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Extinction Rebellion

UK-founded global environmental international movement
Organization social_movement Q58819597
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Summary

Extinction Rebellion is a social movement[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of social movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,319 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: global warming[3], Holocene extinction[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5], Germany[6], Italy[7], Kingdom of the Netherlands[8], France[9], Portugal[10], Spain[11], Switzerland[12], United States[13], Denmark[14], Australia[15], New Zealand[16], Canada[17], Brazil[18]
  • Instance of: organization[19], grassroots movement[20], direct action[21]
  • Founder: Gail Bradbrook[22], Roger Hallam[23]
  • Movement: environmentalism[24], nonviolent resistance[25]
  • Named after: Holocene extinction[26], rebellion[27]
  • Commons category: Extinction Rebellion[28]
  • Has part(s): Extinction Rebellion Australia[29], Extinction Rebellion Germany[30], Extinction Rebellion UK[31], Extinction Rebellion France[32], Extinction Rebellion in the Czech Republic[33], Extinction Rebellion Italy[34], Extinction Rebellion Netherlands[35], Extinction Rebellion Belgium[36]
  • Inception: 2018[37]
  • Official website: https://rebellion.global[38], https://tube.rebellion.global/video-channels/xrglobal_channel/videos[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Extinction Rebellion[40]
  • Web feed URL: https://rebellion.global/feed.xml[41]
  • Legal counsel: Alexis Baudelin[42]
  • Native label: Extinction rebellion[43]
  • Short name: XR[44]
  • Uses: civil disobedience[45]
  • Hashtag: ExtinctionRebellion[46], xr[47], NOGOINGBACK[48]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[49]
  • Social media followers: 361,010[50]

Why It Matters

Extinction Rebellion has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Related Entities

Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Burning Pink Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Kingdom of the Netherlands New Zealand organization Pakistan Poland Portugal South Africa Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · VGPaleontologist · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +2018-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Wikidata description → UK-founded global environmental international movement
    Peertube instance url → https://tube.rebellion.global/
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  2. 24w ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Gail Bradbrook, Roger Hallam
    Has part(s) → Extinction Rebellion Australia, Extinction Rebellion Germany, Extinction Rebellion UK +5
    Inception → —
    Named after → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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