Over 20 protestors have already been arrested today at Extinction Rebellion’s London blockade.
London is being brought to a standstill today as the activist group began their planned Autumn uprising. This protest is set to be much bigger than the previous one in April.
Although Extinction Rebellion has planned to minimise disruptions for ordinary Londoners, they have admitted their protest may impact emergency workers at St Thomas’s Hospital.
Echoing April’s protests, public opinion is split in its reaction to the disruptions.
Disgusting that #ExtinctionRebellion are being given so much power that THEY get to decide who gets into St Thomas’s hospital. You are playing God with peoples lives, this has to stop pic.twitter.com/1vUnzpU3eV
There have been some valid criticisms of Extinction Rebellion but it’s great to see disruptive, urgent, creative actions for the climate. It’s going to take all kinds of models and approaches to create the kind of change we need to see
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