Extinction Rebellion launches campaign of financial disobedience

Group stages debt and tax strikes to expose 'political economy's complicity' in ecological crisisExtinction Rebellion is launching a campaign of financial civil disobedience aimed at exposing the "political economy's complicity" in the unfolding ecological crisis.The group - which has staged some of the UK's biggest civil disobedience protests over the past two years - is turning its attention to what it says will be a sustained campaign of debt and tax strikes. It is also asking people to "redirect" loans from banks that finance fossil fuel projects to frontline organisations fighting for climate justice. Continue reading...