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'Like mosquitoes': Extinction Rebellion plans surprises for City of London
2020-02-14
LONDON (Reuters) - Activist group Extinction Rebellion plans to send mosquito-like swarms of protesters to disrupt financial, accountancy and media firms in London this year to mobilise broader popular support for transformative action against climate change.

The goal is to spark a worldwide conversation over how to shift to a low-carbon society in time to avert the most catastrophic impacts, said Gail Bradbrook, a co-founder of the movement, who holds a PhD in molecular biophysics.

"We’ll be like sets of mosquitoes coming into London ‐ the aim is to disrupt the system, not the public," Bradbrook told Reuters ahead of the publication of an Extinction Rebellion strategy document on Wednesday.
"In other news, DDT has been unbanned"
Extinction Rebellion, in common with a "new economics" movement of economists, academics and scientists, argues that a relentless focus on ever-faster economic growth is pushing the world’s ecosystems to breaking point.

"The economic system is acting like a cancer on humanity," Bradbrook said. "The regulatory system, the accountants, the legal firms support the metastasizing of this cancer."
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Posted by:Besoeker

#9  by the time they do that most sensible people will be at home isolating themselves as much as possible from social contact because coronavirus transmission will be in full swing

they want to go out and demonstrate? enjoy your coronavirus...
Posted by: anon1   2020-02-14 23:46  

#8  Lowspark for Spark O'The Day.
Spark of Inspiration
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-14 21:15  

#7  Hand of Suraman. Why not just go for the Lidless Eye.
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2020-02-14 12:10  

#6  Lowspark, that is one great idea. And much more media friendly than water cannon
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2020-02-14 12:08  

#5  Taking the form of mosquitoes is the strategy?

Bugwits, and/or don't give a tush about positive popular opinion?

It's cute how they think a couple minor tweaks makes their swastika unrecognizable.

Guess Hand of Saruman was taken. But yeah, probably sit in a wank circle, "Is it an hour glass, or black widow...or both?"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-14 11:09  

#4  Sprinkler/irrigation systems make one hell of an area denial during the dead of winter. Lots of additives that can make the water slimy which are harmless to human skin and the environment. Routine preventive maintenance for freezing weather. Put up caution signs and do the due diligence for public walkways. Any attempts to thwart the sprinklers are now vandalism. That took 30 seconds of war gaming. I have zero experience in security. Surely professional security companies can come up with better.
Posted by: Lowspark   2020-02-14 10:18  

#3  All those big firms have security departments. They should be war-gaming how to short-circuit any disruptions.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-14 08:09  

#2  It's cute how they think a couple minor tweaks makes their swastika unrecognizable.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-02-14 08:09  

#1  Did they raise their hands for 'first'?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-14 06:39  

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