Blue collar holocrats on the march
- further example of XR’s glossing of its own positions as “apolitical”, and attempts to stifle discussion and learning about particular perspectives is described in Erica Eisen’s article [url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/10/extinction-rebellion-has-a-politics-problem“Extinction Rebellion Has a Politics Problem”[/url]
- : “Not long ago, a friend of mine affiliated with the London-based group Left Culture Club attempted to start an XR socialist subgroup and quickly incurred the ire of the central XR media team. In a phone call, he was told that such a move would contravene XR’s stated “beyond politics” stance but also make it more difficult to accomplish their strategic goals, which, the spokesperson argued, require the cooperation of big business.
- Yet in an official email encouraging people to join affinity groups, XR’s list of approved spin-offs included XR Police and XR Landlords. The fact that the group fails to see that these two positions are themselves inherently and inextricably political bespeaks the degree to which theoretical attempts at apolitical stances will invariably, in practice, favor those already in power.”
- 6This video, in which XR/Heathrow Pause activist Robin Boardman-Pattison recounts the abysmal behaviour of the police, supports the arguments made in the first part of our critique: the police must not be engaged with in good faith, because that good faith will not be reciprocated.
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