Public anger is not a threat to activism, but a measure of its impact.
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Rather than expressions of remorse, evidence of integrity should mitigate protester sentences.
Despite the shock of the crowd and actors, protest at the theatre has a long history.
Harsh punishments are unlikely to deter them.
Peaceful protest now carries a ludicrously high penalty in UK courts.
For a non-violent protest, there is no equivalent in modern times.
Extreme weather caused by climate change could deface the stones and undermine their foundations.
The group of climate activists are drawing on a history of public action to show that what they are doing is not new at all
By focusing on the disruption caused by Just Stop Oil, politicians avoid having to talk about the substance of their argument.
More than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.
Media coverage of Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest was muted compared with that of Just Stop Oil’s snooker disruption.
Defendants are increasingly unable to explain their actions to a jury.
From throwing soup over works of art to waving tortillas in the street, what we eat is a powerful emblem of what we want.
The arrest of a journalist could have been avoided, a policing expert says.
Linguistic analysis shows that activists and politicians have very different messages when it comes to the environment.
Eight journalists covering a protest on the M25 motorway were recently detained by police.
In 1914, suffragette Mary Richardson slashed a painting London’s National Gallery to attract publicity to Emmeline Pankhurst’s imprisonment.
People want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.
Fragile supply chains can handle protests better than massive extra demand.
Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have vowed to strike at the fossil fuel industry.
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