A-Infos (en) Britain, London AFED: LONDON GAF TARGET OIL & MONEY

On the second day of Extinction Rebellion's ‘October Rebellion', GAF (Green Anticapitalist 
Front) organised a noise demonstration outside the Oil and Money conference taking place 
in Park Lane. The Oil and Money conference is as evil as it sounds and acts as a global 
meeting for fossil fuel executives to meet with their financiers, to plot how to continue 
to destroy the planet for profit. In attendance were some of the most criminally 
destructive people on this earth and GAF wanted to show our opposition to their 
celebration of exploitation. ---- Our noise, aiming to disrupt their conference and 
pressure their security, came in the form of whistles, sound systems and sirens, which 
forced many conference-goers to get behind the hotel's metal barriers as fast as possible, 
with the help of a sizable private security detail. We received some support from the 
nearby XR Global Justice Rebellion camp in St James Park, at which GAF are present 
throughout the occupation working with the most radical elements of XR in educating 
activists on the threat of eco-fascism and discussing how to deal with it.

Unlike the majority of XR actions, GAF had not notified the police on the demo and as a 
result we were able to draw a panicked response from the police who attempted to work with 
private security to keep activists from the entrance to the Hotel and the guests inside.

4 GAF Activists holding up a ‘Green Anti-Capitalist Front' banner and smoke flare behind a 
barrier
Later in the day GAF activists returned to the conference to once again place some 
pressure on the executives responsible for so much destruction. We used smoke and a banner 
drop to make our presence known, further panicking the conference-goers and their security.

After having some fun at the conference we dropped by the main site of XR's protest at 
Trafalgar Square to leaflet, followed by a banner drop in solidarity with all those 
protesting and all those arrested.

GAF Activists holding up banner and flares in Trafalgar square, in front of a ‘Burning 
Earth' XR banner
As the action showed, the Green Anti-capitalist Front aims to focus primarily on showing 
the root of the environmental crisis is the system which allows a small few to exploit and 
destroy the planet for profit. We will continue to disrupt actions like the Oil and Money 
conference, which helps to fund their ventures and operations which overwhelmingly target 
and attack indigenous land and people, as well as the wider ecosystems they reside in, 
because if we aren't focusing on the rich and powerful as the creators of the climate 
crisis then we aren't going to seriously tackle climate change.

For more see: Green Anticapitalist Front

http://afed.org.uk/london-gaf-target-oil-money/
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