Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death
Author(s): Roger Hallam (Author), Robin Boardman (Editor), Chris Hedges (Contributor)
- Publisher: Hard Rain Books
- Publication Date: January 28, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 194 pages
- ISBN-10: 1068418885
- ISBN-13: 9781068418884
Book Description
Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges
In the age of climate collapse, telling the truth has become a criminal act.
From a cell in Wayland Prison, Roger Hallam—farmer, researcher, and co-founder of Just Stop Oil—delivers a searing indictment of a legal system that punishes those who resist, while protecting those who destroy. In July 2024, Hallam was dragged from a British courtroom for refusing to stay silent about the climate crisis. For “conspiracy to cause a public nuisance,” he was sentenced to five years in prison—the harshest punishment for civil disobedience in the UK in modern British history. The case made front-page news and drew global outcry.
Suicide is part memoir, part political reckoning. Drawing on Hallam’s award-winning research and experience representing himself in four Crown Court trials, it lays bare the moral and legal failures of a society sleepwalking into catastrophe. From climate science and the right of necessity, to the collapse of democratic norms and the illusions of secular reason, this is a radical call to rethink justice, truth, and duty in the face of extinction.
“These protestors are not criminals—they are messengers.”
— Open Letter signed by 1,200+ public figures, incl. Rowan Williams, Brian Eno, Annie Lennox, Sir David King, Tilda Swinton & Philip Pullman
Praise of Roger’s Work
“Brilliant: wise, profound and persuasive.” — George Monbiot
“An instruction manual for ripping through the corruption.” — Paul Mason
Co-authored by Extinction Rebellion Founders
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