Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks
by Jessica Murray from Environment | The Guardian on (#57MZ4)
Margaret Atwood among those supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London
A number of famous novelists, poets and playwrights including Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith have lent their support to an Extinction Rebellion campaign against the political influence of rightwing thinktanks fighting against climate action.
On Wednesday evening the Writers Rebel group will demonstrate outside 55 Tufton Street in London, a venue known to host meetings of thinktanks and lobbying outfits linked to climate science denial and the oil industry.
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