It sounds like a dystopian sci-fi film: people too scared to speak or reach out to each other as flood waters pour through their communities and close in on their homes. But it’s not a movie – it’s reality in the making. Recently, as flooding got so bad swans swam through Worcester city centre, the […]
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Four Just Stop Oil supporters have been declared ‘not-guilty’ at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court, in relation to blocking the distribution of oil from Esso Birmingham, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, on the 3rd April 2022. [1] Ruth Lanser, Hannah Torrance-Bright, Abigail Percy Ratcliffe and Jake Handling appeared before Judge Wilkinson, answering the charge of Aggravated Trespass.
Six Just Stop Oil supporters will appear at Northampton Crown Court, on Tuesday the 24th January at 10am, in relation to disrupting the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, on the 3rd of July 2022. [1] Louis McKechnie, David Baldwin, Emily Brocklebank, Alasdair Gibson, Bethany Mogie, & Joshua Smith are charged with Conspiracy to Cause a
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Members of the public disrupted First Minister’s Questions for the second time in a row on Thursday 19th January. The three, who acted under the banner of the Climate Justice Movement in Scotland [1] called on the First Minister to oppose the Westminster government’s deadly round of oil and gas licensing and end the enforced
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Supporters of Just Stop Oil staged a ‘go slow’ march in Sheffield today, bringing traffic to a crawling pace across the city centre. It follows the widely publicised adoption of the new tactic in marches across London in December. [2] They are demanding that the government stops all new UK fossil fuel projects. [1] The
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Just Stop Oil supporter and political prisoner, Roger Hallam, was denied bail at Southwark Crown Court yesterday and will remain in HMP Wandsworth Prison, without trial. Just Stop Oil supporter, Paul Bleach, was granted bail, while Alfie Beswick was sentenced in relation to disruption of the M25 gantries in November 2022. [1] [2] Roger is
Roger Hallam denied bail and kept incarcerated without trial. Read More »
Just Stop Oil is appalled by the government’s decision to allow bidding on new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea. Their announcement of this act of harm will be used in evidence in the climate trials of the future. Our children will hold to account those responsible for trashing their future and committing
Just Stop Oil’s statement as bidding begins for new North Sea oil and gas licenses. Read More »
Three Just Stop Oil supporters were convicted at City of London Magistrates Court yesterday, for peacefully demanding an end to fossil fuel projects in the UK. The court determined that they were guilty of wilful obstruction of the highway by blocking traffic at London’s iconic ‘Abbey Road’ zebra-crossing on October 23rd. [1][2] Shaun Davies, 32,
The risk of prison couldn’t deter Phoebe – not when climate breakdown is bringing something infinitely worse My name is Phoebe Plummer, I’m 21 and a social anthropology student from London. I was recently released from HMP Bronzefield after spending 28 days on remand there. It still feels surreal to say that: “I’ve been to
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English Gulag Wandsworth, London, December 2022 About nine weeks ago, I did a 20-minute speech on the crisis. Just like the 100+ public talks I have done over the past year. Destroying sovereign states, creating billions of refugees, shitting on our children’s inheritance, and wiping out what’s left of the natural world justifies concrete acts
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