It was hard to work out whether he was having a revelation on some personal road to Damascus, or if this was another new XR theatrical protest of some kind, but just then the church bells struck 3pm and the whole colourful caravanserai of red and black, of placards and flags, samba drummers, whistlers and singers trooped down King’s Parade, along Downing Street and round into St Andrew’s Street. XR oily-handed protesters at the start of their protest at Senate House. In the quiet before the non-storm a man shouted out: “Jesus is alive, I met him three years ago, he’s alive, Amen”. Picture: Keith HeppellĪfter the third song - “This land is all that we have to share, this land is all” - the heavens started rumbling mischeviously again but the rain held off. Mother carry me, down to the sea.” At Senate House, the black-clad protesters make their appearance. Mother carry me, a child I will always be “We are unstoppable, another world is possible.” Wearing black rags and mortar boards in a twisted, Goth-tinged, portrayal of an academic world gone wrong, their silence led into the first chant of the afternoon:
Mother earth store house plus#
She was surrounded by Red Rebels and XR campaigners, plus a new group of activists dressed in black, with blackened hands to depict the influence of fossil fuels. When the drumming ended, a silent ceremony began outside Great St Mary’s involving a symbolically chained woman carrying a boulder-sized representation of the Earth. Torrential rain accompanied by thunder segued seamlessly into the frenetic drumming of Extinction Rebellion’s East of England protesters. Police said protesters were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, or going equippeed to cause criminal damage.Ī march began at 2.30pm outside Senate House. University of Cambridge buildings - including the chapel immediate beside the iconic Newton Lawn - were daubed with black handprints, created from chalk spray, to protest the involvement of fossil fuel money in the city’s financial architecture. Picture: Keith HeppellĪn Oily Hands climate change protest by Extinction Rebellion East of England in Cambridge on Friday (August 28) led to nine activists being arrested. Red Rebels with Mother Earth in chains at Senate House.
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