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[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The reason they stopped directly targeting oil infrastructure in the UK is because the oil/gas giants bought injunctions (private laws) banning protest near them, leading to people going to prison for holding signs on a grass verge outside an oil refinery.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Wow, I didn't know that! That's absolutely wild

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