Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed
Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed
Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022
Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022
Climate activists have thrown tomato soup over two Sunflowers paintings by Vincent van Gogh, just an hour after two others were jailed for a similar protest action in 2022.
Three supporters of Just Stop Oil walked into the National Gallery in London, where an exhibition of Van Gogh’s collected works is on display, at 2.30pm on Friday afternoon, and threw Heinz soup over Sunflowers 1889 and Sunflowers 1888.
The latter was the same work targeted by Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland in 2022. That pair are now among 25 supporters of Just Stop Oil in jail for climate protests.
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To everyone in this thread who has nothing but insults for these activists, what are you doing against climate breakdown? Besides sitting on your couch, insulting people who are actually trying to make a difference, facing jail time?
You are the kind of people who would've called the Suffragettes names and said they're hurting the cause, as well.
Compared to what they've accomplished by getting some plexiglass wet, it seems like sitting on my couch has accomplished the same. Maybe more by staying home, unless they rode bikes or walked to do the deed.
No, no, you see, all attention is good attention, and attention is the most valuable thing to the climate change movement right now. That's the issue. Not enough people are AWARE that it's a THING. If they were, we would be making much more progress than we currently are.
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Not enough people are AWARE that it's a THING.
I mean, considering how little has happened?
Don't we need radicals at this point?Isn't it said that violence is the language of the unheard?
I'm down with violence, man. But human history and culture isn't the enemy here, it shouldn't be the target, and simply 'raising awareness' is no longer the goal. Take a sledgehammer to an oil exec's front door if you want to go the direct action route, not to the Magna Carta.
There are actually probably more effective uses of violence than the oil exec's front door. But you get what I mean, I hope. Action alone is not enough, it must be action that causes something useful to the cause, like increasing fear in the politicos or ultra-wealthy (as the Suffragists did with arson and bombing campaigns targeting both), or reducing the effectiveness of society as a whole until negotiations are had (as with a general strike, though that's not violent, generally).
Human history and culture are leverage. The fact that people care about them is why they're valuable.
Take a sledgehammer to an oil exec's front door
Yeah, go for it. I support you.
it must be action that causes something useful to the cause,
Public attention can spur recruitment waves for the targets you really care about. If any campaign is to be effective, you need people to know who you are.
Definitely more. You haven't pissed a bunch of people off that are on your side on this issue.
If some soup on plexiglass can convince you to let the planet burn, you were never on the side of progress.
This right here. For shame on anyone who genuinely thinks they're on the right side of history, whining about soup on a Plexiglas barrier.
If some soup on plexiglass can convince you to let the planet burn, you were never on the side of progress.
I'm not the one that needs convincing. But I'm sure the majority that you actually need on your side are simply insufficiently pure, and a bunch of reactionary dogs anyway, so who cares about gaining their approval for the cause?
These clowns ain't doing anything useful about it either.
Propose something better then. Or better yet, do it.
Literally anything is better than this. Taking the bus one day a month instead of driving is better than this.
Arguably, this action is negative because it discredits climate activists.
I get that you care about oil. That’s great. Now care about effectiveness for 60 seconds and you’ll realize that this is not a hill to die on.
I ride my bike 24 miles a day every weekday of the year , use hugle culture and no dig in my garden, recycle that's just the start do one, they're virtue signalling twats.
Great, you're reducing your personal impact. That's a great start. I'm sure our politicians will think of your hugle culture and recycling when they sign the next gas drilling licenses. We can't 'individual action' our way out of this one.
And btw, I'm sure the activists do their recycling too.
Solared my house. Converted to LED lights. Invested in insulation. Consistently supported political candidates against fracking in primary races. Voted as liberally as possible in general elections. Bought electric car. Home battery. Systematically reduced power usage throughout the house. Systematically looked for ways to reduce plastic usage.
But that’s just a start. Next month I’m going to slop soup on a painting and REALLY make a difference.
Go to a real protest holding a an actual sign with actual message DUHHH