We, the rebels

Inside the socio-political movement of Extinction Rebellion

Roger Hallam, researcher at King's College of London and Gail Bradbrook, molecular biophysics researcher at the University of Manchester, founded Extinction Rebellion in 2018, a non-violent socio-political movement to prevent climate change, halt biodiversity loss and minimize the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse.

Extinction Rebellion protests, considered acts of civil disobedience and inspired by movements based on non-violence, paralyze cities, involving tens of thousands people all around the world. Activists ask politics to tell the truth about the ecological emergency, to zero carbon emissions by 2025 and to make a national citizens' assembly operational to oversee regime change as part of the creation of a new democracy. They believe in a regenerative, healthy, resilient and adaptable culture that takes care of the planet and life, as the most effective way to create a thriving future for all humanity.