XR Weeks of Rebellion
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The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) launched a two-week protest campaign in London on Monday, Aug 23, 2021 - to demand that the government take greater action to address climate change.
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55 imagesPolice guard the Guildhall and Standard Chartered buildings after XR activists covered their entrances in red paint during an Extinction Rebellion climate change protest in the city of London on Friday, 27 Aug 2021. This is their fifth day of an ongoing two-week disruption protest campaign "The Impossible Rebellion". (VX Photo/ Vudi Xhymshiti)
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42 imagesAnimal and climate activists from the Animal Rebellion activists group threw red colour on the Victoria Memorial fountain outside Buckingham Palace on Thursday, Aug 26, 2021. This action signifies as their statement said "Monarchy's demonstrable role in hunting and animal agriculture". The action on Thursday comes after a recent report showing that the Queen lobbied for exemption from initiatives to cut carbon emissions on her own private land. Climate change demonstrators from environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion kick-started their 4th day with a theatrical performance featuring the fossil fuel industry's influence in media and politics.
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21 imagesClimate change demonstrators from environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion kick-started their 4th day with a theatrical performance featuring the fossil fuel industry's influence in media and politics. Murdoch owned Right-wing newspapers who often tell the public Climate change is not a real thing, they're also close to the conservative run government launched a campaign accusing the group to have created tons of rubbish.
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100 imagesPolice started arresting climate protestors after they imposed section 14 of the public order act on a protest of environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion who are gathered and blocked Oxford circus junction in central London on Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021.
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31 imagesOn its 3rd day of the protest campaign against Climate Change, environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion put at halt the entire Regent Street and Oxford Circus by blocking the main junction on Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021. XR launched a two-week protest campaign in London on Monday to demand that the government take greater action to address climate change.
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64 imagesPolice arrested most of the activists blocking Cambridge Circus as well as the activists occupying McDonald's in Leicester Square in central London on Tuesday, Aug 24, 2021. XR is in an ongoing two-week protest campaign to demand that the government take greater action to address climate change.
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74 imagesDemonstrators gather during a protest organised by the Environmental Activist Group Extinction Rebellion near Covent Garden in central London on Monday, Aug 23, 2021. This is a two week planned of action against new fossil fuel investments. XR protestors are aiming to occupy parts of central London for two weeks from Monday, aiming to force the Government to halt all new investment in fossil fuels.
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58 imagesThe environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) gathered in Trafalgar Square, central London on Monday, Aug 23, 2021 - as it launched a two-week protest campaign to demand that the government take greater action to address climate change.