{"id":2395,"date":"2020-11-24T09:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2020-11-24T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:09:28","slug":"listen-where-is-the-heart-of-climate-denial-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/listen-where-is-the-heart-of-climate-denial-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Where is the heart of climate denial in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/9896623?autoplay=false\" width=\"504\" height=\"208\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are the main people and organisations coming between the UK people and policy progress to address the climate and ecological emergency?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions like this led Writers Rebel to organize an action in a quiet privileged\u00a0street in the heart of the parliamentary district in London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Writers Rebel action in Tufton Street:\u00a0<strong>No More Lies About Climate Change\u00a0<\/strong>has now gone down in Extinction Rebellion history, and this week\u2019s XR podcast chronicles that historic event. Compered by Mark Rylance and Juliet Stevenson, the line up was starry and included so many top literary and journalistic writers and thinkers that the podcast can only provide a selection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2397 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dcaba53e-0bb2-4b14-bc4c-59b966e236aa-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dcaba53e-0bb2-4b14-bc4c-59b966e236aa-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dcaba53e-0bb2-4b14-bc4c-59b966e236aa-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/dcaba53e-0bb2-4b14-bc4c-59b966e236aa-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes speeches by George Monbiot, Zadie Smith, Jay Griffiths, Caroline Lucas, Chloe Aridjis, Toby Litt and Charlotte DuCann.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also includes the arrests of our presenter, and Writers Rebel co-founder, Jessica Townsend and of philosopher Rupert Read for spraying \u2018Lies Lies Lies\u2019 on the white pillars of Tufton Street and pouring blood down the steps (respectively).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tufton Street protest was organised in conjunction with Money Rebellion which launches this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writers Rebel is in the process of organising its next event on Remembrance of Lost Species Day. Tickets and more information about <em>On The Brink\u00a0<\/em>can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/act\/\">https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/act\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correction: In the podcast Jessica refers to scaffolding poles and they were in fact bamboo poles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers Phil Smith and Jessica Townsend<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenters Jessica Townsend and James Miller<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor Phil Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Media producer: Michaela Herrmann<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occasional music: Phil Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jingle: Mark Richards at Mutiny Studios with music by Punch Deck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Who are the main people and organisations coming between the UK people and policy progress to address the climate and ecological emergency? 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