Transcribed by George XR Pto Sta Maria
﻿My name's Roger, I'm just doing this quick video on the ten working principles of extinction rebellion.
So, number one, we have a shared vision of change,
so that sort of means more less what it says,
we work together to have an idea of what we're trying to do
and then keep that in mind as we get on with stuff.
We set our mission on what is necessary
so again we're looking at the real world, seeing how it works and acting upon that world.
Number three, we need a regenerative culture, so this is a big sort of change
potentially from lots of movements that don't really look after
what's happening between people and the culture of the group
and regenerative means a culture which enable people to personally grow
become more resilient it doesn't just mean supporting people
it means enabling people to have a more service orientation and a more sort of mature
attitude, as you might say, to activism.
Okay, so number four, we openly challenge ourselves and this toxic system
so this is sort of interesting because a lot of movements are very externally orientated
you know, the system's really toxic and they obviously do great stuff to try and change that
but it's also the case that we ourselves are not perfect
and we hold various traumas and untogethernesses within ourselves
and we need to challenge those and be open to being challenged in a non-violent way, as it were,
so we value reflection and learning which sort of is number five so that sort of leads on from number four
so what that specifically might mean is is if we do some actions or we do an event
then we evaluate it in a non-judgmental way afterwards
to find out what worked well what didn't work well
and we're endlessly learning
so if we think this video isn't that great
then we go and make another one and we keep iterating as it were.
Okay so we welcome everyone and every part of everyone into Extinction Rebellion
so the idea here is that we're not in the business of saying
someone should or shouldn't be doing something
we're in the business of welcoming people as they are into the group
so that might mean specifically, you know,
speaking one-to-one to people in meetings, having a welcoming attitude,
encouraging participation, people talking so it can be quite concrete.
and we're not in the business of like making judgments about people
when they enter into extinction rebellion spaces.
Okay, so actively mitigate for power so this is another sort of major part of Extinction Rebellion's sort of philosophy,
as you might say, is that we encourage people to take on positions
who generally don't get that chance because of structural inequalities and oppression in society
and it also means that we have a structure that encourages autonomy and creativity
so that means that groups can form, it's homeocratic, as the phrase goes
which basically means if you have a group you can get on with stuff
you don't need to take, sort of, commands or instructions off another group
as long as what you're doing is within the aims and principles of Extinction Rebellion
and you're fulfilling the roles and responsibilities that are being given to you or your group
okay, so we avoid blaming and shaming, again this is a bit of a new thing
because a lot of political movements ,sort of, like to say they're
right and other people are wrong and they're bad people
because they are wrong and they need to change what we're saying is
we're focusing on actions and situations and systems
we're not like judging people's souls, as it were,
and that's a new development and that really enables a lot of people to get on board with Extinction Rebellion
because people aren't afraid of being judged.
We are nonviolent movement so that's more or less what it says on the tin
we don't believe in throwing stones at people or being aggressive either to the police
or the general public or to ourselves so non-violence is an external thing and an internal thing
but this is absolute like basic principle
that we don't engage in violence towards others.
And lastly we are based on autonomy and decentralization
so that's been covered a little bit already
but the general gist is people can go off
and create their own Extinction Rebellion groups or subgroups and what-have-you
and as long as they remain within the aims and principles of why I've just told you
and we actively decentralized and push out different functions and mandates to new
groups to bring them in and from doing all these things.
We intend to and are growing rapidly and having a good time at the same time
which is always important in my humble opinion
thank you