![]() ![]() ![]() But after the death of the British Queen, and the ensuing ten days of national mourning, XR UK made the difficult decision to postpone its Festival of Resistance. This month we also expected to bring you news of rebellion in London. German police used water cannon, mace, batons, punches, and kicks to break up a peaceful blockade of Hamburg’s port. And don’t miss this month’s Humans of XR, an inspiring interview with a relentless rebel and Debt For Climate activist in South Africa. Sadly, there was a brutal police response there as well. We also report on how German rebels used a concrete bathtub to help Ende Geländeblockade a major oil and gas port in Hamburg. In Action Highlights we show how rebels in Sweden braved arrest, detainment, and even deportation while making climate change an issue in their national elections. So you’ll be pleased to know that brave and brilliant rebellion is what you’ll find below. Once again, the case for rebellion is resoundingly made. Meanwhile, new research indicates that exceeding 1.5 ☌ of warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points. Yet China is suffering its own unprecedented summer, with an extreme drought putting its autumn harvest under “severe threat”. This one was by APMDD in the Philippines. Pakistan solidarity actions were launched by a global coalition of activists, including rebels. How many millions more must join them? In Indonesia, the recent G20 climate talks ended in stalemate, with previously agreed references to limiting warming to 1.5 ☌ now being rejected by China, among others. Today, millions are living through a hellscape of unending extreme weather, and on a planet that has ‘only’ warmed 1.2 ☌. The death toll could be worse than in 2010, when over a quarter of a million starved to death, half of them children. The UN has stated unequivocally that “famine is at the door” after the unprecedented failure of four rainy seasons. Relentless extreme weather and high food prices have also displaced hundreds of thousands in Somalia. Now the country faces a food crisis as well as more rain. Thousands have died, half a million have been displaced, and nearly half the country’s crops have washed away, causing vegetable prices to spike by 500%. The summer has brought them devastating floods. The spring brought the people of Pakistan an extreme heatwave. In this issue: Swedish Uprising | Hamburg Gas Blockade | Pakistan Is Our Story | (Web version in English) ( Subscribe to this newsletter)Ĭhildren move through the flooded plains of southern Pakistan. ![]()
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