Bach for the Future
August 8th, 2024, John Mark Rozendaal was arrested with over a dozen others, demonstrating in front of Citibank headquarters. In July, John Mark was targeted as a coordinator for Extinction Rebellion, as part of the Summer of Heat on Wall Street, in New York City.
A Cello Resistance
For the past six weeks, a vibrant resistance has railed against the Citibank’s death machine. A campaign called, “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” has amounted 450 arrests, in a non-violent civil disobedience campaign at the Citibank headquarters, in NYC.
No Theater on a Dead Planet
Last month, XR NYC interrupted a performance of “An Enemy of the People” with a protest.
No Opera On A Dead Planet
Extinction Rebellion NYC disrupt the MET Opera on Opening Night.
Brave XR Rebels in NYC Shut Down Two Museums
XR New York City last weekend risked arrest to shut down the American Museum of Natural History. Activists performed die in and speak outs. This following a protest at the Guggenheim Museum, which included singing. Over a dozen activists were arrested during the weekend of action, which was advertised as the “Art Rebellion.”
Christies, No Art on a Dead Planet
On Saturday morning, Extinction Rebellion supp-orters disrupted a Christies art auction. The two XR supporters left the audience, and approached the podium shouting, "No art on a dead planet." They were shortly removed by security.
149 Arrested at US Federal Reserve
At 10am, in Zuccotti Park, 100s of climate activists gathered in preparation for a mass civil disobedience demonstration. Most were not yet aware of the exact target, but climate justice and mass civil disobedience were promised - so people stood out in the cold with soaking shoes and listened carefully to the instructions.
75,000 Climate Protesters March Through NYC
In a surprising, and monumental show of force, the climate movement mustered 75,000 protesters in NYC Sunday. The march lasted much longer than expected, as the it was jammed in every direction. Rallying started around noon, but speakers were still blasting out speeches at the drop off end of the march at 5:30pm. The crowd then began to dwindle to just around 10,000.
NYC Climate Week Activists Occupy Museum of Modern Art For a full six hours. 16 Arrested as Museum is asked to cut ties with oil
Friday, September 15th, Activists gathered outside the MoMA, (Museum of Modern Art), at 1pm for what would become an eventual 6 hour occupation and shut down of the museum. Their demand is that the museum cut their ties with the criminal private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, or KKR.
NYC Climate Week - CitiBank Shut Down For Hours 26 people arrested force 1000s of citibank personnel to wait
The coalition included NY Communities for Change, Extinction Rebellion, Stop the Money Pipeline. This editor-in-chief was also there, and faces three charges, including Obstructing Government processes