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Cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. Sign up for articles and resistance at https://rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · Nov 19

Hi Bluesky people, I’m Roger, founder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil.

I’m in prison for 5 years for resisting the carbon regimes.

I worked as an organic farmer in Wales for 30 years before unprecedented rains destroyed £100,000 worth of my crops 🧵
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The Climate Situation is Beyond F**ked. 1000’s of millions of Climate Refugees, Economic Collapse & Human Extinction. Join me in a Global Revolution to change it.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 13h

Modern “democracy” was built to protect the rich.

Elections, parties, branches — all systems of domination.

Real democracy means sortition, participation, and people deciding for themselves.
theecologist.org/2025/oct/01/...

The power of participation

From Your Party to our movement.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 1d

At 3°C of warming, 4 billion people could die. That’s what our kids will face by the time they’re 40. In Britain, we don’t do ideology. We face the truth.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/just...

Just Stop Oil founder: Britain is a country where we speak our minds – even if we’re jailed for it

Once again, protestors across the UK are being arrested en masse for political protest. Their right to do is profoundly British – and must be protected, argues Roger Hallam, the co-founder of Just…

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 1d

After protesters killed 22 policemen, Gandhi paused India’s independence movement.

Not out of fear — but love.

We must rediscover that moral courage in Palestine solidarity today.
rogerhallam.com/why-the-palestine-protest-should-have-paused

⏸️ Why the Palestine protest should have paused — not out of fear, but out of love.

Once again, protestors across the UK are being arrested en masse for political protest. Their right to do is profoundly British – and must be protected

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 2d

The fastest way to change a society is mass participation civil disobedience.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 2d

Facing collapse without fear. That’s what prison taught me. That’s what we need now.
youtu.be/zISw142NKBU

Why I Found Joy in Prison

This is my first full talk after being released from prison. Here's what I learnt inside, why civil disobedience matters more than ever, and why materialism on its own has failed to move people. I…

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 2d

I’m back from prison.
Still under partial house arrest, but more determined than ever.

If you want to keep in touch and support my work, sign up to my email list. As thanks, I’ll send you a free ebook of my prison writings.
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Roger Hallam

The Climate Situation is Beyond F**ked. 1000’s of millions of Climate Refugees, Economic Collapse & Human Extinction. Join me in a Global Revolution to change it.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 2d

Your Party has 800,000 signups — but it’s already imploding into power struggles.

The problem isn’t personalities. It’s the system.

You can’t use domination to end domination.
theecologist.org/2025/oct/01/...

The power of participation

From Your Party to our movement.

theecologist.org

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 3d

Gramsci was right. The old world is dying — and the new one struggles to be born.

We don’t need another left party.

We need real democracy: participation, not domination.
theecologist.org/2025/oct/01/...

The power of participation

From Your Party to our movement.

theecologist.org

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 3d

I think that Saturday's Palestine protest should have paused in the wake of the Synagogue terror attack.

Not out of fear — but out of love.

True nonviolence means compassion, even for those who mourn our opponents.
rogerhallam.com/why-the-palestine-protest-should-have-paused

⏸️ Why the Palestine protest should have paused — not out of fear, but out of love.

Once again, protestors across the UK are being arrested en masse for political protest. Their right to do is profoundly British – and must be protected

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 4d

What is the most revealing part of this article? The bit after the end of it, I quote:

"Did you enjoy this article?"

The Curse of Oblivion never had it so good.

www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/03/e...

EU Climate Breakdown

In the sharpest possible contrast to the US approach to climate change, in a very grown-up adult fashion, the EU has publicly stated: “EU officials warn

www.counterpunch.org

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 4d

Pausing a protest isn’t weakness — it’s moral strength.

True nonviolence means compassion, even for those who mourn our opponents.

That’s how we build trust — and win.
rogerhallam.com/why-the-palestine-protest-should-have-paused

⏸️ Why the Palestine protest should have paused — not out of fear, but out of love.

Once again, protestors across the UK are being arrested en masse for political protest. Their right to do is profoundly British – and must be protected

rogerhallam.com

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 4d

In this episode of The Spirit Of Revolution, I explore the deep and often confusing relationship between suffering, resilience, and transformation. What happens when we embrace vulnerability instead of avoiding it?
rogerhallam.com/beyond-the-p...

Suffering Is Good For You

Suffering isn’t just pain—it’s the raw fuel that sparks both personal and collective revolution.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 7d

In Britain we’re fine with keeping calm. But we’re not OK with carrying on.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/just...

Just Stop Oil founder: Britain is a country where we speak our minds – even if we’re jailed for it

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 7d

Always worth remembering that the actions of the Suffragettes were often not 'peaceful': sustained campaigns of arson, vandalism & in some instances assault. If anyone tried that today they would likely end up in prison for a very long time. @rogerhallam.com got 5 years for attending a Zoom call.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 8d

3/3. rogerhallam.com/climate-real...

🩻 Climate Reality: The Diagnosis We Can’t Escape

The climate crisis is no longer a future threat — it’s a terminal diagnosis, and the only moral response now is to act like everything depends on us, because it does.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 8d

2/3 Notice "economic disaster" - comes before "total betrayal of future generations". So our living standards are more important than the life and death of the next 10 000 generations.

At least Badenoch doesn't pretend her priorities are not totally evil!

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 8d

1/3 Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said: “This desperate policy from Kemi Badenoch, if ever implemented, would be an economic disaster and a total betrayal of future generations."

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 8d

My friend Larch has given 40 years to frontline resistance — most recently defending ancient woodlands from HS2’s destruction.

Now HS2 want revenge. They’re trying to take his only home. We’ve 3 weeks to raise £25k.

Please donate & share with a friend. Thanks.

Donate to Save Larch’s home from HS2, organized by Merlin Matthews

Hi, Dr. Larch Maxey has dedicated 40 years to sustainability and climate solutions. In 2020… Merlin Matthews needs your support for Save Larch’s home from HS2

www.gofundme.com

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 9d

Suffering isn’t just pain—it’s the raw fuel that sparks both personal and collective revolution. rogerhallam.com/beyond-the-p...

Suffering Is Good For You

Suffering isn’t just pain—it’s the raw fuel that sparks both personal and collective revolution.

rogerhallam.com

Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10d

Billions could die, and civil disobedience is the only way to save us. Crucially, religion might be the only thing that gets to a revolutionary tipping point.

All that and more in my first talk out of prison.
youtu.be/zISw142NKBU

Why I Found Joy in Prison

This is my first full talk after being released from prison. Here's what I learnt inside, why civil disobedience matters more than ever, and why materialism on its own has failed to move people. I…

youtu.be

Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10d

What if going to prison was spiritual training? My first talk since release now out.
youtu.be/zISw142NKBU

Why I Found Joy in Prison

This is my first full talk after being released from prison. Here's what I learnt inside, why civil disobedience matters more than ever, and why materialism on its own has failed to move people. I…

youtu.be

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 11d

Prison isn’t what you think. Some hate it. I loved it. Here’s why.
Watch my first full talk after release
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISw...

Why I Found Joy in Prison

This is my first full talk after being released from prison. Here's what I learnt inside, why civil disobedience matters more than ever, and why materialism on its own has failed to move people. I…

www.youtube.com

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 11d

The myths of modernity are collapsing. Growth, progress, technology — none will save us. That is why I write in The Ecologist, a rare place for truth. theecologist.org/profile/roge...

Roger Hallam | The Ecologist

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11d

“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

www.cnbc.com

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