Extinction Revolt October Revolt – London 7 Oct 2019
5 years in the past in the present day Extinction Revolt started their day of October Revolt in London by occupying eleven areas at authorities ministries, Downing St, The Mall, Westminster and Lambeth bridges, bringing visitors within the centre of London to a halt.
The motion was billed as an Worldwide Revolt and there have been different actions going down in New York, Sydney and probably elsewhere and you’ll learn way more about them on the XR web page.
XR demand the federal government inform the reality in regards to the local weather and ecological emergency, act to halt biodiversity loss, scale back emissions to web zero and create and be led by a Residents Meeting.
I managed to get to some however not fairly all of those 11 areas through the day and take footage. Police hindered motion across the metropolis to some extent, making me should stroll fairly additional than I needed once they utterly closed Lambeth Bridge to all pedestrians after XR had closed each ends to visitors.
Police made a couple of arrests right here and there nevertheless it was onerous to see any logic of their actions. Some individuals had locked themselves collectively however usually I feel the police have been merely overwhelmed by the massive variety of protesters.
As earlier than XR’s ‘Crimson Brigade’ made a vibrant splash and like most photographers I took too many footage of them.
As part of the protest two XR rebels Tamsin and Melissa have been married on Westminster Bridge.
All the things was prepared, the clergy had arrived, however solely one of many two individuals being married – and he or she had gone to search for the opposite who was participating in a protest at BEIS in Victoria St. So we needed to wait – and the jazz band entertained us.
Finally Tamsin comes and tells the band to cease taking part in because the couple are prepared to start out the marriage.
And the ceremony begins.
The couple kiss and make guarantees.
A younger boy comes ahead with a hoop
Melissa offers Tamsin a hoop after which Tamsin locations a hoop on Melissa’s finger
They usually kiss once more.
Extra footage on My London Diary:
XR Rebels marry on Westminster Bridge
Extinction Revolt occupy Westminster
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