Extinction Rebellion tried to block people from going to Burning Man to protest private jets until cops intervened. Donors include Hollywood stars and billionaire scions.
These aren’t your ordinary anti-capitalist climate crusaders.
Under its banner, protesters have superglued themselves to the Speaker’s chair in the British parliament, blockaded busy roads — often by affixing to each other and the asphalt — and even attached themselves to the top of a plane. Allied groups in Europe have vandalized a Walmart heir’s superyacht. “The time has come,” said XR organizer Mun Chong. “Burning Man should aim to have the same type of political impact that Woodstock had on counterculture. If we are honest about system change, it needs to start at ‘home’.
“Ban the lowest hanging fruit immediately: private jets. No single individual should have the luxury of emitting 10 to 20 times more carbon pollution than a commercial airline passenger. Burners, rebel with us.” The effort supporting “disruptive climate activism” awarded $5.1 million in grants to 44 groups last year,. The fund says it does not finance violence, but lets recipients decide how to spend the money.
McKay’s $4 million promise helped the nonprofit quadruple its total value of grants doled out to climate agitators between 2021 and last year, Bloomberg reported.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
From Burning Homes To Lip-Synching Controversies: 19 Hollywood Scandals You Might’ve Forgotten AboutThat 'Hollyweird' nickname was well-earned, huh?
Read more »
Anti-capitalist climate activists block traffic into Burning Man: ‘f–king mess’Anti-capitalist climate activists blocked traffic into Burning Man on Sunday, causing a standstill spanning several miles on a major thoroughfare in Nevada — before rangers arrested them at g…
Read more »
Burning Man opens Sunday, thousand expectedFlood of tickets for sale online for counterculture festival
Read more »
Chaotic video shows police breaking up Burning Man climate protest blocking road and causing traffic jamVideo captured police breaking up at gunpoint a climate protest that blocked more than 150 vehicles on a road leading to the popular Burning Man festival.
Read more »
Man killed in drive-by shooting in North HollywoodIt happened Friday in the 6100 block of Carpenter Avenue.
Read more »
Dickinson man shot man, left him to die in mother's arms; sentenced to 20 yearsA Dickinson man has received a prison sentence for shooting a man he was trying to help and leaving him to die in the arms of his mother.
Read more »