🧵Thread of stuff I’ve learnt from studying civil disobedience/direct action/disruptive protest for the last decade. Not least climate activism. (Academic references & examples can be provided on request). 1/11

All that technology and you still can't book your bike on the train. 🤬

"We need government's to realise - this is the most serious crisis that humanity has ever faced." 💚 Thank you Sir Stephen Fry for telling the truth 💚 This is a #ClimateEmergency We need everybody. Don't be a bystander. Join the rebellion

🚴‍♀️🛢️🚴 Demo against Shell's Greenwashing Sponsorship of British Cycling 🚴‍♀️🛢️🚴 🚴🏼 Saturday, 15 October 2022, 12.00pm 📍 Shell Centre, Waterloo, #London SE1 7PE (Next to the London Eye) 📢 Bring a placard. There is a big Boris Bike stand close by if you want to ride

Here's a cheeky little sea shanty ⚓️🎶(an adaptation of #Wellerman) about #SuellaBraverman - we were sad to see her go, because we had to make this much quicker than we anticipated... Suella Braverman MP The Rest Is Politics #Tofu #Rwanda Nathan Evans Krishnan Guru-Murthy #EnoughIsEnough #wokerati

Today, I confronted with UK 🇬🇧 Minister of Energy, Climate and Environment Zac Goldsmith at #COP27. I asked him, "When will you release those jailed climate activists your Govt. arrested for protesting to stop new oil & gas license across UK?" He replied, "No idea" & run away!

Grant Shapps is minister i/c UK #Climate policy.  When Transport minister he signed off several road schemes which each increase fossil fuel consumption and emissions this decade. I am taking 3 of these decisions to the High Court👇support here👉crowdjustice.com/case/stop-road… #COP27

GO GREEN Saving the planet is going to require a radical transformation from how we conduct ourselves;extractive,consumptive,capitalistic behavior in overdrive. Humans are out of sync with Nature’s clock, throwing the natural order off balance. Not sustainable.

Big Road Schemes Will Be Scrapped, Hints U.K. Department For Transport forbes.com/sites/carltonr… Stonehenge Alliance Transport Action Network Transport Committee

MikeOfTheSouthWest FrequentFlats #OneMoreBikeRack @Violino1567 CyclingInASkirt Paul St Bayley Count me in, and let me know the cost of membership and a cycle top.

4/ Judge Rimmer, as he dismissed today's case and found all four defendants not guilty, concluded that it is clear “the protestors held heartfelt and real concerns about climate change and these are very important issues”

Hear amazing train singers call on gvt to subsidise and #nationalise rail to provide affordable transport and drastically reduce CO2 emissions. Come join protest against gvt climate inaction: The Big One 21 - 24 April, Parliament Sq. #climatecrisis

alan rusbridger Prospect The Free Speech Union Dartford Bridge is subject to constant closures. If you were to set this incident amongst the data it would barely register as a blip. Disruption by such action on our highway is infinitesimal. When did we last imprison the wind or prosecute for overruns on engineering works?

All kicking off at the Barclays Bank AGM - the biggest fossil fuel funder in Europe. Until banks stop funding climate disruption, they can expect there AGMs to be wrecked.

I just wrote a Transport Action Network letter: Better public transport, not more roads! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/better…

Protesters halt traffic in San Francisco to demand funding for public transit abc7ne.ws/3J78kdD

Marcus is one of the most caring & educated individuals we have met. He has been in prison for 400 days. If you know him, your thoughts will be with him today. If you don’t, open your mind and heart, read his story, sign the petition tinyurl.com/44c5yeak

If you are a professional musician, please consider signing this letter to the Home Secretary urging him to reconsider the deportation of climate activist and musician Marcus Decker docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…