After 38 attacks on art, climate protesters have fallen into big oil’s trap – it’s time to change tack

Photo caption: ‘Activists are now caught in the same repetitive cycles of capitalist-induced torpor that they sought to release us all from’ … two Riposte Alimentaire protesters splash the Mona Lisa with soup. Photo credit: David Cantiniaux / AFP TV / AFP / Getty Images. Article by Giovanni Aloi. The Guardian – February 6, 2024.

How many of the 38 environmental protests staged in museums in 2022 can you remember? How many of the more recent ones only generated widespread outrage? Did any of them lead to tangible change? The protesters’ cause is serious, the threat is very real, the message is important and urgent. But is it not getting through to the public? […]

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