Five people have been arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted a performance of Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End.
During a performance of the song Do You Hear the People Sing? members of the Just Stop Oil group stormed the stage with banners. In a video of the protest posted online, the performance came to a halt as one member shouted “just stop oil”, to boos from the audience.
I, for one, support Just Stop Oil. Any form of fighting, raising awareness or disruption to tackle the global warming and pollution issue that so many of us shrug off. We take too much for granted.
Personally I am wary of any group that has Roger Hallam in it, I also dont like their reductive story telling about civil disobedience / non violence and their whole “our plan WILL work, trust me bro”. I still am in solidarity with their actions and goals, but I dont support the brand / organization behind it or all the similar ones around the globe.
The problem isn’t raising awareness imo, god knows there’s enough information out there constantly… the battle now is getting people to care/believe.
In that respect, my view is that JSOs approach is counterproductive. I support protest around this, but it needs to be better than this.
Maybe you are right too - mayhaps it’s not the right way. You can’t deny that the intentions are right - maybe they just need better plan.
I’m burning trees down to protest and setting fire to car tires, thank you for supporting me! Would you like to donate to the cause?
Have JSO actually burned down trees and car tyres in protest?