Democracy is not perfect. Sometimes it produces policies that are undemocratic and unjust. In those cases, breaking the law may be justified.
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Articles on Extinction Rebellion
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The conventional channels for scientists to inform and influence policy are not addressing the climate and ecological crises quickly enough.
Climate deniers have joyously laboured to create a world potentially uninhabitable for our children. Our activism has failed, and rebellion may be the only answer.
The design of the global money game is the real antagonist in the fight against climate change. But the call to arms tends to be directed at the players who have had best luck with the dice.
Populism focuses on charismatic individuals. Environmentalism is all about collective action on collective solutions. How do they come together?
The courts have provided little guidance on whether politically-motivated crimes are better or worse than crimes from ‘common criminals’.
Reducing air travel may have a positive effect on climate change but it will inevitably damage developing countries that rely on tourism for their chances of prosperity.
The movement claims to practice civil disobedience – but its tactics suggest something else.
I have studied radical environmental groups for years – they will be key to keeping government honest.
Our relationship with the natural world is humanity’s defining challenge. Inspired by ecotopian novels, communities and movements across the world are working to meet it.
XR has the nation’s attention, but to build on this momentum its purpose must not become overshadowed by its tactics.
I helped write the IPCC 1.5°C report the number apparently comes from. But the truth is better – and worse – than that.
With so much attention focused on what agreements come out of COP24, protesters should be seizing the initiative to attack the root causes of climate change.
The movement to kickstart a radical transformation of our society has begun. For the sake of our children – and their children – it must succeed.
Top contributors
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Global Sustainable Development, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in International Public and Social Policy, University of Bristol
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Senior Lecturer, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Reader/ Associate professor in Media Psychology, University of Salford
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
