17 h. ago What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi

After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaignOn the morning of Valentine’s Day 2022, Hannah Hunt stood at the gates of Downing Street to announce the start of a new kind of climate campaign, one that would eschew mere protest and instead move into “civil resistance”.Last week, three years and thousands of arrests later, in a neat tie-up exemplary of Just Stop Oil’s (JSO) love of media-savvy stunts, Hunt went to the same spot again – this time to announce the group would be “hanging up the hi-vis”. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Police raid London Quaker house, arrest six activists discussing climate protests

Police raid London Quaker house, arrest six activists discussing climate protests  Straight Arrow News

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6 d. ago Dozens of police officers batter down door of pacifist Quaker meeting house to arrest activists 'discussing climate change and Gaza'

More than 30 police officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held at the Westminster Meeting House at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 27, according to Youth Demand.

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9 d. ago Just Stop Oil claims it is 'hanging up the high vis' and brags the government has caved to its demands after years of protests that have infuriated the British public

Just Stop Oil has said it is going to stop carrying out its campaign of stunts.

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1 week ago A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood. Now, it's over

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition filed by young climate activists who argued that the federal government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights

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1 week ago Whining jailed Just Stop Oil activist, 78, complains about prison and reveals the 'insulting' thing she was asked to do

A 78-year-old grandmother who was imprisoned for joining in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has blasted the conditions of the female prison she spent Christmas in.

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1 week ago Whining jailed Just Stop Oil activist, 78, complains about prison and  reveals the 'insulting' thing she was asked to do

A 78-year-old grandmother who was imprisoned for joining in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has blasted the conditions of the female prison she spent Christmas in.

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1 week ago Just Stop Oil activist, 78, who was jailed for scaling M25 gantry during climate protest moans about 'insulting' thing she was asked to do in prison

A 78-year-old grandmother who was imprisoned for joining in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has blasted the conditions of the female prison she spent Christmas in.

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1 week ago Just Stop Oil activist, 78, who 'had only ever climbed an apple tree' before scaling M25 gantry during climate protest reveals 'insulting' thing she was asked to do in prison

A 78-year-old grandmother who was imprisoned for joining in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 has blasted the conditions of the female prison she spent Christmas in.

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2 w. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Climate activists hauled away after gatecrashing Kemi Badenoch conference speech

Climate protesters were wrestled away by attendees after interrupting Kemi Badenoch while she delivered a speech at an event in honour of Margaret Thatcher.

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2 w. ago Climate activists to plead not guilty en masse under NSW’s controversial anti

Rising Tide campaigners were arrested at Newcastle’s coal port in late 2024 after using kayaks and rafts to protest at facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereMore than 100 climate protesters will plead not guilty to offences under New South Wales’ controversial anti-protest laws, with campaigners claiming it could become the largest climate protest defence case in Australia.Last year, 173 people were arrested after they allegedly entered the Port of Newcastle on kayaks and rafts to blockade the coal port – the largest in the world. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest

Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economyIt was raining and the sparkling lights of the City of London shone back from the cold, wet pavement as two young men made their way through streets deserted save for a few police and private security. In the sleeping heart of the global financial system, they felt eyes on them from the city’s network of surveillance cameras, but hoped their disguise of high-vis vests and hoods hiding their faces would conceal them.Reaching Lime Street, they stopped by a maintenance hole and looked around to make sure no one was watching. One took off the cover, located a bundle of black cables and started hacking away. Hours later, an email was circulated to news desks: “Internet cut off to hundreds of insurers in climate-motivated sabotage.” Continue reading...

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