Are Extinction Rebellion the new Suffragettes?
The climate change activists prepared to break the law to save the planet.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Are Extinction Rebellion the new Suffragettes?" was published on April 12, 2019 and runs 21 minutes.
April 12, 2019 ·21m · Beyond Today
Summary
The climate protest group Extinction Rebellion has been causing quite a stir. Its members recently stripped almost naked in the House of Commons. They have also shut bridges, poured buckets of fake blood on the ground outside Downing Street and blockaded the BBC. For this episode we invited Extinction Rebellion’s Clare Farrell into the Beyond Today studio to find out why they think breaking the law is key to saving the planet.We also spoke to Phil Jones, who edits the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. Phil told us about the climate change phone-in that angered the nation and a mix-up that ended with Extinction Rebellion members being hauled from the Radio 2 studio by police.Produced and mixed by Duncan Barber Additional mixing by Weidong Lin Editor: Lucy Hancock
Episode Description
The climate protest group Extinction Rebellion has been causing quite a stir. Its members recently stripped almost naked in the House of Commons. They have also shut bridges, poured buckets of fake blood on the ground outside Downing Street and blockaded the BBC. For this episode we invited Extinction Rebellion’s Clare Farrell into the Beyond Today studio to find out why they think breaking the law is key to saving the planet.
We also spoke to Phil Jones, who edits the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. Phil told us about the climate change phone-in that angered the nation and a mix-up that ended with Extinction Rebellion members being hauled from the Radio 2 studio by police.
Produced and mixed by Duncan Barber Additional mixing by Weidong Lin Editor: Lucy Hancock
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