{"id":16557,"date":"2024-10-07T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=16557"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:54:31","slug":"extinction-rebellion-october-rebellion-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=16557","title":{"rendered":"Extinction Rebellion October Rebellion – 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Extinction Rebellion October Rebellion<\/strong> – London 7 Oct 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Five years ago today Extinction Rebellion began their day of October Rebellion in London by occupying eleven locations at government ministries, Downing St, The Mall, Westminster and Lambeth bridges, bringing traffic in the centre of London to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The action was billed as an International Rebellion and there were other actions taking place in New York, Sydney and possibly elsewhere and you can read much more about them on the XR web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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XR demand the government tell the truth about the climate and ecological emergency, act to halt biodiversity loss, reduce emissions to net zero and create and be led by a Citizens Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I managed to get to some but not quite all of these 11 locations during the day and take pictures. Police hindered movement around the city to some extent, making me have to walk rather further than I wanted when they completely closed Lambeth Bridge to all pedestrians after XR had closed both ends to traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police made a few arrests here and there but it was hard to see any logic in their actions. Some people had locked themselves together but generally I think the police were simply overwhelmed by the large number of protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As before XR’s ‘Red Brigade’ made a colourful splash and like most photographers I took too many pictures of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a part of the protest two XR rebels Tamsin and Melissa were married on Westminster Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything was ready, the clergy had arrived, but only one of the two people being married – and she had gone to look for the other who was taking part in a protest at BEIS in Victoria St. So we had to wait – and the jazz band entertained us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually Tamsin comes and tells the band to stop playing as the couple are ready to start the wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the ceremony begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The couple kiss and make promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young boy comes forward with a ring<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melissa gives Tamsin a ring and then Tamsin places a ring on Melissa’s finger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And they kiss again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More pictures on My London Diary:
XR Rebels marry on Westminster Bridge<\/a>
Extinction Rebellion occupy Westminster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flickr<\/a> – Facebook<\/a> – My London Diary<\/a> – Hull Photos<\/a> – Lea Valley<\/a> – Paris<\/a>
London’s Industrial Heritage<\/a> – London Photos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All photographs on this page are copyright \u00a9 Peter Marshall.
Contact me to buy prints or licence to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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