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Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march [UK]
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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Protest at the refineries? You shut those down and you're not inconveniencing the 60 people who are sitting in their cars in traffic... you end up causing a ripple to millions. This type of protesting is just silly and doesn't actually do anything.
Just Stop Oil started off with protests at the refineries. It had zero identifiable impact and almost no press coverage.
That's why people started things like 'slow march' and 'throw soup at the glass in front of artwork'
If they're going to be impactful to these companies, they're going to be more on the saboteur side of things.