AlJazeera's "The Stream" covers the current Impossible Rebellion from XR with fairness - watch again

As we explore and research our proposals on an Alternative Media System, we’re up for examples of news media which surprise us, or which don’t occupy the usual frames and styles. We were alerted to this edition of Al Jazeera’s The Stream, covering the current Extinction Rebellion protests (embedded above, available here).

The balance of experts, the patient and non-contestive hosting by Femi Oke, and the generous sampling of viewers’ questions from YouTube shouldn’t be remarkable - but is in our current media context.

More on the Impossible Rebellion here - and their basic demand:

This Rebellion we are making an immediate demand: Stop all new fossil fuel investment NOW! 

It’s not a radical ask, in fact it’s the least the government could do to show they are serious about tackling the climate and ecological crisis ahead of hosting the COP26 UN Climate Talks in November. 

And it’s not just Extinction Rebellion saying we have to stop pouring petrol on the fire. The International Energy Agency said in May this year that there must be no new oil, gas or coal development if the world is to reach net zero by 2050, and over 100 Nobel Laureates, including the Dalai Lama, have signed the Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty. 

Before we begin to repair the damage, we need to stop making the crisis worse.