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Just Stop Oil to ‘hang up the high vis’ and end direct action
Just Stop Oil activists demonstrate in Parliament Square, Westminster, central London, to demand the government immediately halt all new oil, gas and coal projects in the UK, October 30, 2023
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CLIMATE activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) announced today it will “hang up the hi-vis,” declaring victory in its campaign to end new oil and gas projects.
The group, known for controversial direct action protests such as throwing soup on Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers and spray painting Charles Darwin’s grave, said it had achieved its primary goal.
In a statement, the campaign group said: “JSO’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history.
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