Prof Rupert ReadSpokesperson, Extinction Rebellion• As a member of XR and having been arrested under section 14 of the Public Order Act, I went to trial last week at City of London magistrates court with the intention of testing the defence of “necessity”. Her analysis of how the UK’s social capital was increasing was very uplifting in these dark January days, but there was one serious omission: Extinction Rebellion. I joined XR last October and soon found out that it is about a lot more than climate change. The key businesses to target are the world’s top banks, which invested $1.9tn in 2016-18, with the amount rising each year. Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2020 17:48 UTC