Driving Me Fekkin' Wild: Down and dirty with Extinction Rebellion - David Wise

XR "conscientious protector" patch taken at XR road occupation in Dalston Feb 2019

A dense, meandering, wide-ranging theoretical-cum-practical critique of XR whilst literally stuck in the mud of an artesian well on Wormwood Scrubs Common, West London ....... written February 2023.

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David Wise

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Critique-of-XR-DW.pdf (2.29 MB)

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