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.”
“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.
I promise I’m coming at this with good faith and ignorance. In my mind they have done something positive and demonstrated how direct action gets the goods. Is your thesis that it’s not enough? Is it a co-option of legitimate concerns? We’re forgetting a more prominent campaign?
Tbh I likely thought of this too negatively. I guess I’m just a bit sad that getting Labour to stop new permits (not end any of the existing ones) is framed as one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history.
I wholeheartedly agree that “no more acceleration of the bad thing” is a far cry from comfort. I would love if “compelled the government to do SOMETHING that isn’t in pursuit of infinite profit” were eclipsed by some other direct action campaign. In my ignorance I am likely forgetting something the same way I can’t conjure the right word in a wordle puzzle. But in the last, say, 5 years do we have a long list of successes that eclipse this? I would put forth that we do not.
People are fedjacketing Palestine Action? I can assure them that from here, they look like the real fuckin deal (though feds will always infiltrate ANYTHING so we gotta keep vigilant!!!)
USAID cuts hitting everyone, huh?
Is this not the attitude of a bunch of winners?
I promise I’m coming at this with good faith and ignorance. In my mind they have done something positive and demonstrated how direct action gets the goods. Is your thesis that it’s not enough? Is it a co-option of legitimate concerns? We’re forgetting a more prominent campaign?
Tbh I likely thought of this too negatively. I guess I’m just a bit sad that getting Labour to stop new permits (not end any of the existing ones) is framed as one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history.
I wholeheartedly agree that “no more acceleration of the bad thing” is a far cry from comfort. I would love if “compelled the government to do SOMETHING that isn’t in pursuit of infinite profit” were eclipsed by some other direct action campaign. In my ignorance I am likely forgetting something the same way I can’t conjure the right word in a wordle puzzle. But in the last, say, 5 years do we have a long list of successes that eclipse this? I would put forth that we do not.
I agree, and this is why I’m a bit sad. The last few years have been marked by losses. But I will try not to be such a doomer.
The only thing hexbears hate more than fascists is people they perceive as liberals doing more than them, see the endless fedjacketing of PalAction
People are fedjacketing Palestine Action? I can assure them that from here, they look like the real fuckin deal (though feds will always infiltrate ANYTHING so we gotta keep vigilant!!!)