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VLCC rates (Very Large Crude Carrier)
$50-$100k / day pre-war
$1,000k /day now.
So much winning**It is actually helping us get away from oil so it is actually winning, just far more violently than I'd wish for.
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/23/anti-protest-sentences-rise-england-wales-political-prisoners #UkCriminalJustice #EnvironmentalActivism #Protest #PalestineAction #UkNews #Law #PrisonsAndProbation #JustStopOil #Palestine
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Criminalisation of climate protesters in UK is counterproductive, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/criminalisation-of-climate-protesters-in-uk-is-counterproductive-research-finds #EnvironmentalActivism #Protest #ClimateCrisis #Psychology #JustStopOil #Environment #Science #UkNews
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#RightToProtest is under attack in #England and #Wales, reports warn
#HumanRightsWatch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealedby Haroon Siddique
Thu 8 Jan 2026"The right to protest is under attack in England and Wales with laws trampling over human rights protections and more oppressive restrictions in the pipeline, two major reports have warned.
"Both Human Rights Watch and the cross-party law reform organisation Justice say recent legislative changes have created a chilling effect on lawful protest and should be repealed. Their reports, simultaneously published on Thursday, also say that proposals for more curbs should be halted.
"They highlight the arrest of Republic #AntiMonarchy protesters during King Charles’s coronation, charges and arrests of #ProPalestinian demonstrators and long sentences for #ClimateProtesters as examples of the crackdown on the right to peaceful dissent.
"Fiona Rutherford, chief executive of Justice, said: 'Year by year, we see police powers grow, as our fundamental right to protest is treated more like a privilege. The law in this area has become dangerously unbalanced, empowering the state to silence voices it should be safeguarding. Reversing this trend is essential to restoring trust, protecting rights and preserving a healthy democracy.'
"Lydia Gall, a senior Europe and Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: 'The UK is now adopting protest-control tactics imposed in countries where democratic safeguards are collapsing. The UK should oppose such measures, not replicate and endorse them.'
"Both reports say that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the #PublicOrderAct 2023 were watershed moments, criminalising large amounts of previously lawful protest activity and placing a greater emphasis on preemptive containment of protest through criminal law.
The 2022 law granted police authority to impose conditions on public assemblies on grounds such as causing 'serious unease' or being 'too noisy', described by Human Rights Watch as 'vague and subjective'.
"Members of the public can be arrested for carrying items – described as innocuous by Justice – including cable ties, bike locks or glue, on suspicion that they may be used for 'locking‑on'."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KORuE#CriminalizingProtest #SilencingDissent #EnvironmentalActivists #GazaGenocide #HumanRights #AntiProtestLaws
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highly recommend this series of 4 episodes about #JustStopOil protesters who are political prisoners in the #UK and the devastating effect of #StateRepression on themselves and their families.
#GifsArtidote: the extreme crackdown by #UKgov on peaceful protest & direct action shows the narcissistic power dynamic in the relationship between civilians and the state. when the state acts with impunity, resistance becomes moral duty.
the state has the #responsibility to respond decisively and systematically to tackle imminent threats to life and our environment caused by this political and economic system.
just like my ex-partner has to take responsibility for systemic threats to his life by his trauma induced thinking and behaviour (his political system on micro level) and his actions as a result (his economic system on micro level, for instance spending money on alcohol & weed whilst cutting on healthy food & essentials). if he then manipulates me to sacrifice my income to sustain him, i have a moral duty to take responsibility for myself and protest that demand by stating he first needs to take steps to address the causes of his fundamental problems, in other words, take accountability.
same happened with these protesters. they pointed out the state should stop fossil fuel extraction and consumption because it's threatening our collective life and environment. but because the #BillionaireClass relentless addiction to profit and fossil fuel, they manipulate civilians into believing we have to pay for their 'essentials' instead of dealing with the root cause of climate change: #capitalism and #authoritarianism. their actions show the government only represents the billionaire class, and the system is set up to only benefit them, like narcissists do.
by gaslighting the public to believe these protesters are terrorists they destract and ignore their own terrorism by deliberately fuelling climate catastrophe to maintain the status quo of capitalists' narcissistic psychopathic megalomania.
now, like my personal situation, the #StateWeAreIn is life threatening. therefore militant direct action is justified to save our lives, our dependants lives and our environment. narcissistic psychopaths can only be stopped through cutting off all contact, enablement and money before a multi-disciplinary intervention, restrainment of freedom and then psychological treatment.
we can all take personal responsibility to #educate #organise & #resist through #boycotting big business, #invest in local community, #sabotage the system and create alternatives. but the most important priority is focusing on caring for ourselves and each other, setting boundaries and defending them, asking for help and looking to help others.
to be honest, i have no one I can ask and state & community services seem to have largely abandoned me, or are grossly insufficient.
i am looking to build a social safety net for myself, so if you can offer any emotional support and you are yourself emotionally and psychologically stable, please contact me. don't expect anything in return though, i have given my all and am running on empty, in every sense of the word. see it as an investment with a long term return. i also don't trust anyone so bring good references and accreditation cause i don't take nobody's bullshit.
if you do succeed in building my trust in you, you'll have a sibling for life who'll return the favour. -
That time Just Stop Oil and Greenpeace joined forces with Jeremy Clarkson and Nigel Farage so Landowners could carry on avoiding Inheritance Tax
Get the feeling our 'opposition' is already compromised?
