In response to insufficient coverage in the UK heatwave media, activists from the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion smashed the windows of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s headquarters in London.
Around 6:30 am on Tuesday morning, outside of Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch’s News UK building on London Bridge, several eco-warriors, two activists smashing windows with hammers, and others spray-painted “Tell the Truth” and “40 degrees.” ” = death in the building ”.
A press release from Extinction Rebellion (XR) said they were targeting the Murdoch building because they were addressing the recent heatwave that showed them having fun on the beach and eating ice cream instead of focusing on what The Sun newspaper called the climate crisis. .
Caspar Hughes, one of XR’s eco-warriors, said: “Our press has betrayed us. My son, at 15, is in danger of possible social collapse at the age of thirty. He and I will see hunger measure in the billions and wars, disease and extreme weather more widespread. We will live and die in a world where
“The biggest problem preventing government, business and civil society from responding intelligently to climate and environmental crises is the media owned by billionaires. Had Murdoch, Rothermere, and Dacre supported the Net Zero policy, others would have followed suit.
“Currently, they are the main destroyers of the little hope we have left to ensure a safe and secure future for us and our children. The time has come for them to unleash their power as we try to prevent the collapse of our civilization in the coming decades.”
flirt diary letter together Day Steve Tooze, a journalist-turned Extinction Rebellion activist, added: “These newspapers have spent 30 years of their lives denying or ignoring the climate crisis to keep money flowing into Business As Usual’s obscenely inflated bank accounts. “As a result, millions of people are still unaware of the terrible dangers that threaten us.”
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Happening Now-Rebels smashed and sprayed News UK’s windows # to tell the truth & “40 degrees = death” to underline Murdoch’s inability to report #inside also #climate crisishttps://t.co/M4MuD7gUIa pic.twitter.com/RT1LDmZW2U
– Extinction Rebellion England
(@XRebellionUK) 19 July 2022
This isn’t the first time Extinction Rebellion activists have broken windows in London: In April, nine women smashed at least 19 windows at HSBC’s bank headquarters over ties to the fossil fuel industry. The left justified their Earth Day “protest” by saying: “Breaked windows are better than broken promises.”
This isn’t the first time XR has specifically targeted Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. In September 2020, a group of green radicals blocked the entrances of two major printing houses, causing disruptions in the distribution of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers. and also including other important documents Sometimes.
The action was widely criticized as an attack on an independent press and marked a turning point as it led Home Secretary Priti Patel to advance a series of strict police powers to deal with the devastating protests. . to any protest.
But so far, the government has failed to curb the increasingly devastating protests staged by other climate change groups like XR and Insulate Britain, both of which are sticking with roads and highways across countries to protest the perceived climate crisis. .
Extinction Rebellion has also blocked oil tankers and warehouses, despite its impact on normal families struggling with the cost of living crisis that has driven up energy prices.
XR also announced on Tuesday that they will once again hold large-scale protests in London in September.
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– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 11, 2022
Source: Breitbart
