Love & Rage Recordings

Love & Rage 2026 Recordings
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1. National Security, Ecosystem Collapse & Building Resilience | Rupert Read | Love & Rage 2026
Opening Address by Rupert Read
Professor Rupert Read opens Extinction Rebellion’s Love & Rage 2026 weekend with a talk on the UK’s National Security Assessment on Global Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Collapse, what it says about the risks facing Britain, and why campaigners are calling for the full assessment to be published.

2. How Do We Restore Our Failing Water System? | Community Assembly | Love & Rage 2026
"How might we restore our failing water system to secure a long-term future for people, life and habitats?
This Community Assembly brought people together to explore the pressures facing our water system — and what needs to change. The session included contributions from:

• Dr Lynne Jones, XR Health; honorary associate professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and visiting scientist at Harvard University
  
• Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist & Policy Director at Greenpeace UK
  
• Steve Conlon, XR Dirty Water Campaign

3. Know Your Rights: Protest, Police Powers & Arrest | Paul Stevens | Love & Rage 2026
Know Your Rights by Paul Stevens
"What are your rights when you protest? What can the police require you to do? And what should you know before an arrest, stop and search, or interaction with officers? Retired police officer and protest liaison Paul Stevens gives a practical introduction to protest rights and police powers.

4. Prepare for Action: Nonviolence & Civil Disobedience | Teresa & Julie | Love & Rage 2026
Prepare for Action with rebels Teresa & Julie
How do you prepare to take part in peaceful non-violent direct action — and stay safe, informed and supported while doing it? Teresa has been active with London XR and other climate organisations since 2019.The workshop combines information, discussion and practical exercises to explain how XR’s non-violent direct action methods work, how actions are organised, how people support one another and how participants can think about their own boundaries before taking part.

5. Is AI an Existential Threat? | Rob Basto | Love & Rage 2026
What happens if AI systems become more capable, more autonomous and harder to control?
Rob Basto explores the rapid development of artificial intelligence — from chatbots to increasingly autonomous AI agents — and asks whether advanced AI could become an existential threat. Rob argues that the risks go far beyond AI-generated content or job losses. He discusses autonomous systems, manipulation and fraud, military applications, the environmental impacts of growing computing demand, unexpected AI behaviour and concerns about humanity eventually losing control of increasingly capable systems.