I am Maddie, a 22 year old theater maker who also volunteers for a human rights charity, RAPAR, that works with displaced people. Before April, I had never had any contact with the police. Since then I have been arrested twice, once in London at Marble Arch, and again here ...

I feel really frightened to think that my children and grandchildren will grow up in a world threatened by flooding, wildfires, food shortages, water shortages, resource wars, mass migration and dire health impacts. Despite climate breakdown being the greatest threat to human health in history, our government is failing to ...

As part of our growing movement of movements, various professional communities are rising up and declaring their own rebellions. This week members of the growing XR Carpenters group met at Bristol Central Rebels Meeting to discuss their plans ...

On Wednesday 4th September, four rebels from the Bathtub 16 who were locked on to the pink bathtub during the Summer Uprising went to court. The group of four previously all pleaded not guilty on the grounds that they were proportionately exercising freedom of expression in a ...

This is a response to a number of open letters and articles received by Extinction Rebellion (XR) since the London Rebellion back in April on the topic of diversity and inclusivity within XR. We’d like to thank everyone for reaching out and let you all know ...

Extinction Rebellion Bristol demands Bristol Airport tells the truth about its ‘carbon neutral’ plan, which doesn't include flight emissions.

We are very grateful that Marvin Rees and members of Bristol City Council’s Environmental Sustainability Board (EBS) took time last week to meet with representatives from Extinction Rebellion (XR) to discuss the urgent action needed to deal with the Climate Crisis. “Extinction Rebellion have played an important role by putting ...

The Avon and Somerset Police is taking action to prosecute 16 people arrested and detained during Extinction Rebellion (XR) Southwest’s Summer Uprising in Bristol, which raised the alarm on the climate and ecological emergency. *Please note we will not be putting any arrested people forward for interviews. On Wednesday 17th ...

From Extinction Rebellion Bristol: Extinction Rebellion Bristol would like to once again express our sincerest regret that several individuals were seriously impacted on a personal level by our protests yesterday. People were not only inconvenienced by traffic delays but there have been deep emotional consequences.  We ...