• Extinction Rebellion is a movement that fights climate change by demanding governments stop using and producing fossil fuels immediately.
• Their methods seem unorthodox, and the author used to be a part of the movement.
• The author was part of Camp for Climate Action, where they protested a different corporation every year, and was part of the collective that took over Waterloo Bridge in London for two weeks.
• The author was asked to join the XR Media and Messaging Team, and her days were spent writing for the national press, feeding journalists quotes and information, and editing their newspaper, The Hourglass.
• The author was instructed to cry on television and bring her children to climate marches to manipulate emotions, and the XR office had a sign to keep shoes on due to people walking around without them.
• Roger Hallam, a 56-year-old organic farmer-turned-radical, is the most dominant leader of the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion (XR).
• He preys on the guilt and anxiety of his followers, mostly young men and women, and has been compared to a cult leader.
• Greta Thunberg, another prominent figure in the climate change movement, has been heavily influenced by XR.
• In October 2019, XR shut down the London Tube, which caused a lot of public backlash and splintered the movement.
• Roger’s extreme rhetoric and actions, such as his proposal to fly drones over Heathrow Airport, have caused many members to leave XR.
• Roger has since rebranded the most extreme faction of XR, Just Stop Oil, which is supported by the Climate Emergency Fund.
• His apocalyptic rhetoric has become more lurid, and he has been accused of brainwashing innocent children to do his bidding.
Published January 22, 2023
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