Robin Boardman
@robinboardman.com
🪧 @extinctionrebellion.uk Youngest Cofounder
✍️ Writing and Editing Activist Books
🩼 Disabled with Chronic Migraines (Long Covid)
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Robin Boardman
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· Nov 28
After the dark billionaire circus of robots and censorship, it’s time to join the light, Bluesky.
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
I was interviewed about Roger by the Swiss @RepublikMagazin. TLDR: He burns, but it's lit!
German readers can check it out here. An English translation will be shared via his blog sooooon.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/23/n...
German readers can check it out here. An English translation will be shared via his blog sooooon.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/23/n...
Roger Hallam: Nach der Rebellion kommt die Revolution
Er sass wegen Klimaprotesten in Haft. Was macht der Extinction-Rebellion-Aktivist heute?
www.republik.ch
January 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I was interviewed about Roger by the Swiss @RepublikMagazin. TLDR: He burns, but it's lit!
German readers can check it out here. An English translation will be shared via his blog sooooon.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/23/n...
German readers can check it out here. An English translation will be shared via his blog sooooon.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/23/n...
I’ve just finished editing this 3-hour strategy lecture from Roger Hallam.
It’s long, technical, and unusually honest about how movements win — and why most fail. Chapters included so you can dip in.
Worth your time if you’re serious about change ⬇️
youtu.be/6ZINXPXVrDY
It’s long, technical, and unusually honest about how movements win — and why most fail. Chapters included so you can dip in.
Worth your time if you’re serious about change ⬇️
youtu.be/6ZINXPXVrDY
How to Start a Revolution in 2026
This is me thinking out loud, carefully and practically, about how real political change actually happens — based on history, organising in Brixton since I was imprisoned, and a lot of experience…
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I’ve just finished editing this 3-hour strategy lecture from Roger Hallam.
It’s long, technical, and unusually honest about how movements win — and why most fail. Chapters included so you can dip in.
Worth your time if you’re serious about change ⬇️
youtu.be/6ZINXPXVrDY
It’s long, technical, and unusually honest about how movements win — and why most fail. Chapters included so you can dip in.
Worth your time if you’re serious about change ⬇️
youtu.be/6ZINXPXVrDY
Anagrams of your name?
Mine is Born a Dumb Iron Rod. Fitting.
Mine is Born a Dumb Iron Rod. Fitting.
January 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Anagrams of your name?
Mine is Born a Dumb Iron Rod. Fitting.
Mine is Born a Dumb Iron Rod. Fitting.
This Etruscan Erotic Scene (c. 550 BC) is a vivid wall‑painting from the Tomb of the Bulls (Lazio, Italy). It shows bold homo‑ and hetero‑sexual acts and rampant bulls linking love, death and the afterlife. The piece reminds me that ancient cultures celebrated fluid sexuality too.
January 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This Etruscan Erotic Scene (c. 550 BC) is a vivid wall‑painting from the Tomb of the Bulls (Lazio, Italy). It shows bold homo‑ and hetero‑sexual acts and rampant bulls linking love, death and the afterlife. The piece reminds me that ancient cultures celebrated fluid sexuality too.
On the slow mission to remove all things Amazon from my small world.
Next step, Goodreads.
Good intentions but alas, time for greener grass. Now on Storygraph for all things books. See you there 📚
Next step, Goodreads.
Good intentions but alas, time for greener grass. Now on Storygraph for all things books. See you there 📚
robinboardman's profile on The StoryGraph
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
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January 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
On the slow mission to remove all things Amazon from my small world.
Next step, Goodreads.
Good intentions but alas, time for greener grass. Now on Storygraph for all things books. See you there 📚
Next step, Goodreads.
Good intentions but alas, time for greener grass. Now on Storygraph for all things books. See you there 📚
Medea Benjamin traces a straight line from Obama’s drone killings to Trump’s extrajudicial assassinations at sea. Once due process is abandoned, every president inherits a blank cheque for murder.
medeabenjamin.substack.com/p/from-obama...
medeabenjamin.substack.com/p/from-obama...
From Obama to Trump: A Blank Check for Murder
Medea Benjamin
medeabenjamin.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Medea Benjamin traces a straight line from Obama’s drone killings to Trump’s extrajudicial assassinations at sea. Once due process is abandoned, every president inherits a blank cheque for murder.
medeabenjamin.substack.com/p/from-obama...
medeabenjamin.substack.com/p/from-obama...
The return of European wildcats to South West England is feasible and is backed by 80% of people in the region.
Photograph: Tom Mason
Photograph: Tom Mason
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The return of European wildcats to South West England is feasible and is backed by 80% of people in the region.
