Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests

Insight: Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-rise-climate-direct-action-europe-cracks-down-2023-08-10/

Simon Lachner had plans to glue himself to a German city thoroughfare in June to call public attention to climate change. Instead, he ended up in police custody before he'd even left his home.

Insight: Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests

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Lyrata

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You're also supposing that this climate crisis that the governments are currently inflicting on their people is not violence. And that the police beating protesters is not violence.

It is violence, and we should be able to defend ourselves.

TrismegistusMx

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It blows my mind that more people don't realize that police presence is a symptom of lack of representation. Healthy, content, and comfortable individual don't need to be policed. Discontent comes from injustice.