Extinction Rebellion suspends ‘public disturbance’ operation in UK

MADRID, Jan 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Environmental collective Extinction Rebellion has announced the lifting of its lockdown in the UK to dedicate its next effort to organizing massive demonstrations against the British Government in April.

“We’re leaving it,” the organization announced on its Twitter account. “Our New Year’s resolution is to stop our public nuisance tactics,” he said.

The organization has engaged in months of actions that have paralyzed the movement of vehicles and people in the UK and other countries around the world to raise awareness of the need to fight the climate crisis, in the face of critics who describe these “tactics” as ineffective. and annoying.

One of the most recent operations occurred last month at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport, when more than 200 Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace activists were arrested after occupying an area used by private planes for hours.

“We recognize and celebrate the power of disruption to sound the alarm and believe that constantly evolving tactics are the necessary approach. Disrupting abuse of power and imbalances is what is needed most now to transition to a just society,” they explained in a statement published on the website. their website.

“Instead,” he added, “we ask everyone to help us stop this corrupt government,” according to a message accompanied by the slogan “Choose your future” and on the day and place of the march: April 21, before the British Parliament. .

Elena Eland

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