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A very important read, and nicely put together - lots of short essays from a range of people in different positions makes it an accessible and easy read while presenting a range of experiences.
The book is largely making both the evidence-based and emotional case for political activism as the primary response from citizens to the climate emergency, and, in my opinion, it sets out well why this is necessary if we want to achieve proper change. The situation presented is stark and motivating.
If you're looking for a book of tips to reduce your carbon footprint, how to recycle, etc.... You might think this isn't the book for you, because that's not at all what you'll get, but I would argue this is the book you need. Individual actions to reduce our carbon footprints and "vote with our money" (signalling to industry that we want clean energy, plant-based diets, sustainable zero waste products, etc.) are very important and should be done, but if we really want to avert the impending climate and social catastrophe we need whole-system change implemented nationally and internationally by governments and business. Extinction Rebellion argue that we'll only get there if we, as citizens, 'rebel' against the current system and actively demand change.
The book is largely making both the evidence-based and emotional case for political activism as the primary response from citizens to the climate emergency, and, in my opinion, it sets out well why this is necessary if we want to achieve proper change. The situation presented is stark and motivating.
If you're looking for a book of tips to reduce your carbon footprint, how to recycle, etc.... You might think this isn't the book for you, because that's not at all what you'll get, but I would argue this is the book you need. Individual actions to reduce our carbon footprints and "vote with our money" (signalling to industry that we want clean energy, plant-based diets, sustainable zero waste products, etc.) are very important and should be done, but if we really want to avert the impending climate and social catastrophe we need whole-system change implemented nationally and internationally by governments and business. Extinction Rebellion argue that we'll only get there if we, as citizens, 'rebel' against the current system and actively demand change.
Says it contains everything you need to know about how to be a rebel, but thats a gross overstatement. It gives a general idea of what extinction rebellion is about. It's like a manifesto. Not a handbook. 1
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A useful collection of essays, although I prefer to read referenced essays when it comes to topics like climate change. It was a wide variety of voices and concerns, with some alarmingly pro-police sentiment that doesn't look great in 2021. Maybe this is a good book for people new to climate activism, but I found it quite repetitive, boring, and often poorly written.
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Makes some good points but absolutely full of copaganda. The privilege you have to publish words such as "in the cells, police checked on us all through the night, offering us food and drinks, and asking what they could get us, in acts of dear hospitality" and then go on to say things like how you're "feeble without .. creature comforts and how you'll be "doing it (getting arrested) again very soon"
How on Earth can you describe being imprisoned (for a single night) like it's a b&b? Like you're some hero when you were only treated that way as a white middle class woman? Like you can compare being without creature comforts to how Black people and PoC are treated by the police? How can you not see the harm in writing that when police brutality is so common and protesters are routinely treated so disgustingly?
How can a so-called 'rebellious' organisation state as the second term of their contract that the state needs ... a police force and army to enforce the rules. But (will) only use them for that purpose.. How can you be that naive? How can you not be completely ignorant of the history of policing and social activism and still write that in your contract?
How on Earth can you describe being imprisoned (for a single night) like it's a b&b? Like you're some hero when you were only treated that way as a white middle class woman? Like you can compare being without creature comforts to how Black people and PoC are treated by the police? How can you not see the harm in writing that when police brutality is so common and protesters are routinely treated so disgustingly?
How can a so-called 'rebellious' organisation state as the second term of their contract that the state needs ... a police force and army to enforce the rules. But (will) only use them for that purpose.. How can you be that naive? How can you not be completely ignorant of the history of policing and social activism and still write that in your contract?
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