Just Stop Oil quits direct action as eco-activists end years of protest chaos
Just Stop Oil quits direct action as eco-activists end years of protest chaos
Throwing soup on the protective glass in front of a painting isn't direct action.
The US government has done more anti-oil direct action than them by blowing up Nordstream.
Just Stop Oil finally dropping the act and declaring it was a psyop all along. I would be willing to defend the lib activities but they sent a lot of good people through the british court systems and even jail just to throw their hands up and give in? Fucking pathetic.
There are many, MANY more orgs born from their cowardice that are taking the fight to the fascists, though. God willing they'll make the oil barons pay.
USAID cuts hitting everyone, huh?
In a statement issued on Thursday, the group said: “Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history.
“We’ve kept over 4.4 billion barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences unlawful.
“So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison.”
Is this not the attitude of a bunch of winners?
kinda wonder if "halting new oil and gas licenses" is just because they're going to be importing gas from the US or something.
Great so Labour will not issue new oil and gas licences while possibly allowing the already existing companies to expand theirs. Then in a few years the Tories come back and the whole thing has to start from the beginning again. I sincerely doubt how much this has to do with Stop Oil and not simply Labour playing their role as the "good ones". I will not trust anything Westminister promises until its actually been done and even then Im expecting them to dismantle it whenever they think people arn't looking.
Weren't they funded by oil companies trying turn public opinion against environmental activists?
Edit: Okay so I looked into it and apparently Aileen Getty is a Founding Donor of the Climate Emergency Fund who provides much of the funding for Just Stop Oil. Getty is the heiress to Getty Oil, and the granddaughter of its founder J. Paul Getty, Aileen uses her fortune to fund climate activism.
I think that was just a vibes based assessment because of some rich failchildren, but I could be wrong