Extinction Rebellion: "Too White? Too Middle-Class?"

A video explaining the main critiques of Extinction Rebellion and how they can achieve transformative change within the group concerning racial and social justice.

Will Baines, Libby Bonis, Alice Hall & Megan Moloney

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