Photograph: Tom Mason
Photograph: Tom Mason
A starling murmuration off Brighton beach, UK
Photograph: Simon Dack
Photograph: Simon Dack
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A starling murmuration off Brighton beach, UK
Photograph: Simon Dack
Photograph: Simon Dack
Pain has shrunk my world to a dark room.
Months of daily migraines erase whole days — and any sense of a normal life. It’s brutal and unbearable.
I’m still in treatment, with higher doses and more injections, moving one day at a time. Meditating on love — it’s all I have left.
Months of daily migraines erase whole days — and any sense of a normal life. It’s brutal and unbearable.
I’m still in treatment, with higher doses and more injections, moving one day at a time. Meditating on love — it’s all I have left.
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Pain has shrunk my world to a dark room.
Months of daily migraines erase whole days — and any sense of a normal life. It’s brutal and unbearable.
I’m still in treatment, with higher doses and more injections, moving one day at a time. Meditating on love — it’s all I have left.
Months of daily migraines erase whole days — and any sense of a normal life. It’s brutal and unbearable.
I’m still in treatment, with higher doses and more injections, moving one day at a time. Meditating on love — it’s all I have left.
A bright-eyed kingfisher in Horsham, UK
Photograph: Richard Waters
Photograph: Richard Waters
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A bright-eyed kingfisher in Horsham, UK
Photograph: Richard Waters
Photograph: Richard Waters
Justice carried by family, not forgotten by time. At the national day of action against Black deaths in custody in Sydney, the family of Eddie Murray — who was found dead in a police cell in 1981 — stand together in grief and defiance, demanding a future where this violence ends.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Justice carried by family, not forgotten by time. At the national day of action against Black deaths in custody in Sydney, the family of Eddie Murray — who was found dead in a police cell in 1981 — stand together in grief and defiance, demanding a future where this violence ends.
People power is a beautiful thing: thousands moving as one, grief turned into courage, and solidarity made visible. When ordinary people come together, even the darkest streets fill with colour, dignity, and hope.
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
People power is a beautiful thing: thousands moving as one, grief turned into courage, and solidarity made visible. When ordinary people come together, even the darkest streets fill with colour, dignity, and hope.
I’ve invested in community solar via Trine since 2017. No ethical-capitalism fairy tales here, but for savers it’s a useful tool. Use my link to get €25 to start, and I get €25 when you invest. Win-win 🌍⚡
trine.com/invite/393677
trine.com/invite/393677
I just made an impact investment | Trine
Trine makes it easy for people to invest in solar energy in growing markets, offering a return on investment that's good for people, for planet and for profit.
trine.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I’ve invested in community solar via Trine since 2017. No ethical-capitalism fairy tales here, but for savers it’s a useful tool. Use my link to get €25 to start, and I get €25 when you invest. Win-win 🌍⚡
trine.com/invite/393677
trine.com/invite/393677
Spending time on a permaculture project changed my life—healing from Long Covid, finding joy and love under starry skies.
Big shout-out to UK rewilding projects: they restore land and people! We need both rest and resistance for the long fight ahead 🍂
Big shout-out to UK rewilding projects: they restore land and people! We need both rest and resistance for the long fight ahead 🍂
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Spending time on a permaculture project changed my life—healing from Long Covid, finding joy and love under starry skies.
Big shout-out to UK rewilding projects: they restore land and people! We need both rest and resistance for the long fight ahead 🍂
Big shout-out to UK rewilding projects: they restore land and people! We need both rest and resistance for the long fight ahead 🍂
We are heading beyond 2°C this decade. Either people organise or fascism fills the void. Rev21 is building a global nonviolent revolutionary movement while repression intensifies. If you can, please help fund the infrastructure of resistance.
chuffed.org/project/rev21
chuffed.org/project/rev21
Revolution in the 21st Century
I am writing from prison to ask for your support in raising £50,000. While imprisoned, I will remain fully committed to continuing the work I was doing before I was arrested—the creation of a global…
chuffed.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
We are heading beyond 2°C this decade. Either people organise or fascism fills the void. Rev21 is building a global nonviolent revolutionary movement while repression intensifies. If you can, please help fund the infrastructure of resistance.
chuffed.org/project/rev21
chuffed.org/project/rev21
Hard Rain Books publishes razor-sharp texts for nonviolent revolution, cutting through climate denial, failed politics, and empty reform.
Strategy, truth, and courage for the century ahead.
Read. Organise. Rebel!
rev21.earth/books/
Strategy, truth, and courage for the century ahead.
