2023

Day 2: “This feels like the responsible thing for a parent to do right now” – Just Stop Oil supporters slow march against new oil, gas & coal

Supporters of Just Stop Oil are back on the streets causing disruption in Westminster, the heart of power, by marching slowly on major roads on the second day of an indefinite campaign of civil resistance, to demand an end to new UK oil and gas projects. [1] At 7.30am, over 100 Just Stop Oil supporters […]

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Just Stop Oil: “We won’t stop until our genocidal government ends new oil and gas”

Supporters of Just Stop Oil are causing disruption across central London this morning by marching slowly on major roads on the first day of an indefinite campaign of civil resistance to demand an end to new UK oil and gas projects. [1] At 7am, over 160 Just Stop Oil supporters set off from seven different

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Bridge climbers get 3 years in longest ever sentence for peaceful climate action

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been given draconian custodial sentences after occupying the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford in London. The Just Stop Oil supporters were demanding that the government halt licensing and consents for the development of any new fossil-fuel projects in the UK. [1] The pair appeared before Judge Collery at

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“New oil and gas will snooker us!” : Just Stop Oil supporters disrupt the World Snooker Championship

Two supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the World Snooker Championship, climbing onto the snooker tables and throwing paint over one. They are demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to join in civil resistance against the government’s genocidal policies. [1] At around

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Just Stop Oil supporters slow march through Cambridge and Reading ahead of sustained campaign in London from April 24 

Supporters of Just Stop Oil are staging ‘go slow’ marches in Cambridge and Reading today to demand that the government stops all new UK fossil fuel licences and consents. [1]  This morning around 35 Just Stop Oil supporters marched from Christ’s Pieces Park in Cambridge through shopping precincts and the town centre, holding banners and

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Just Stop Oil statement on Animal Rising Grand National disruption

Supporters of Just Stop Oil have joined Animal Rising in solidarity outside Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, ahead of the Grand National later today. At around 9:30 AM hundreds of supporters of Animal Rising gathered outside the gates of the event. The group are periodically ‘swarming’ Ormskirk Road to obstruct traffic at the site. Just Stop

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Statement on the arrest of Just Stop Oil supporters at Coventry Museum

Two supporters of Just Stop Oil  were arrested at the Herbert Museum in Coventry this morning whilst demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and calling on employees and directors of UK cultural institutions to join in civil resistance against the government’s genocidal policies. [1] Just Stop Oil issued the following

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Two words that change everything

When Just Stop Oil describes the Government as criminal, genocidal or guilty of mass murder, how do you feel? To some people, these words sound implausible and melodramatic. Far from it. Of course, they express rage but they also have a rock-solid justification in international criminal law. We all wish it wasn’t the case. Our

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Leaked letter reveals Rishi Sunak wants to negotiate in secret with Just Stop Oil.

A leaked letter from UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Just Stop Oil shows he is willing to negotiate with the civil resistance group in secret to avoid losing face. [1] [2] Dated 31st of March, the letter is the latest in correspondence between Just Stop Oil, Rishi Sunak and Climate Minister, Graham Stuart which

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