Amy Pritchard reads her mitigation statement as delivered to the Court | Extinction Rebellion UK 

I'm sorry that you have had to go through the awful ordeal of our judicial system. Thank you for your courage and bravery.

Thank you, Amy, for shining a light on this corrupt, deathly system. Some day soon, I hope people won't have to sacrifice their freedom in return x

So eloquently and beautifully put.

It's hard to not feel that each of us as as individual should be ready to do what Amy has done. Alll of the scientific evidence and daily news of climate crises point to the urgency of the situation. We are already past 1.5 degrees of atmospheric warming, yet the fossil fuel companies and their political backers continue to push for more exploration and exploitation of fossil fuels. Of course huge companies like J P Morgan are culpable for enabling the oil producers. It should not be a matter of bravery to stand up for something so fundamentally right, yet our corrupt judicial and political systems, especially under the appalling Tories, protect the interests of the corporations and seek to punish even peaceful protest now. If we continue to ignore people like Amy, we will all be faced with complete catastrophe in a short period of time, during most of our lifetimes.

More voices like you great woman, Are needed !!!!

Fight until your voices are heard and never ever give up

Thanks

Brilliantly well said!

The establishment is insane.

Thank you so much for your authenticity, vulnerability and courage. Tingling at your words. You matter so much. Thank you again

How does the world move from fossil fuels and by when can this be done? What technology is required? Hydro / Solar Panels / Wind Turbines / Something Else? How many and where? 2050 energy will be 50% more than 2020. How to offset for no wind or too much wind or no sun? Batteries or pumped hydro? Capacity? / How many? / Where? / By what year? Currently. 14% Renewables 1% Other 1% Biofuels 2% Solar 3% Wind 7% Hydro 4% Nuclear 23% Natural Gas 27% Coal 32% Oil

She sounds like a crazy person.

This video needs to be seen -way powerful.

Thank you Amy Pritchard for your honesty, and factual representation of the problems afflicting humanity and nature caused by a particularly small number of persons in powerful and influential positions. Your presentation is inspirational, you cannot know how much it is valued and the effect it has for the good.

Absolute respect.....

Thank you

Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island, Canada stands in unwavering solidarity with you Amy! Together we resist for life.

Hopefully the appeal increases the sentences.

Wow. Well said. Injustice has been served.

I am speechless truly the justice system is perverse and Propane. Thank you sister for your courage. I will share the message. My heart goes with you namaste

Powerful and devastating - what a wonderful woman.

is there a link to the script?

Completely agree with what you say, though the cosy relationship between wealthy elites and government policy has always been a thing, and especially since the late 70s with Thatcher and Reagan's neoliberal agenda, which unfortunately has now gone global. Ironically, the main driver of the rightward shift in global politics is climate change itself: the harder it becomes for less developed countries to feed themselves, the more hunger and war we see that motivates people to migrate. The more migration, the more the political pendulum swings right, and right leaning parties poo poo climate change as either a hoax, something which is natural over which we have no control, or even bizarrely a benefit to crop growing because of added CO2. What they have in common is an insistence on no action required. And this really suits the short term profit moguls of the FF industry who fund them and share their ideology.

Brilliant 😍🎉

Brave actions and words

I didn't know who this was. I googled her here in the states. There's one link by the guardian. One link in first 2 pages of searches. Interesting.

Thank you Amy Pritchard, you are brave, you are doing the right thing. Young people rebel NOW! Yours futures are in stake...

Great courage! Glad you could expose the absurdity of a system that values short-term money-profit for a few over the lives and future of the whole world, with all its living beings.

Thank you for your powerful words, and for drawing attention to this existential threat to life on earth 🌎 I share your sorrow, rage and resolution to act...like you, for future generations and all life, not ONLY human. Stay strong and remember you are part of a much larger movement who refuse to let the greed of a few destroy the very possibliltiy of life on earth, let alone everthing we love and treasure about it.

Thank you for your sacrifice. You are a hero.

Well said, you are heroic

I'm feeling so sad you had to go through this Amy. You are brave and a warrior. Please never stop fighting

Well said and thanks!

An Earth-size hug to you, Amy Pritchard! ❤‍🩹

Thankyou. May many thousands follow your inspiration and decisive real action. Time is up for Capitalism.

Thank you for fighting for the future of humanity.

Such bravery. Thank you. ❤

Thank you for what you have done. You are far braver than I.

❤

Amy, what a star! I will soon be joining you at her majesty's pleasure

Totally agree, the system is rigged….just stop oil and arms, vote green or independent, stand in your local elections we have to stop the wrong way we are forced to live. Barb

Wow. THE most powerful speech of the century. 10 months in prison for windows....wtf. aim sure everyone on the planet can quickly think of a case where a human did worse and got off. Thank you for this. You are the one to Pearce our hinderance window to action. Like just now I looked up what word I wanted to use and learned impious. The government has proven to be impious. This is what this planet is about. If you are on the right side of mother earth serendipity prevails. Thank you for your honorable work!

Well done Amy. 10 months will pass then she will be free. Amy has right on her side.

Breaking windows of JP Morgan bank, what a cunning stunt.

2:06 how? I’ll tell you , fiat currency , capitalism rewards criminality.

Respect! Vulture capitalism is what needs to go!

Listen to the number of times the word 'Feeling' is used and the expression "I don't understand", too much feeling not enough thinking going on. Not one ounce of remorse for her illegal actions. Climate change requires intelligent people to invent and build solutions. Breaking windows to highlight the plight of problem that is by her own words recognised by governments around the world is childish. This woman achieved nothing and deserves prison and the fact that she accepts no responsibility for her actions means she is willing to do it again. Maybe prison will cure that mental issue. Actions have consequences for men AND women!

Stand firm and be proud your efforts are invaluable

How petty of JP Morgan. Amy didn't do anything wrong.

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If you want to punish the system for extracting oil, there are legal avenues to do that. You can take part in political canvassing, advertising campaigns, or donate to your preferred political party or environmental organization to make the change on a political level. That's actually hard work by the way, and takes real courage. Not smashing windows or lying on a street. Those are easy solutions, things toddlers might do when they don't get their way. It takes hard work, the willingness to communicate, to actually change minds. So long as you remain committed to breaking windows, engaging in vandalism, and other petty crimes however, your movement will only take on the perception as being something like an eco-terrorist group that is trying to force people into taking action by destroying their property, blocking roads, or vandalizing cherished art work if they refuse. Do you seriously think that the public, who may have been on the fence about voting for change, are going to be convinced and motivated to vote for your party - or that those in power will suddenly change their approach - because Van Gogh's paintings were vandalized? Or because someone smashed the windows at JP Morgan? Government does not operate on the principle of mob rule or threats to violence. That is the opposite of how and why our civil society was formed. Representatives have a duty to serve the public interest, not 5 angry women who smashed in the windows at a bank. So these actions will never lead to change on a political level. And as for impacts on the public, or "raising awareness" it is equally misguided. That's why other extinction rebellion factions turned away from engaging in acts of public vandalism, because they saw it wasn't working. It was only making the public more and more angry at their movement. And as for awareness, there isn't a single person on the planet who is not already aware of climate change, or the importance of the topic from statements by hundreds of scientists. So no matter what your motivation or justification is, this is illegal, and unethical behavior that is actually making it harder for action on climate change to occur. You are in fact damaging the the movement and thus exacerbating the problem. For the sake of your own organization, as well as the British public, please stop. You are not a hero, you are just a criminal.

nothing brave about breaking a window ffs - grow up

Strong 💪 woman !!!!!

Share this, try to get it on double down news. Barb