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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 · 2h

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 · 4h

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

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 7h

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 · 3d

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

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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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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…

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

“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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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 8d

Your Party’s future, and our survival as a species, depends on moving beyond the old lie of elections. Sortition is the way forward.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Voting isn’t democratic. We need sortition

Randomly selecting people to rule would be a hell of a lot better than holding elections

www.newstatesman.com

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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 9d

⚠️ Seven of nine planetary boundaries have been breached. Earth’s safe limits are gone. We are in the danger zone. How many red lines must we cross before people rise up?

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10d

We’ve been sold a dud. Voting has never given us democracy — only oligarchy.
It is now sortition or death.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Voting isn’t democratic. We need sortition

Randomly selecting people to rule would be a hell of a lot better than holding elections

www.newstatesman.com

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10d

Hi social media people. I will now start making videos to help reach more people.

Here’s my first. Enjoy.

“So, how was prison?”

"So, how was prison?"

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Dan Vie @danvie.bsky.social · 11d

Roger Hallam, freed after 13.5 months in prison for doing a Zoom call, is starting to engage in social media again.

Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 11d

"So, how was prison?"

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10d

The most accessible platform is key.

Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 11d

"So, how was prison?"

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 11d

Ginny and I, with Rev21 and friends, are hosting a special online gathering. A space to connect internationally, explore texts and testimonies, and experiment with new ways of going deeper together.

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 12d

I went to prison for the longest sentence ever given to someone for nonviolent action. Forgive me for not thinking Britain is great on progress.
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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