Hollywood stars bankroll anti-capitalist eco-warriors who blockaded Burning ManBy Joshua Rhett Miller
August 28, 2023
These aren’t your ordinary anti-capitalist climate crusaders.
Extinction Rebellion, the radical environmentalists who tried to blockade traffic to counterculture festival Burning Man on Sunday — only to be rammed aside by tribal police — are funded by some of the biggest names in Hollywood, along with an heir to the Getty fortune and outdoor retailer Patagonia.
The group calls itself part of a “decentralized, international and politically non-partisan movement” demanding climate action — and until now has largely stuck to causing disruption in Europe.
Under its banner, protesters have superglued themselves to the Speaker’s chair in the British parliament, blockaded busy roads — often by affixing to each other and the asphalt — and even attached themselves to the top of a plane. Allied groups in Europe have vandalized a Walmart heir’s superyacht.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/hollywood-stars-bankroll-eco-warriors-who-blockaded-burning-man/
