The latest Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests show the climate change movement is “mobilising right across society” in Britain, campaigners have … EXTINCTION REBELLION have planned a series of climate protests to take place this weekend, ahead of larger demonstrations in the capital next … newspaper archive. The group’s latest stunts include a “funeral march” in Lewes, East Sussex, a fancy dress tea party at Gatwick Airport and several other demonstrations across major UK cities. It’s exciting but also quite mysterious and gloomy because we have a funeral cortege as well as the Landing Crew. Extinction Rebellion climate change protest in Manchester in September 2019 (Image: Manchester Evening News). The bank holiday events will precede larger demonstrations planned for later in the week, which could bring the capital to a complete standstill.The funeral march in Lewes, described as a Procession for the Planet, will feature mourners dressed in black and a jazz band.The event is to “mark the death and destruction wrought by humans on our natural world”.Several other protests, dubbed “Feed-in and Play-in”, will take place outside the Bank of England and in locations such as Oxford, Cardiff, Leicester and York.These events are in protest against bailouts for fossil fuel companies.Activists will also gather in Brighton to embark on an “epic voyage of rebellion”, which will see protestors march from the seafront to London with a lightship, a land-based warning boat, named after 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.Extinction Rebellion says the activities over the August bank holiday weekend are a precursor to larger protests next week, beginning on Tuesday.Activists plan to block busy streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff, as seem in previous demonstrations by the group.The protestors will likely bring traffic to a complete standstill, as they call on MPs to support their proposed climate and ecological emergency bill.Extinction Rebellion will target UK airports in an attempt to prevent the aviation industry from returning to “business as usual” after the coronavirus pandemic, which it says is one of the biggest contributors to the climate crisis.Activists will gather around Stansted, Luton, and Leeds Bradford airports to protest against planned expansions.A statement on the group’s website said: “There should be no going back to the industries that are causing the most damage in this climate and ecological crisis.”It added: “This is a sector which needs to drastically reduce emissions to reduce its huge impact on the climate crisis, yet governments are sending a very different signal by allowing increasing flight numbers, runway expansions and no-strings-attached airline bailouts.”Doctors for Extinction Rebellion, an offshoot of the group made up of healthcare workers, have recently launched a new campaign that targets petrol stations across the UK.The group have stuck tens-of-thousands of labels on the pumps, which feature graphic pictures reminiscent of those used on cigarette packets.Some 20,000 stickers have been printed in a bid to warn the public of the dangers of emissions and air pollution.Extinction Rebellion was responsible for two weeks of protests last summer, which saw a shutdown of much of central London.Some of the stunts saw activists glue themselves to trains and to the entrance of the London Stock Exchange.Others chained themselves to buildings, marched on Heathrow Airport, or simply laid down on busy roads across the capital.One stunt saw protestors spray fake blood over the Treasury building in central London. All our design and artwork can be used non-commercially for the purpose of planet saving.

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