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/gallery/london-farmers-rally-photos-show-30404497
#JustStopOil #GreenPeace #JeremyClarkson #NigelFarage #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #CimateCrisis
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"#UniversalSuicide": An imprisoned #ClimateActivist on why the fight for the planet still matters
#JustStopOil cofounder Roger Hallam spoke with Salon about overcoming climate despair and taking action
By Matthew Rozsa
Staff Writer
October 24, 2024"Many people don’t need something as dramatic as #HurricaneMilton to tell them our climate is spiraling out of control. It’s evident everywhere, from the U.K. recently reporting its second worst #harvest on record to #Antarctica turning green to the U.S. spending $150 billion a year on climate change-related #ExtremeWeather events.
"But this isn’t some mysterious crisis. We know #FossilFuel companies are responsible for the emissions heating the globe. But instead of fixing it, these corporations have lied to the public, bribed politicians and sowed distrust in science. Meanwhile, governments are giving more money than ever to fossil fuel companies via subsidies, with a record $7 trillion cashed out to #BigOil in 2022.
"Some climate activist groups would like to bring your attention to this issue. But they are often arrested and get the book thrown at them when they demonstrate. Climate activist Roger Hallam knows this all too well, as he serves a five-year prison sentence for #BlockingTraffic — and, as he explained to Salon, his plight is a warning to Americans who vote for politicians that deny climate science.
"Hallam, who described himself as a #PoliticalPrisoner, was incarcerated for his role in leading and participating in an anti-climate change demonstration in November 2022. For four days, Hallam and more than three dozen other activists climbed a gantry and thereby blocked traffic in London’s critically important #M25 motorway."
#ExxonKnew #BigOilAndGas #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #BigOilAndGas #SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #EarthDefenders
#Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #HumanRights #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis -
And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from #FossilFuels? #BigOil is the real criminal here!
#ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
By Kara Fox, CNN
September 14, 2024London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.
"Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.
"In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.
"Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.
"Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.
"The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.
"They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.
"The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.
"But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.
“'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.
"The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html#BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe -
It’s no surprise that big #polluting companies are not happy about annual #CarbonTax increases. But it is #unfair that #BritishColumbians must pay the full carbon tax when the #OilAndGas industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of #BritishColumbia #CarbonEmissions, gets a carbon #TaxBreak.
The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon #TaxRevenues. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This #RevenueLoss means fewer dollars to pay for #ClimateAction.
These changes point to a #BCgovernment that is far too cosy with the oil and gas #industry. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on #ClimateChange. #Disasters in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the #BCeconomy.
If B.C. really wants to be a #climate leader, the government must stop pandering to lobbying by the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change and act in the interests of all British Columbians
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/
#BCNDP #Ecocide #BanCorporateLobbyists #BCpoli #ConflictOfPublicInterest #EcoJustice #environmental #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #CrimesAgainstHumanity #EcocidalManiacs #CapitalistCrimes #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #SuperSelloutBCNDP #SuperCorruptBC #PNW #PollutedPoliticians #EndCorporateWelfare #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #HorganizedCrimesContinue #JustStopOil #DivestFromFossilFuels
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Maybe I read #Orwell's 1984 too many times, but doesn't it seem like handing down harsh prison sentences to #JustStopOil activates for just THINKING about a possible #DirectAction constitute #ThoughtCrime?!!
#TruthTellers #PeopleOverProfits #ClimateEmergency #Ecocide #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest
#CriminalizingDissent
#BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders #Fascism
#CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy
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TY to @RadicalAnthro for making me aware of this!
Five #JustStopOil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for #nonviolent #protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause #PublicNuisance
Damien Gayle
Thu 18 Jul 2024 12.47 EDT"Gethin, who offered her own comments in mitigation, said: 'I want to remind the court once more that my reasons for taking action were not beliefs or opinions. Earth’s life-support systems are breaking down due to human activities, whether we believe it or not.
"'These are not beliefs or opinions and feeling strongly that this is wrong is greatly understandable, I would argue. I deeply regret that this action was necessary … I maintain that it was necessary and I stand by my actions as the most effective option available to me.'
"Supporters of the defendants expressed outrage at the sentences, which came after a two-week trial in which the judge denied them any of the defences in law for causing a public nuisance.
"Hehir ruled that the jury should not take into account evidence about #ClimateBreakdown, which the defendants wanted to point to as the key motivation behind their actions, and which they said provided them with a #ReasonableExcuse for them."
