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EXTINCTION Rebellion (XR) activists blocked all major entrances to a private airport on Saturday in protest against its role in the climate crisis.
Protesters parked a stretch limousine at the gates to Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, as part of the protest, which called on “the world’s super-rich elite of celebrities, oligarchs and business leaders to ditch private flights.”
An XR spokesman said that private flyers, making up just 1 per cent of the world’s population, cause half of aviation’s global emissions.
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
