Fascism and Fossil Free London

Robin Wells, director of Fossil Free London, joins me to reflect on Green Gathering and the movement evolutions on view there: namely the increasing relevance of fascism to the climate movement, and broader frame/vibe-shift towards a *collapse* framing.We then follow Robin’s personal journey into activism via the student fees movement to her present role with Fossil Free London.From this vantage we take a close look at one of the more successful UK climate groups of the last few years: answering questions like ‘what does a protest group actually do?’.Editor’s note: at about the 15:00 mark I say that Tadzio Mueller was very involved in Reclaim the Streets. This is a slip of the tongue! I meant to say he was very involved in the alter-globalisation movement: related to RTS but not the same thing.Outro music: A Force of Love sung by Penny Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_AL9nIgbfkCheck out Penny's work! http://www.singlouderthanguns.com/Follow me on Bluesky @douglasrogers.bsky.social‬ or Twitter at @writingDouglas if you're into that kind of thing