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How Extinction Rebellion 'reaped a whirlwind'

Rogers, Douglas
http://theecologist.org/2024/dec/13/how-extinction-rebellion-reaped-whirlwind

Publisher:  The Ecologist
Date Written:  13/12/2024
Year Published:  2024  
Resource Type:  Article

The Extinction Rebellion founders' reliance on the momentum model was a crucial factor in the project's early innovations and successes.

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Before the dust had even settled outside Parliament, it became clear that XR was going places. In the next few days, dozens of meetings sprang up – disseminating quickly as events on the then-hegemonic Facebook. In a remarkable affirmation of XR's carefully crafted invitationality, the large part of these gatherings were entirely spontaneous, arranged by fired-up groups or individuals who felt moved to support the sudden new phenomenon in its surge towards the 'Rebellion Day' fixed for Saturday, 17 November that year.

Official meetings literally overflowed from hastily-booked central London rooms into the streets, with newcomers like myself vying to understand how we could contribute to the apparent plan. It's a point which bears its many repetitions that XR was not impressive just in quantity but composition: like myself, many of those heeding the call were a far cry from the usual activist bubble.

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