Tuesday briefing: Why Extinction Rebellion is giving up on disruption

Extinction Rebellion to stop 'disruptive tactics' this year

The group says it is its 'new year's resolution'

Extinction Rebellion still wants to disrupt your life

It is the demands – not the tactics – of green activists that threaten ordinary people most.

Extinction Rebellion to 'Temporarily' Stop Using Public Disruption Tactics

The Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate campaign has said it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics because “very little has changed.” In the last 12 months protesters from XR, Insulate Britain, and, most recently, Just Stop Oil, have caused chaos for motorists and others going about their daily commute. Climate activists have been arrested after blockading traffic, locking and gluing themselves together, and spray painting building…

UK activists Extinction Rebellion promises an end to disruptions and targets public opinion support

The UK environmental grassroots group Extinction Rebellion famous for staging acts of civil disobedience by closing key roads, train lines and bridges in central London, plus blockading oil refineries, smashing windows at bank headquarters and spaying fake blood over the finance ministry building is changing its aggressive policies to try and win more public opinion support for its campaign against climate change.

Tuesday briefing: Why Extinction Rebellion is giving up on disruption

In today’s newsletter: Extinction Rebellion marked a sea change in climate protest in the UK, but what does the group’s shift from public disruption mean for the movement’s future?

Extinction Rebellion UK to Stop Protests That Disrupt the Public

Activists from Extinction Rebellion have made headlines over the past year.