Extinction Rebellion America works to stop climate annihilation. The history of the United States is stained by the genocide of indigenous peoples and decimation of native species of birds, fish, insects, and animals. Without a rebellion, climate annihilation will be the final step of this 300 year-long ecological assault.
A Revolutionary Convention
Rev21 is about unifying, planning, and acting together. No talking shops—just strategy, organising, and action.
This is what this Rev21 gathering is all about—people unifying across their cultures, networks, and movements.
There are three simple rules here:
First, we remove obstacles to understanding the need for revolutionary change. We must face our denial of the critiques of modernity/coloniality with sobriety, maturity, discernment, and responsibility.
Second, we understand that we need revolutionary change. Nothing less is going to save us in the time we have left.
And thirdly, this revolution has to be a real revolution—rather than a continuation into hell with just a new setup in charge.
Any real revolution has to be based on dignity and respect—towards each other, towards the public, and towards our opponents.
For a genuine mass people’s movement to bring our communities onto the streets—the young and the old, the strong and the vulnerable—it has to be nonviolent.
Important Voices
Captain Watson freed from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan!
Extinction Rebellion America Structure
Extinction Rebellion America (aka “XR America” and “XRA”) is an independent grassroots movement composed of individuals and affinity groups. XR America is supported in part by XR Actions, Inc., an Oregon non-profit corporation exempt from Federal Income taxes per section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. We advocate for causes and engage in climate related political actions. Donations to XR Actions, Inc. are not tax deductible.
We are unapologetically a small, focused organization interested in active, relevant projects. Consistent with the primacy of action, XR America rejects oppressive hierarchies and unnecessary horizontal structures. We are organized into affinity groups, each of which operates with considerable independence.
We help climate activists organize; idea stage to execution, followed by independence.
Generational Genocide.
In 2021 the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies released a statement, published on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), urging scholars in their field to recognize the catastrophic impact of climate change through the lens of genocide. Statement. We agree with Rafael Lemkin, the dogged Polish prosecutor who first coined the term “genocide,” that genocide is a process, not an event.
Likewise, climate annihilation is a process. Heating the planet kills people. It is no accident. Overheating the Earth is maintained by the older generation, while those who will suffer are mostly younger people. Every young person, in one way or another, will suffer. Changing the climate is an act of violence against the young, an act of generational genocide.
