It is an incredibly powerful tactic and one that has clearly worked very well. It takes a good handful of police to remove one protester. The more people willing to be arrested the better for their cause. This protest was done is a way that was peaceful with responsibility for individual actions. There was no smashing windows and running away here. You smashed it, you wait and get arrested. The lack of drugs and alcohol was key also. I’m absolutely all for it. Well organised. I can’t wait to see what they do after this pause. Keep going I say. They need further funding. I hope we have people like Banksy and others who contribute so that the next action is even more impressive.

It's all about critical mass. Despite 40yrs of the green movement the climate emergency escalates on all fronts. Govts need to act far more urgently so everyone can begin to introduce and build on sustainable ways of living into their lives much more effectively and easily. Just at the most basic levels - why the f*** are supermarkets still selling fresh goods wrapped in swathes of plastic? Why aren't car manufacturers penalised / prevented from producing diesel, emissions cheating exhaust systems? And so it goes on. Direct action like XR is another way of bringing this to the fore, and if they reach critical mass, change might follow.

Here are some ways to make air travel a little more green:

Fly less.
Choose a fuel-efficient airline.
Fly non stop.
Pick coach instead of first-class.
Select green airports.
Pack lightly.
Offset your carbon.

What a load of self-righteous BS

I'm sure they don't mind a flipper among their ranks.

Smashing glass doesn’t seem like a nice sustainability practice.

Yeah, best remain apathetic and do f*** all in that case.

That's what the internet is for. It's not a major dilemma at all. And there's rarely a shortage of available local muralists. If other artists want to do it that's up to them. I'm not preaching to anyone - it's a personal choice about my work based on thirty plus years of personal political beliefs and activism.

Maybe he sent the stencil via the post office from the WOH and a mate made it ...
This one has been made upside down ...
Still not on IG or in Brooks QG...

Yeah okay...

I’ve been to a “
peaceful “ yellow protest, police of these days, arrest or kick everybody, even people living in the streets or kids. They take too much amphétamine or speed.
I dint know why we see photos of “ good “‘cops ( guarding the Banksy or posing near it ) everywhere on IG. , here etc ,.
Never trust a cop, a cop is a cop and he is paid for that.

Anyway it’s funny as the Banksy made in London has more coverage than the other ones made in another countries or towns .,,

Actually a cop is not simply a cop (and being somebody that has been arrested quite a few times as a youngster demonstrator, I can’t believe I’m saying this).

The policing models around the world are VERY different, and that brings about very different relationships with the public. Policing strategies are political choices, tell you a lot about the society in which they are implemented, and deliver very different social equilibria.

After the London riots the Tory wanted to bring the Giuliani/Bratton fascist and moronic (data say so) “zero tolerance” approach to London. They had to give up because the Metropolitan Police revolted and saved us from this idiocy.

Cops in UK are also the ones that have been pushing for e.g. keeping bars and nightclubs open for longer hours at night, decriminalising the use of marijuana, and adamantly resisted being militarised in response to terrorism scares (thanks goddess, in UK regular cops have no firearms).

A cop ain’t just a cop - I’d take a British bobby over a trigger happy US cop, or a bully French one, any day.

Still not on Banksy IG...