[E-rundbrief] Info 1897 - XR Peace Blockades, London , 7.10.2019

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief Info 1897 - Extinction Rebellion Peace/ Trident 
Ploughshares: 23 Arrests as XR Peace Blockades Victoria Embankment 
outside MoD (Ministry of Defense, London).

Bad Ischl, 8.10.2019

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Datum: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 11:02:38 +0100

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Victoria Embankment outside MoD

  Extinction Rebellion Peace

Press Release: 7 October 2019

23 Arrests as XR Peace Blockades Victoria Embankment outside MoD

23 people have been arrested this morning after blocking Victoria 
Embankment in London outside the UK Ministry of Defence complex, amid 
calls for UK to redirect resources from military to address Climate 
Crisis, and as part of the XR London Rebellion beginning today.

The protesters, from the XR Peace group, blocked the Embankment with a 
car and by attaching themselves to a mock Trident missile. Among the 
protesters were Rewilding North, a group from Wales, a group from 
Cornwall, a group from Yorkshire, people from Scotland and other parts 
of the country.

Among those arrested is Quaker Sarah Lasenby, 81, a retired social 
worker from Oxford. She said:

“For twenty-one years my main concern has been to help get rid on UK 
nuclear weapons. I am still keen to do this but once I came across XR 
I was so relieved to have something I could do about the ghastly state 
we have got our planet in. The directness of the students with 
statements 'There is no planet B' and 'it is our futures' has driven 
me on.. The whole thing is so urgent that it is imperative the 
Government should take serious actions and put pressure on other 
states and Global Powers to radically reduce the use of fossil fuels 
even if this means we need to reduce our comfort at home and so much 
flying. The future life of the planet is so important. So I protest 
with XRPeace.”

Also arrested is Angie Zelter, founder of the nonviolent direct action 
nuclear disarmament campaign group Trident Ploughshares, who said 
“Climate change causes war and war causes climate change. About 6% of 
global carbon emissions are from military activity. As the climate 
crisis gains pace there will be increasing tension. If countries 
continue to resort to war as a means of solving conflict we will not 
be able to avert climate crisis.”

Another of those arrested is Trident Ploughshares activist Jane 
Tallents, who lived for six years at Faslane Peace Camp in the 1980s 
said “All people of the earth face the twin existential threats of 
nuclear weapons and the climate emergency. To avert catastrophe we 
must find new ways of thinking and work together to save our shared home."

The XR Peace presence at the Embankment continues. Later this morning 
artist Peter Kennard, who created the iconic image of the CND symbol 
with a broken ballistic missile, will produce a new work of art 
linking militarism and the climate emergency. In the afternoon 
Caroline Lucas MP will speak, along with veteran CND activist Bruce 
Kent and Lindsey German of Stop the War.

XR Peace is a coalition of peace groups including Trident 
Ploughshares, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Scottish CND, CND 
Cymru, Stop the War, Women’s International League for Peace and 
Freedom, War Resisters International, Nukewatch, Edinburgh Peace & 
Justice Centre, Iona Community and Nipponzan Myohoji UK Peace Pagodas.

ENDS

Contact and for Photos & Video: Brian Larkin 07584492257


Extinction Rebellion Peace: xrpeace.org/

International Rebellion begins Monday 7th October 2019

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     Matthias Reichl, Pressesprecher/ press speaker,
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