Justice had blocked off five major bridges in central London.
The police confirmed that at least 80 protesters have been detained.
You think I am in chains? Wait until you're in chains.
The arrests aren't happening quickly enough.
The so-called day of rebellion over climate change.
Did you hear what I said?
We're looking at mass starvation within 10 years.
It's the biggest crisis we've ever had.
So it goes like this, you go into town hall X, you tell them that it's, you know,
effectively over, we're all going to die unless there's a major mobilisation.
And 30% of people agree to get arrested, 10-20% of people
agreed to go to prison.
OK, town hall. That's it, right?
I'm a researcher and I basically research rebellions.
Emailing, writing letters, going on a day march it's no good.
We need about 400 people to go to prison,
maybe need 2,000 or 3,000 people to get arrested
and I'm at the position where I'm going to go down in November
because I'm ready, because you've got nothing else to lose.
Can everyone fill in one of these?
Even if you're only vaguely interested.
'Go to prison for a short time',
one, two, six, 13, 14 people.
All time record.
The action itself is not actually that important,
it's the going to prison which has got cultural resonance, as you might say.
Thank you for what is just the beginning
of our Extinction Rebellion.
So here's the deal, we are having a revolution,
and we need people to work full-time.
What's your background, work-wise?
I work for charity.
Right. So you do project management stuff?
It's going to be announced in a minute or two, if people want to sign up, right?
To go to Mr Churchill over there.
So, I'm still taking you up on your offer to go to prison as well.
Yeah, I am absolutely ready to be arrested.
It's an offence to obstruct the highway, can you move forward?
So, if you just come in and say 'Extinction Rebellion' and then head up to 205.
We've booked it in the name of Extinction Rebellion.
Of course.
We've got to discuss security.
You know, this is it.
It's the next three weeks or nothing.
You know, it just needs to be push, push, push.
I'm getting stuck into what I am doing at the moment.
You can see my skin.
I am willing to be arrested, I am willing to be jailed,
and I can tell you something, I'm willing to die for this movement
because I am not leaving my kids with the future that they are set on right now.
That is a weak ro of, we've given you a warning.
OK, I am just thinking about your safety.
Gail's down!
With respect, gluing hands on a government building, windows
of a government building, it doesn't …
What does that really achieve apart from perhaps wasting police time and money?
Gets us on Russia Today, I suppose.
We're looking at mass starvation within 10 years.
But isn't it also about … ?
No, no. Didn't you hear what I said?
We're looking at mass starvation within 10 years.
This Saturday, thousands of people will come into central London
and sit on the bridges of central London and make a stand.
Extinction Rebellion.
Hey guys, how is it going? Are you OK?
I'm seeing a big banner on CCTV.
A number of people handing out leaflets advertising the march this weekend.
So far, no issues.
Extinction activists unveil 'We're fucked' banner over Westminster Bridge in climate protest.
That will do, won't it?
Is it big enough?
It's big enough, it's unavoidable.
You know, you walk in there, shake hands,
and they are super super pleasant.
Yeah, this will cause great gridlock
and as she just said it as if it was another day.
So maybe, you can change the regime and basically the police will just facilitate it for you.
Then they're going to obey their orders to arrest you,
we're fine with that, right? If we can be on the bridge – we've won,
or we can be on the bridge and be arrested, we've won.
Hundreds of protesters of a movement called Extinction Rebellion
are blocking Waterloo Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Westminster, Lambeth and Southwark Bridges …
So five bridges.
So it's not exactly a mass turnout at the moment, is it?
It's slightly worrying.
Lambeth is a bit of a nonentity , isn't it? Maybe no one else is bothered.
They are supposed to come to this bridge, aren't they?
No, they don't know where to go, you're supposed to tell them.
I know. Fuck!
Oh my God!
Roger, you are the weak link in this, you were supposed to be the tactical master.
They don't know they're supposed to be coming to Lambeth?
Oh my God, Roger.
Hi, it's Roger here, Extinction Rebellion, I am organising the Lambeth Bridge.
Can you come to Lambeth Bridge as soon as possible?
The people on this bridge who are willing to be arrested, we need more support in Lambeth.
I am going to be the first one, then. Fuck it!
Everyone on, everyone on, please!
Everyone on!
To the centre of the bridge.
Let's go!
Sit down, please!
If you don't comply … I am just saying that
you potentially may be liable for arrest.
Not just you, that's everybody, but I am obviously appealing to you on a personal level.
We do need at least one good bridge open.
Straight to that very very important hospital.
If you have an ambulance down there and you say, look, you want to get it through, that's no problem.
Just come through.
You need to leave now, otherwise you'll be arrested, do you understand?
You want to protest in Westminster, how many … you can protest at?
Singing: Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world indeed.
It is the only thing that ever has, never doubt.
That small group of people can change the world indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has, never doubt.
That a small group of people can change the world indeed.
it is the only thing that ever has, never doubt.
That a small group of people can change the world indeed.
I have a complaint, that the arrests are not happening quick enough.
Guys, we are going to stay to at least 3pm.
Yeah, and hopefully we'll get a few more arrests.
And then we will see how we get on.
OK, cool, excellent.
They've got a bus?
A bus, did you say? Transportation to get everyone off the road?
So they're going to speed up a little bit now?
As you requested …
Fantastic start.
Blackfriars Bridge has now left and they are heading this way.
OK? We're going to meet up with them.
Our future. Your future.
We love you Waterloo, this is Blackfriars Bridge here to join you.
At this time, we are stopping any more arrests because we've got two of the bridges open,
so therefore, we deem the threat to life is not as high as it was.
Because buses can move from Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge.
And that's obviously the message from the …
Because our comrades on the other bridges have not maintained revolutionary discipline
and held their bridges, they've decided this bridge is no longer going to be a threat to life
in inverted commas, whatever that's supposed to mean,
so they're not going to continue arresting people.
Next week, you do 10 bridges and we are looking at 500+ more arrests, aren't we?
It's going to be the biggest number of arrests for a political protest in a decade or two.
Going back to the office and organise the next one now.
You're going to need more than a choccie bar then there, aren't you?
Yeah, I am going to put that on my list of things to do.