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EXTINCTION Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbrook was arrested at her home in Stroud this morning. Officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested Ms Bradbrook at her home in Stroud at around 5.30am this morning. She has been arrested for conspiracy to cause criminal damage and fraud in relation to XR s Money Rebellion campaign. The campaign is a call to expose and disrupt the economic rules and institutions driving us toward societal collapse . A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 49-year-old woman had been arrested, but would not confirm that the woman was Gail Bradbrook. She said: A 49-year-old woman was arrested in Gloucestershire on suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage and encouraging or assisting the commission of defrauding financial institutions.
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In April 2021, the climate activism group Extinction Rebellion staged multiple protests as part of their “Money Rebellion” initiative. That effort, according to the group, seeks to push back against “economic rules and financial institutions that are killing us.” On April 6 and on April 20, activists who identified themselves as part of the Extinction Rebellion group targeted two London banks: Barclays and HSBC bank, breaking the buildings’ windows in both cases.
On April 6, Reuters reported on a window-breaking protest at the London headquarters of the bank Barclays:
Police arrested seven people outside the London headquarters of Barclays on Wednesday after climate change activists broke windows to protest the role of the financial sector in climate change.
08:37 EDT, 7 April 2021
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Extinction Rebellion activists have smashed the windows of Barclays Bank s headquarters in London with hammers in protest at capitalism fuelling a climate catastrophe .
Seven women attached stickers reading in case of climate emergency break glass , before damaging the windows in Canary Wharf at around 7am today.
The protesters, who wore patches on their clothes bearing the words better broken windows than broken promises , then sat down and waited to be arrested.
The group said the action was part of its Money Rebellion against the capitalist system which used nonviolent direct action, causing damage to property to prevent and draw attention to greater damage .