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#FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CriminalizingDissent #BiodiversityNecessityDefense #EarthDefenders #SLAPPs #Fascism #SLAPPs #CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy #EarthDefenders #Article20 #ExtremeProtestGroups #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense
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4/X Ns. raivoaktivismi - mitä esim. Twitterissä nähtiin / nähdään surullisen paljon - jossa esim. hyökätään yksittäisten yksityishenkilöiden kimppuun - ei saa suurta massaa asioiden puolelle. Tai kun tehdään aktioita, joita on rationaalisesti vaikea selittää asiaan liittyväksi - esim. #JustStopOil in moiset
Se #Elokapina nkin tavoittelema kriittinen massa ei ylity. Itse asia ei etene. Monesti jopa hidastuu.
#poliisivakivalta #julkisuus #huomio #media #yhteiskunta #kansalaisaktivismi #aktivismi
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3/X #Ilmastokriisi in liittyen esim. #JustStopOil in aktiot ovat ihan oikeasti vain haitallisia #ilmasto asioiden edistämiselle - se ryhmä on ymmärtänyt väärin, miten #julkisuus toimii.
Sen aktiot eivät myöskään #Elokapina n tapaan ole nostaneet esiin mitään muuta yhteiskunnallisesti hyödyllistä asiaa.
#poliisiväkivalta #huomio #media #yhteiskunta #kansalaisaktivismi #aktivismi #poliisi
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UN flags ‘grave concerns’ over government's clampdown on climate protesters | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/un-flags-grave-concerns-over-governments-clampdown-climate-protesters#UN
#UKGov
#Protests
#ProtestBans
#ClimateProtests
#UNSpecialRapporteurOnEnviromentalDefenders
#Forst
#PublicOrderAct2023
#PublicOrderAct
#JustStopOil
#InsulateBritain
#PoliceCrimeSentencingAndCourtsAct
#Murdock
#NewsUK
#ClimateScience
#ClimateScienceSuppression
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The right to #protest is under threat in #Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy
By JILL LAWLESS
December 26, 2023LONDON (AP) — "For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading '#JustStopOil' off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison sentence. Just for walking slowly down the street, scores of people have been arrested.
"They are among hundreds of #environmental activists arrested for peaceful demonstrations in the U.K., where tough new laws restrict the right to protest.
"The Conservative government says the laws prevent extremist activists from hurting the economy and disrupting daily life. Critics say #CivilRights are being eroded without enough scrutiny from lawmakers or protection by the courts. They say the sweeping arrests of peaceful #demonstrators, along with government officials labeling #EnvironmentalActivists #extremists, mark a worrying departure for a liberal democracy.
"'Legitimate protest is part of what makes any country a safe and civilized place to live',' said Jonathon Porritt, an #ecologist and former director of #FriendsOfTheEarth, who joined a vigil outside London’s Central Criminal Court to protest the treatment of demonstrators.
"'The government has made its intent very clear, which is basically to suppress what is legitimate, lawful protest and to use every conceivable mechanism at their disposal to do that.'"
#DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas #SLAPPs #AbolishTheMonarchy #2023PublicOrderAct
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So meat should be classified as a "sustainable diet" at #COP28... Oil/gas probably as a sustainable #climate contribution
➡️ this #Cop28Dubai is doomed #COP28UAE
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Fleisch soll also auf der #COP28 als "nachhaltige Ernährung" eingestuft werden ... Öl/Gas wahrscheinlich als nachhaltiger #Klimabeitrag
➡️ diese #Cop28Dubai ist zum Scheitern verurteilt #COP28UAE
#ClimateActionNow #juststopoil #EndFossilFuels -
Fleisch soll also auf der #COP28 als "nachhaltige Ernährung" eingestuft werden ... Und Öl/Gas wahrscheinlich als nachhaltiger Klimabeitrag, diese #Cop28Dubai ist nur noch lost #COP28UAE
#ClimateActionNow #juststopoil #EndFossilFuels
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Here are some of the activists around the world you should definitely keep an eye out for and whose work you should absolutely support in 2023. 🌎🌍🔊Check them out — they are all amazing! #HopeInAction
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/activists-to-watch-in-2023/
#biodiversity #ClimateEmergency
#climatejustice #climate #climatechange #Nature #climatefuture #environment
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ClimateCrisis #risk #amazonia #amazon #forest #impacts #Environmental #Planning #humanrights #earth #planet #People #juststopoil #geography -
Here are some of the activists around the world you should definitely keep an eye out for and whose work you should absolutely support in 2023. 🌎🌍🔊Check them out — they are all amazing! #HopeInAction
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/activists-to-watch-in-2023/
#biodiversity #ClimateEmergency
#climatejustice #climate #climatechange #Nature #climatefuture #environment
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ClimateCrisis #risk #amazonia #amazon #forest #impacts #Environmental #Planning #humanrights #earth #planet #People #juststopoil #geography -
Here are some of the activists around the world you should definitely keep an eye out for and whose work you should absolutely support in 2023. 🌎🌍🔊Check them out — they are all amazing! #HopeInAction
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/activists-to-watch-in-2023/
#biodiversity #ClimateEmergency
#climatejustice #climate #climatechange #Nature #climatefuture #environment
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ClimateCrisis #risk #amazonia #amazon #forest #impacts #Environmental #Planning #humanrights #earth #planet #People #juststopoil #geography
