Are French protesters more effective? Meet the ‘next level’ climate activists

Damien Gayle, the Guardian's environment correspondent, visits Extinction Rebellion’s the Big One protest in London to find out if the group's new non-disruptive tactics will work in recruiting supporters.
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He then heads to the south of France, where climate protest group Les Soulèvement de la Terre is staging a demonstration against a new motorway project, to find out why French people are simply better at protesting than the English.

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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Extinction Rebellion - 00:44
French Protesters - 03:32
Global Climate Protests - 07:56

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