Why Love & Rage?

It's really important to focus on the 'and', the ability to hold both together. Love AND Rage.

Together year on year, we have all been witnessing the most immense betrayal of life imaginable, the roaring of wildfires across Europe say it all. We know what’s happening, and we know, that at massive cost, the climate and nature emergency is being wilfully underplayed and ignored by those in power.

It’s vital that we don’t let anger feed into aggression, violence or more divisiveness – it so doesn’t help. The world is already absolutely stacked with that, so as Extinction Rebellion - we resolutely hold a commitment to stay rooted in love, nonviolence. To do things in a different way, holding by our Principles and Values.

Love is what brings us together. Rage is what moves us.

Love

Together we will shout from the rooftops with Love for the Earth, for Life itself.

Rage

We Rage against those who still deny the science and delay the change that’s so desperately needed.  The Government, the security services, the media all know that climate breakdown is happening - yet where is their plan? A plan to secure a liveable future for the British people? The full National Security Assessment has been hidden - redacted. So, to build the world we want and need, to build a path for our children’s survival, it’s clear society must have a common understanding of the facts. And we are going to insist upon it.