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- world@lemmy.world
Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the “property and machinery” of the fossil fuel economy.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.
Nah. There’s more to it than just this nicely sounding sentence
Ok, what is it then?
I was pleasantly suprised it wasn’t the EU, rather UK. I mean sucks for the UK protesters but still glad it aint us.
I’m afraid this is not only for the UK
In Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK, authorities have responded to climate protests with mass arrests, the passing of draconian new laws, the imposing of severe sentences for non-violent protests and the labelling of activists as hooligans, saboteurs or eco-terrorists. the Guardian, Oct 2023
You might want to check out this report from Climate Rights International, Sep 2024. This one is not only talking about europe.
“Democratic” is a relative term.
Of course. In this case, it refers to representative democracies and it is totally debatable how democratic they are.
Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.
Direct democracy on the other hand, is democratic. There is no question about that, no matter if one likes it or not.
If mass media defines/makes/shapes the public opinion, and mass media is owned by few. Isn’t any democracy becoming kind of an oligarchy then?
Near-dupe that was also posted today: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/08/a-new-phase-why-climate-activists-are-turning-to-sabotage-instead-of-protest
Anyone thinking this is noble should instead get to the front and sabotage the russian stuff
Annoying.
