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| Extinction Rebellion activist dragged from roof of London Underground train | |
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| Extinction Rebellion activists have disrupted London’s public transport network during rush hour, in an action that is likely to polarise opinion on the environmental movement’s tactics. | |
| There were clashes at Canning Town tube station as commuters dragged a protester from the roof of a Jubilee line train and set upon him. He had to be defended by London Underground staff and other passersby. | |
| Commuters now physically dragging protestors from the roof of the train. @itvlondon pic.twitter.com/gDkXfJNxmL | Commuters now physically dragging protestors from the roof of the train. @itvlondon pic.twitter.com/gDkXfJNxmL |
| At Shadwell, five activists blocked the Docklands Light Railway, with two climbing on top of a train and at least one glued to the door. | |
| Phil Kingston, 83, whose hand was glued to the side of a carriage, said he was doing it for the sake of his grandchildren. | |
| “I’m also very concerned about what’s happening in the poorer parts of the world who are being hit the hardest by climate breakdown,” he said. “I’m a Christian and it really upsets me to see God’s creation being wrecked across the world. | |
| “So I’m here on those three counts and I’m longing for the government to take some actions which are in accord with the parliamentary declaration of climate and environmental emergency.” | |
| “I’m a Christian and it really upsets me to see God’s creation being wrecked.”#ExtinctionRebellion @CClimateAction activist Phil Kingston, 83, who has superglued himself to the DLR at Shadwell. This will be his 13th arrest pic.twitter.com/oH57nwAoud | |
| Ruth Jarman, who sat next to Kingston, said they had targeted the DLR because its destination was London’s financial district. | |
| “It’s heading for the City, which is the God of our time,” she said. “All the scientific reports coming out now about what we should do about the climate breakdown, about the ecological breakdown, we need total transformation of the economy. At the moment we serve economic growth. Humanity, the planet is crucifying itself to economic growth. It cannot go on.” | |
| Extinction Rebellion launched a wave of civil disobedience on 7 October to highlight the risks posed by the climate crisis and the accelerating loss of plant and animal species. Police in London said on Wednesday they had arrested 1,642 people since the protests started. | |
| Most commuters at Shadwell were not impressed. “Is an electric train good or not?” one asked the protesters. “Is this train good for the environment.” | |
| “They way they’re doing it is not right,” said another, who complained that her daughter was now stuck on a DLR train between stations. | |
| Extinction Rebellion said in a statement that activists were willing to go to prison “in order to save lives in acts of conscience and necessity”. | |
| The group said: “The actions are intended to bring further economic disruption to the capital as part of the ongoing campaign to convince the government to take meaningful action on the climate and ecological emergency. | |
| “Safety measures are in place to ensure nobody is trapped underground.” | |
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