Extinction Rebellion at the BBC
Broadcasting House, London. Fri 21 Dec 2018
'Stop Denying Our Earth is Dying'
'Rell the Truth'. 'Act Now'
Sustaina Claus crosses fingers for the XR sign - Extinction Rebellion
People use horns, bang metal objects and shout to make a noise the
BBC cannot fail to hear
'System Change Not Climate Change' and a protester point out that
global extinction is newsworthy.
Clare Farrell speaks
Donnachadh McCarthy (and Phoenix at right)
George Barda
'This we know the Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth'
A statement often attributed to Chief Seattle,
though actually written for a TV script about him in 1971.
'We are witnessing the 6th mass extinction'
Protesters march around the BBC site
and try to climb over the barriers into the BBC plaza
but are pushed back by security and police
Some sit down in front of the barriers. A police officer kicked some
of them violently
THey were soon surrounded by photographers and other protesters
Police try hard to close the gap in the barriers
Sustaina Claus makes the XR hand sign
Police and BBC staff face the protesters across the barriers
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