In this public lecture, Rising Up members will explain why we are entering a climate apocalypse and show how denial mechanisms stop us from seeing what is now obvious. Based upon award winning PhD research on effective campaign mobilisation, they will outline the political response necessary to maximise the chances that we will avoid the extinction we are presently racing towards.

And no, it doesn’t involve NGOs and governments.

The lecture will be based on evidence from a researcher who organised a rapid 8-week direct action campaign at Kings College which resulted in a commitment to fully divest from fossil fuels. It involved the painting of the central hall of the university for which he was suspended. He then went on a 14-day hunger strike which led to the College agreeing to all the campaign’s demands.

This event is organised by the Radical Think Tank – a network of academics and activists researching and testing more effective ways to bring about radical political change in these interesting times.

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