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Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference (apnews.com)

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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 185 points 8 months ago

They singled her out of the crowd to do this too. Interesting tactic on their part. Just makes for more awareness.

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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 120 points 8 months ago

i know she's trying to get charged because that's how these work, but how do you in good conscience do this to her?

i mean i guess anyone working those jobs had their soul removed already anyway

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 110 points 8 months ago

Cops work for the billionaire class, not us. They do the bidding of their masters and don't see us as anything but plebs. They don't have a conscience.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

ACAB

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Police protect property, not people.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

cops

a conscience

Pick one.

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[-] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 111 points 8 months ago

You know lemmy is better than Reddit when a post about Greta isn’t filled with people that feel personally attacked by a girl that is just trying to make the world a better place.

That always pissed me off so much.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, there was a time when non-violent protesters against societal ills were considered brave heroes. What happened?

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 90 points 8 months ago

If you strike her down, she will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

If you cut the head off the hydra, two more will grow in its place.

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[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 77 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Well-behaved women seldom make history."

I won't agree with her every decision nor statement, but I completely agree with her sentiment. After working for one of these oil majors, I believe it's going to take a lot of public pressure to get them to do the right thing. They'll do it, eventually, but the crusty execs need to be made to bend. My coworkers were all into sustainability and excited at new initiatives we'd hear about. It was the executive leadership that inhibited everything.

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[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 64 points 8 months ago

damn i knew the briish were pretty shit but I didn't know it was this bad 💀

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 89 points 8 months ago

Section 14 of the Public Order Act being used as intended - arresting peaceful protesters and protecting corporate and governmental interests.

[-] Skkorm@lemmy.world 57 points 8 months ago

Catching a charge for pissing off the oil companies and the governments they've bought, is something to be proud of

[-] spiderkle@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

Greta for EU president.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 11 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday that the 20-year-old Swedish campaigner was one of 26 people charged after protesters gathered outside the luxury InterContinental Hotel during the Energy Intelligence Forum.

Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted “oily money out” and sought to block access to the hotel on Tuesday.

The three-day conference, which runs until Thursday, features speakers including the chief executives of Shell, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor, as well as the U.K.’s energy security minister.

The protesters accuse fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit.

They also oppose the British government’s recent approval of drilling for oil in the North Sea, off the Scottish coast.

Thunberg inspired a global youth movement demanding stronger efforts to fight climate change after staging weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018.

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[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Mad lad just living her dream

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Big W

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