Support for climate ‘civil disobedience’

Friends participate in the 'Extinction Rebellion' movement

by Rebecca Hardy 9th November 2018

Quakers are upholding Friends’ decisions to take part in a campaign of civil disobedience as part of their witness against climate change. Several Friends took part in the ‘declaration of rebellion’ rally on 31 October in Parliament Square, London, to launch the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ movement’s campaign, which aims to ‘force governments to enter world-war two-level mobilisation mode, in response to climate breakdown and ecological crisis’.