A retired Anglican priest who was held on remand in HMP Birmingham after taking part in a protest outside the Kingsbury Oil Depot has been released having spent a week in prison. Revd Bill White, 67, took part in the protest, which was asking the government to halt new licenses for gas and oil exploration, … Continue reading Anglican Vicar Spends a Week in Jail After Climate Protest
Retired Anglican Priest, Rev Bill White is being held on remand at HMP Birmingham after protesting outside the Kingsbury Oil Depot, despite a High Court Injunction banning protestors from the site. The protest was part of the Just Stop Oil campaign, which is calling on Government to stop granting new licenses for gas and oil exploration. In … Continue reading Priest Jailed for Climate Protest
During April 2022 we were on the streets of London with Extinction Rebellion protestors. Melanie reflects on what we learnt during this Rebellion. For a round-up of all our activities at the Rebellion see our latest newsletter. This was our learning rebellion - a rebellion for gathering to see what still worked and what didn’t, … Continue reading Rebellion Reflections
We're aware that nonviolent direct action from a Christian perspective might be quite niche or new to some. So we have put together below some suggested reading so that we can all get a bit wiser on understanding the theory and theology that underpins what we do. We have purposely kept this reading list short … Continue reading Suggested reading
On Wednesday 27th of April, Rev Mark Coleman was one of 10 people who broke a North Warwickshire Borough Council injunction. The 10 Just Stop Oil supporters stood peacefully outside the Kingsbury Oil Terminal holding placards. Mark’s placard read: ‘Jesus Wept’. Before he took this action Mark (pictured far right above) wrote the following statement. … Continue reading Rev Mark Coleman: The law must serve life
Katie Dowds, 28, is a Christian who took part in a Just Stop Oil action on Friday 15th April to demand that the UK government end new oil and gas projects in the UK. Along with two others she was remanded in custody over the following weekend and spent Easter Sunday in a police cell … Continue reading ‘On Easter Sunday I was alone in a cell’
Anne Blair-Vincent was arrested for the first time as part of the April Rebellion. Below she explains what turned her from a Church warden to a climate protester... Until one day in September 2021 I was, like many other people I am sure, a concerned citizen who was becoming increasingly depressed about the climate emergency … Continue reading Church warden turns climate protester
Where and when: Saturday 23rd April PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF MEETING POINT Meet Lyric Square, Hammersmith, London at 12.30pm, at 1pm march to Shepherd's Bush Green for the main event: maps.app.goo.gl/4sYGcKX8Ha6nJQyq6 What: XR Unify is a BIPOC led group who are taking action to put a stop to the fossil fuel industry. Join them on … Continue reading Climate Justice : our Rebellion continues this weekend
This blog is by Thalia Carr, who has been involved in the Just Stop Oil campaign this week: It's Holy Week. So why am I not taking time to attend church services, to meditate on the momentous events which brought joy, love and hope to so many throughout the ages? Maybe Holy Week is the … Continue reading Spending Holy Week Blocking Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Press release: On Sunday 10th April, 13 Christians, under the banner of Christian Climate Action, were at Westminster Cathedral to join the congregation in Palm Sunday mass. After the service two members of CCA approached the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, and asked that the Catholic Church take … Continue reading Catholics urge cardinal to divest from fossil fuels
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