2021
How to revitalise a national movement by supporting local campaigns to protect green space
Ryebank community camp has survived one of the wettest Mays on record with the help of the locals. It sees itself as a blueprint for radically inclusive comm...
2020
XR MCR Media Support
Our XR MCR Media and Messaging team are looking for support!
Extinction Rebellion Action at Boohoo Head Offices
Extinction Rebellion Manchester will be taking part in a non-violent direct action outside of Boohoo’s offices on Dale Street in the Northern Quarter.
Evaluating Sources
When reading news stories and before sharing them, it is vital to stop for a minute and evaluate the source. We all know that “fake news” and disinformation ...
2019
XR Statement on Today’s Tube Action (17/10/2019)
It is regretful that there was violence at today’s action at Canning Town tube station. We would like to express our sadness that events escalated this way.
The planet is in crisis, and so are we.
Our unsustainable use of planetary resources is reflected in our mental health and social crisis: our society, and whole economic model, is unsustainable on ...
What’s the deal?
We’re in a dire situation with climate change. To say the least. What’s the actual deal? How bad is it? And what do we do? The Golden Formula is disruption +...
Ark
A poem by Simon Armitage
A Global Movement Closer Than Politics
The Climate Strike on Friday 20th was the largest global protest in history. Can we commit to keeping it non-partisan, and hold to that, focussing on the goa...
Re-wilding and the Northern Forest project
In the list of solutions for our climate catastrophe rewilding and the protection of our remaining natural landscapes are technically amongst the easiest to ...
Why climate change causes extremism
The cruel reality of climate change often causes a rise in ideological beliefs and systems that are themselves catastrophic and cruel.
Why Rebel?
We simply do not have time for business as usual or slow change.
Why the children are saving us
The children are taking the lead in saving us, and our planet, from total climate breakdown. We, as adults, must stand by them, support them, and learn to fo...
Why the third demand for a citizens assembly?
As a collective, humanity has the answers that will prevent total social collapse. The time is now to realise this potential.
Manchester City Council have agreed to ban cars on Deansgate - what’s holding them back?
Deansgate could be closed to cars permanently following the Northern Rebellion say the Manchester City Council.
Northern Rebellion Press Release
Extinction Rebellion announces Manchester action at Deansgate.
The Didsbury Mosque Outreach
Islam calls on the faithful to care for the natural world. I went to talk about the climate emergency at Friday afternoon prayers at the Didsbury mosque on b...
“I was arrested in Parliament Square” - an XRMCR Rebel's honest account of going to court in London
Zoe shares her experience of going to court after her arrest at the XR climate change protests in April 2019
Jim Naughtie on BBC Radio 4
Jim Naughtie Tells the Truth and makes the case to Act Now in this excellent but chilling piece.
A Social Survey on Climate Change
Politicians lack the courage to tell the truth and the democratic mandate to act on the climate science. 80% of the public care, but very few care enough. XR...
Response to Richard Walton and the report ‘Extremism Rebellion’ for the Policy Group
We all agree the existential threat and we all agree on the need to act. But apart from a few core messages and demands there is no central authority telling...
XRMCR Newsletter 14: A Momentous Moment for Manchester and Media Too Meek to Mention
Manchester City Council unanimously declared a climate emergency last week in an historic moment witnessed by climate groups, activists and citizens.
A truly new world
I wrote a document borne out of frustration when reading the political manifestos during the 2017 General Election and seeing virtually nothing that I could ...
XRMCR Newsletter 13: Mushrooming Into Insurrection
It’s gearing up to be an amazing week of events at XRMCR and today’s newsletter will make sure you don’t miss a thing. Don’t forget that Project Mushroom sta...
XRMCR Newsletter 12: Beyond Politics
The rebellion gathered pace as Glastonbury rebels marched to XR’s beat and Europe sweltered under an unprecedented heat wave. In Manchester, the momentum con...
An open letter to Mr Mayland at Albany Academy
Hannah Stanton of XR Trafford writes an open letter to Mr Mayland who is responsible for excluding three students from their school prom after they stood up ...
XR Trafford raise awareness on air-pollution-related deaths on Clean Air Day
Today, members of Extinction Rebellion Trafford and Extinction Rebellion Manchester carried out an action on the A56 during the morning rush hour to highligh...
Monday, 17th June ‘19 - Rebel Job Fair
From 30th August - 4th September, the North will be rebelling here in Manchester. We’re going to need all hands on deck to make the government and other chan...
Interviews from the YouthStrike4Climate – Friday, March 15th ‘19
We talk in depth to five young people who are passionate about solving the planet’s climate crisis as part of the growing movement YouthStrike4Climate.
Facing Extinction
This blog article by Catherine Ingram was shared by Claire Stocks. It is very long but it details a lot of what we are facing and why it is hard to accept wh...
Update: round up of news from XR MCR (3rd May)
How you can get involved in XR MCR, news about our next meeting and other events, a report on our last big gathering, and why the #climateemergency declar...