A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic says it will abandon the tactic and move on to holding what it calls “disobedient assemblies.”
  • dillekant
    61·
    5 months ago

    The status quo: Yay!

    Activists: The new tactic is murder.

    The status quo: Oh no!

    • silence7OPM
      10·
      5 months ago

      There’s a lot of options between glue and murder

      • dillekant
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’ll settle for property damage. That’s my final offer.

  • ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi
    72·
    5 months ago

    Germany just doesn’t understand protesting

    If your protest doesn’t cause any disturbance just stay home

    • MrMakabar
      111·
      5 months ago

      No, it was just that glueing onto streets caused a lot of bad press. Then a bunch of farmers blocked streets with larger protests and the press was significantly better. So change in tactics.

      Also a move towards trying to cause problems for big emitters, rather then for the general public. So block a coal power plant rather then a random street in Berlin

    • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
      21·
      5 months ago

      If your goal is to get people on your side, you should strive for visibility, not annoyance. Annoyance doesn’t gain you sympathy, it costs you. It’s actively counterproductive.

      I’m repeating myself here, but pre-Covid FFF had the right strategy. They were starting to get results even.