The Roger Hallam One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, now behind the scenes in Just Stop Oil, challenges Nick Robinson to emotionally engage with the reality of climate change and take a stand against global inaction

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Disruption works.
0:07.3	Disruption is justified.
0:10.2	So says my guest this week, Roger Halib,
0:13.2	the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion
0:15.8	and the mastermind of Just Stop Oil.
0:18.7	He joins me here on Political Thinking,
0:21.6	an opportunity for a conversation with,
0:24.7	not a news interrogation of,
0:26.8	someone who shapes our political thinking
0:29.3	about what has shaped theirs.
0:31.9	Halib argues, and I quote,
0:34.0	that only mass civil resistance
0:36.8	can stop the global 1% imposing mass death
0:41.2	on billions of people.
0:42.7	Agree with him or passionately disagree.
0:46.0	There's no denying that he's one of the most potent organizers
0:49.0	of political protests of recent times.
0:52.0	Roger Halib, welcome to Political Thinking.
0:54.7	Right.
0:55.5	That quote came from your website.
0:57.0	There's another quote on the front page.
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