Extinction Rebellion’s latest actions have ripped the lid off a Pandora’s box of issues
Extinction Rebellion has always been criticised for its lack of diversity. Their very policy of striking is supported by people who can afford to possibly lose their job or not work, meaning that they have always risked being out of touch with those less fortunate.
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Their stint on the tube on Thursday shows just how much of a gap in understanding, as well as an ignorance, still exists within the group.
Early in the morning, a protester decided to sit on the top of a tube carriage at Canning Town station, one of the poorest areas of London. For many people here, their jobs are their lifeline and they cannot risk tardiness.
It seems that this particular staging was not even thought through, with many taking to twitter yesterd...