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How a Climate Activist Group Is Following the Occupy Movement's Footsteps

Jun 3, 2019 | 10:00 GMT

Extinction Rebellion and Planete Amazone activists stage a "die-in" on May 14, 2019, in front of the Grande Arche de La Defense in Puteaux, northwest of Paris.

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Highlights

  • Since its first Extinction Rebellion protest in November 2018, the activist group Rising Up has continued to stage small demonstrations across the United Kingdom, and has increasingly targeted major cities across the world given that its ideology has found a receptive audience online.
  • Its mid-April 2019 London occupation resulted in 1,130 arrests, and is estimated to have cost retailers $86 million in lost revenue and thousands of dollars in property damage.
  • This success makes it highly likely the group will stage additional major protests in hopes of matching or exceeding the London occupation, and may try to hold simultaneous demonstrations in several major cities worldwide.

Rising Up, a left-wing activist group based in the United Kingdom, launched its first Extinction Rebellion protest during November 2018, blocking four bridges in London. The group was reportedly founded by former members of the Occupy movement and is managed by Compassionate Revolution Ltd., launched in 2015. It is seeking to replicate that campaign's occupation and direct action tactics. Since that first protest, it has continued to stage small demonstrations across the United Kingdom, and it has increasingly targeted major cities across the world as its ideology has found a receptive audience online. This success makes it highly likely the group will stage additional major protests in hopes of matching or exceeding the London occupation, and may try to hold simultaneous demonstrations in several major cities worldwide....

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