title of your book is taken from a quotation by the medical researcher Jonas Salk, [...]

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Persons Unknown: Q&A with Simon CrumpSally O'Reilly

Simon Crump — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:56:51 +0000

In 2012 Sheffield City Council and the Department of Transport signed a 25-year contract with Amey plc to renew the city’s highways in a programme called ‘Streets Ahead’, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.2 billion. As part of this contract, some 17,500 trees were due to be felled, most of them healthy. [...]

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A Citizen’s ArrestCarsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen — Thu, 12 May 2022 07:00:18 +0000

“What if I got to jail?” I thought, when Extinction Rebellion Denmark asked me to speak at the opening of its week of protest. Because this is the point we’ve reached: the point where states come down more heavily on climate protest than on tax evasion. When he was jailed for his role in [...]

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Twyford Rising: Land and Resistance | Helen Beynon & Chris Gillham

Katie Percival — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:27:11 +0000

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Shadwell Three: Phil Kingston’s Defence StatementPhil Kingston

Phil Kingston — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:01:35 +0000

Phil Kingston, 85, was one of three Christians on trial in January 2021 after they stopped a train at Shadwell Station in London in 2019. Two people stood on top of the train while Phil superglued himself to the side of the train. All three were acquitted. Here are some extracts from the defence [...]

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The Vicar, The Priest and The Former Probation OfficerJessica Townsend

Jessica Townsend — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:00:29 +0000

A vicar, a priest and an elderly former probation officer sat on a train. Not in a train, you understand: on it. It sounds like the beginning of a joke but it’s not. Far from it. These are the facts that were established at the beginning of a court case in which three people [...]

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Art of Protest: What a revolution looks like | De Nichols

Katie Percival — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:20:22 +0000

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