Enertea: SoupGate
Today's Ener-tea 🍵 : Just Stop Oil's Climate Protest using Tomato Soup 🥫
You may have seen the viral story of activists from Just Stop Oil throwing tomato soup on a Van Gogh painting. It sparked a lot of hot takes on whether the protest started a conversation or it's negatively impacting the climate movement.
But are these opinions based on research or evidence? 🤔
There are many researchers studying the history and effectiveness of social movements and different direct action tactics. So even though direct action can definitely be risky, let's not forget that there's history and research we can draw on to put things into context.
Finally, we want to point out that a lot of direct action on climate change goes unnoticed - people putting their bodies and livelihoods on the line daily to protect forests, waterways, and our planet. Whether you are intrigued or annoyed by SoupGate, we invite you to use this as a starting point to learn about the different kinds of direct action happening in your community.
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