XR Edinburgh and Lothians
@xr_Edinburgh
Followers
218
Following
414
Media
128
Statuses
831
Nonviolent direct action on #ClimateEmergency
Edinburgh
Joined October 2021
XR Scotland will no longer be participating in Elon's fascist propaganda platform. Find us on Bluesky or Mastodon. Then find us in the streets. bsky: https://t.co/UQMU7JYeNt Mastodon: https://t.co/r2hc1e3Gof
#ExtinctionRebellion
0
6
8
BREAKING: Offices Occupied, Buildings Climbed, protests across England… 📍 London, Manchester, Birmingham, Lancaster, Guildford, Blackburn & Preston 📢 Insurers underwrite weapons, detention centres, fossil fuels, & genocide We are calling on orgs to #BoycottBloodyInsurance
2
45
72
Well done to the @nypost for producing this handy guide to the groups protesting Elon Musk and Tesla WHO MUST THEREFORE BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.🧵
1
9
14
"Reading is.. a precondition of democratic life" - Who's Afraid of Gender, Judith Buter Informed public debate becomes impossible with a refusal to read the material under dispute. #judithbutler #democracy #reading #criticalthought
0
0
0
🧵 (1/5) Listen to Dr Diana Warner and Dr Sarah Benn, both imprisoned and suspended from the GMC register for their peaceful climate activism. It is the duty of every doctor to safeguard human life in a health emergency as we are now with climate change. https://t.co/y6mZpTe63y
4
12
23
⚡ Take 5 Minutes to Make a Difference: ✔️ Join the Hashtag Storm – comment using #SaveOurGlaciers #WorldWaterDay ✔️ Email Leaders – Demand they prioritize climate action. ✔️ Call Out Greenwashing – Expose corporations profiting from destruction while claiming to be sustainable.
0
2
1
https://t.co/4w9Reem48V OPEN LETTER: call on Lothian Pension Fund to divest, permanently & entirely - Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Siemens, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman DEMONSTRATION 25th March 6pm, 9 Haymarket Terrace 🎯 Lothian Pension Fund Committee #scotlandwithgaza
0
0
0
Care-workers, teachers, doctors. Dr Patrick Hart has been sentenced to 1 year in prison for taking part in direct action in 2022. The oil and gas CEOs and corrupt politicians walk free. No prison for protest. Sign here:
actionnetwork.org
Subject: Sign the petition! Stop Jailing Those Telling The Truth. Body: Friend, I signed a petition on Action Network telling the UK attorney general to stop imprisoning protesters telling the truth...
0
0
0
Today, more than 250 organisations are calling on the Brazilian Presidency of COP30 and the @UNFCCC, to put an end to the undue influence of fossil fuel lobbyist in climate talks. Check out the open letter https://t.co/gGcaIa1nOW
0
40
77
“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against @Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota. This is one of the most important cases in American history.” https://t.co/SEXOP4tf24
theguardian.com
Non-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
7
46
76
SHOWING OUR SUPPORT FOR GAZA🇵🇸 A great rally tonight in Glasgow, and raising our voices at Central Station!
123
252
884
Fight fuel poverty at home, today and for the long-run. 🗓️ 20 March, 6.30pm 🌐 Online, all welcome 📜 Practical steps to lower bills, reduce damp, cold, and mould. Starting with what we can do for free, small improvements on a budget, all the way to switching away from gas, and
1
4
3
Emergency Demonstration for Gaza: TODAY (19th) 17:30pm 📍Scottish Parliament The supply of arms to the state of Israel is fuelling mass killing. #scotlandwithgaza #palestiniansolidarity
0
0
1
‘The prison system is insanely broken’: - UK Political Prisoner. George Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence. #FreePoliticalPrisoners
https://t.co/vZZpPjU1Mw
theguardian.com
George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucial
1
38
51
.@amnesty calls for end to laws which treat peaceful protesters worse than violent offenders and for @UKLabour to stop the stigmatising discourse and rhetoric, fuelling harmful stereotypes and portraying peaceful protesters in a way that fuels hostility. https://t.co/hBplsJ57aa
amnesty.org.uk
We are in danger of having laws that only allow for protests that don't bother anybody, and that treat peaceful protest worse than many violent offences.
1
3
6
2025 WINTER SURFACE HEATING: +1.62°C High expansive temperatures Arctic and Far North NASA GISS 1.5°C No way. On the way to 2°C #globalwarming #climatechange
21
117
232