<p>Why rebel?<br><br>Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important.<br><br>Because we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian fascism, with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny - a politics that loathes the living world.<br><br>Because nature is not a hobby. It is the life on which we depend, as Indigenous societies have never forgotten.<br><br>Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars, and they are lining up now to write rebellion across the skies.</p>