“Miliband agreed with the audience member that the climate crisis is an emergency and must be treated as one, but said: “When you block a motorway of people who are trying to get to their relatives who are dying … that isn’t helping your cause.” Do you get motorways full of people trying to get to their dying relatives? #juststopoil#ClimateCrisis
Consumption of tobacco is harmful to health/consumption of oil is harmful to the environment
What applies to the tobacco industry should also apply to the oil industry; citizens must be informed about the consequences of using #gasoline#diesel#fff #EndFossilFuels#juststopoil
Consumption of tobacco is harmful to health/consumption of oil is harmful to the environment
What applies to the tobacco industry should also apply to the oil industry; citizens must be informed about the consequences of using #gasoline#diesel#fff #EndFossilFuels#juststopoil#StopRosebank
We are burning to death. We are killing ourselves and our future generations. We're poisoning everything. We're siphoning what little capital is left for the 99 into the pockets of the oligarchs.
Today, retired social worker Trudi Warner is in court.
In March she held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison. #Solidarity#TrudiWarner#ToryRepression#HumanRights#JustStopOil
This is well said. It’s only mentioned in passing but one of the worst of the recent developments is the power that corporations now have to bankrupt both organisations and individuals. The space (both literal and metaphorical) for peaceful protest has been reduced so protestors are having to use more extreme methods. #jso#juststopoil
Exactly. If there's no difference in the way the police / govt reacts to a peaceful march holding signs than the way they react to a real riot with molotov cocktails, why bother with the placards?
A friend invited me to watch the #ChrisPackham program 'Is It Time To Break The Law?' about taking #DirectAction regarding #ClimateChange. Very thought provoking indeed and I highly recommend watching it.
Whilst the aims of #ExtinctionRebelion and #JustStopOil are most admirable, I feel that it would be more effective if the infrastructure and executives of the organisations responsible for emissions were directly targeted. This list is comprehensive: