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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
(www.theguardian.com)
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Those who make peaceful protests impossible make violent rebellion inevitable.
Right? If it's years in prison either way, they're about to find out what real eco terrorism looks like when protestors are ready to go all in.
I guess that's what they're aiming for, to turn the general public against protests (even more).
Absolutely. From the end of the article:
Getting someone fired for missing work isn't helping your cause in ANY way.
You want to protect workers? Shitting on people who try to protect the environment isn't it.
Ban union busting, ban arbitrary firing, set up a worker protections.
Do those things first. Then come complain.
Grow some class consciousness.
I do. I however approach it with a pragmatic strategy. Blocking traffic doesn't work. It doesn't change minds, it doesn't change policy. It prevents hourly workers from getting paid.
I agree with every thing you have said, except the execution. It hurts poor people and doesn't change policy.
If anything the richest people are the ones driving to work. Cars are expensive.