Read. Organise. Rebel!
rev21.earth/books/
Hard Rain Publishing
The Revolution will be Smart Hard Rain Books is the publishing arm of Revolution in the 21st Century (Rev21), dedicated [...]
rev21.earth
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Hard Rain Books publishes razor-sharp texts for nonviolent revolution, cutting through climate denial, failed politics, and empty reform.
Strategy, truth, and courage for the century ahead.
Read. Organise. Rebel!
rev21.earth/books/
Strategy, truth, and courage for the century ahead.
Read. Organise. Rebel!
rev21.earth/books/
Sudan’s nightmare deepens. 150,000 still missing from El Fasher. One MP estimates 60,000 killed in just three weeks. This is a mass atrocity in plain sight.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Sudan’s nightmare deepens. 150,000 still missing from El Fasher. One MP estimates 60,000 killed in just three weeks. This is a mass atrocity in plain sight.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Forever chemicals are in our bread. New tests found alarming levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in European cereals. 54 of 66 samples contaminated. Wheat worst hit. A chemical that harms reproduction is now widespread in our water and food.
www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/ba...
www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/ba...
Ban PFAS pesticides and TFA
Do you think the world actually listened to the ‘Silent Spring’ warning by Rachel Carson in 1962? Yes; after many years of pollution, we replaced highly persistent and toxic organochlorines like DDT…
www.pan-europe.info
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Forever chemicals are in our bread. New tests found alarming levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in European cereals. 54 of 66 samples contaminated. Wheat worst hit. A chemical that harms reproduction is now widespread in our water and food.
www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/ba...
www.pan-europe.info/campaigns/ba...
Urban sprawl is a climate time bomb. 220M+ people could lose water access as cities spread outward instead of growing smart. By 2050, 68% of humanity will live in cities—Africa’s urban population will triple. How we build cities now decides who gets water later.
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Urban sprawl is a climate time bomb. 220M+ people could lose water access as cities spread outward instead of growing smart. By 2050, 68% of humanity will live in cities—Africa’s urban population will triple. How we build cities now decides who gets water later.
There is an international community fanning the flames of civil disobedience. The network has a recipe for effective resistance. Check it out!
a22network.org
a22network.org
A22 Network
Who we are? We are an international community fanning the flames of civil disobedience. We have a recipe for effective resistance. Support us. Join us. You are needed. Donate Our Declaration We…
a22network.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
There is an international community fanning the flames of civil disobedience. The network has a recipe for effective resistance. Check it out!
a22network.org
a22network.org
The devilish beauty of a Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Photograph: Sue Dougherty
Photograph: Sue Dougherty
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The devilish beauty of a Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Photograph: Sue Dougherty
Photograph: Sue Dougherty
Reposted by Robin Boardman
US carrying out regime change in another oil rich nation? The US is thought to have backed a coup in Venezuela against Chavez in 2002, which failed due to popular & army support for Chavez. But years of sanctions & mismanagement have now ground Venezuela into poverty-easier target? shorturl.at/UWMJ5
Why has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?
Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship
shorturl.at
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
US carrying out regime change in another oil rich nation? The US is thought to have backed a coup in Venezuela against Chavez in 2002, which failed due to popular & army support for Chavez. But years of sanctions & mismanagement have now ground Venezuela into poverty-easier target? shorturl.at/UWMJ5
At the heart of the climate struggle is the fight for life itself. Polish rebels launched boycott actions against companies linked to the genocide in Gaza, targeting Zara and Pizza Hut first.
Tens of millions saw the message: complicity must be confronted!
Tens of millions saw the message: complicity must be confronted!
January 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
At the heart of the climate struggle is the fight for life itself. Polish rebels launched boycott actions against companies linked to the genocide in Gaza, targeting Zara and Pizza Hut first.
Tens of millions saw the message: complicity must be confronted!
Tens of millions saw the message: complicity must be confronted!
Britain’s farms are buckling under drought, floods and heatwaves. Crops rot in soggy soil, harvests fail, costs rise. Globally we burn soil with fertilisers and erode what feeds us. When the food system collapses, society goes with it.
cleantechtimes.com/farming-is-b...
cleantechtimes.com/farming-is-b...
Farming is becoming impossible’: Britain’s £800m harvest disaster sparks fears of a collapsing food system - Cleantech Times
Britain has faced one of its toughest farming years in decades, with heat and drought causing huge damage to the country’s crops. The losses
cleantechtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Britain’s farms are buckling under drought, floods and heatwaves. Crops rot in soggy soil, harvests fail, costs rise. Globally we burn soil with fertilisers and erode what feeds us. When the food system collapses, society goes with it.
cleantechtimes.com/farming-is-b...
cleantechtimes.com/farming-is-b...