This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. After an intense maiden year, Extinction Rebellion’s civil disobedience tactics have been made redundant at the hands of Covid-19. After spending its lockdown soul searching, the activist group believes if the UK Government can do unimaginable things to stem this existential threat, then it can treat the environmental crisis with the same urgency.
“Movements tend to go up and then they dip. There was a bit of a honeymoon period that happened post-April when everyone was in this upsurge,” recalls Claire Farrell, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion. “We’ve spent the whole of lockdown thinking Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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