At the core of Extinction Rebellion’s philosophy is non-violent civil disobedience:”We are asking people to find their courage and to collectively do what is necessary to bring about change …We aren’t focussed on traditional systems like petitions or writing to our MPs … We are promoting mass “above the ground” civil disobedience – in full public view. This means economic disruption to shake the current political system and civil disruption to raise awareness. We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience that this causes … We are completely non-violent, our actions are done in full public view and we take responsibility for them.”

These images are from a two-week series of XR actions called “International Rebellion”.