{"id":6276,"date":"2020-09-12T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2020-09-12T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:20:52","slug":"despair-ends-and-tactics-begin-extinction-rebellion-aims-to-shut-down-brisbane-with-mass-civil-disobedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6276","title":{"rendered":"'Despair Ends and Tactics Begin': Extinction Rebellion Aims to Shut Down Brisbane With Mass Civil Disobedience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the heels of the hottest month in recorded history, activists with the global Extinction Rebellion movement are planning to grind the city of Brisbane, Australia to a halt Tuesday to pressure political leaders to act on the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

“The climate crisis is already affecting lives and destroying ecosystems,” Extinction Rebellion said in a statement ahead of the city-wide demonstrations, which are set to kick off at 7am local time Tuesday morning (5pm ET Monday).<\/p>\n

“Non-violent civil disobedience is morally and materially functional\u2014it is the only option we have left to force the change that may just save us all from extinction.”
\u2014Extinction Rebellion<\/p>\n

The group described the protests as an act of peaceful “mass civil disobedience.”<\/p>\n

“Non-violent civil disobedience is morally and materially functional\u2014it is the only option we have left to force the change that may just save us all from extinction,” said Extinction Rebellion.<\/p>\n

Brisbane authorities are reportedly preparing for major disruptions throughout the city and warning commuters to plan for significant traffic jams.<\/p>\n

Extinction Rebellion acknowledged its action is expected to disrupt people’s day-to-day lives, but said “our rebellion must happen to disrupt the business as usual of a system that is accelerating the existential threat to all of Earth’s species, including humans.”<\/p>\n

“Government and industries are continuing the destruction of our only planet,” the group added.<\/p>\n

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As the Brisbane Times<\/em> reported, Extinction Rebellion activists have in recent weeks “glued themselves to roads, blocked city intersections, and put a canoe on the Victoria Bridge” to demand swift and bold climate action from their political leaders.<\/p>\n

“Despair ends and tactics begin,” reads an Extinction Rebellion sign designed for the Brisbane action.<\/p>\n

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The movement’s civil disobedience has gone global since 10 U.K.-based environmental activists launched the group last year.<\/p>\n

As Common Dreams<\/em> reported last month, Extinction Rebellion activists glued themselves to doorways in the halls of the U.S. Congress to disrupt votes and demand that American lawmakers declare a climate emergency.<\/p>\n

“Sorry for the inconvenience,” said one activist, “but we’re not going back to business as usual until we declare a climate emergency and get climate justice for everyone, everywhere.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On the heels of the hottest month in recorded history, activists with the global Extinction Rebellion movement are planning to grind the city of Brisbane, Australia to a halt Tuesday to pressure political leaders to act on the climate crisis. “The climate crisis is already affecting lives and destroying ecosystems,” Extinction Rebellion said in a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}