{"id":23682,"date":"2022-10-04T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=23682"},"modified":"2022-10-04T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:54:47","slug":"doing-this-for-my-son-uk-climate-activist-gives-interview-while-handcuffed-hauled-off-by-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/04\/doing-this-for-my-son-uk-climate-activist-gives-interview-while-handcuffed-hauled-off-by-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Doing This for My Son&#8217;: UK Climate Activist Gives Interview While Handcuffed, Hauled Off by Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/banner_image_1x_xl\/public\/2022-10\/arrest.jpg?h=6f90b7a8&amp;itok=qu2Ngr4n\" alt=\"arrest\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A climate campaigner is carried off London&#8217;s Waterloo Bridge during an October 2, 2022 Just Stop Oil protest in the British capital. (Photo: Zoe Broughton\/screen grab)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The government&#8217;s inaction on climate change is a death sentence to us all,&#8221; the Just Stop Oil protester said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_author\/public\/2021-06\/brett-wilkins-200x200.jpg?h=55541bb6&amp;itok=st0jtEJy\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brett-wilkins\">BRETT WILKINS<\/a> October 3, 2022 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Climate campaigners on Monday<\/strong>&nbsp;hailed video footage of a British mother giving an interview while being hauled off by London police, with one prominent activist calling the clip &#8220;climate communication at its best.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The United Nations has said we should have no new oil.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of Just Stop Oil demonstrators&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/juststopoil.org\/2022\/10\/02\/just-stop-oil-supporters-block-waterloo-bridge-for-a-second-day\/\">marched<\/a>&nbsp;through central London Sunday, where activists blocked traffic on Waterloo Bride to demand that Britain&#8217;s new right-wing government address the cost-of-living and climate crises by stopping new fossil fuel projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video journalist Zoe Broughton was on the scene as Metropolitan Police officers<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1576595907919097857\">&nbsp;began arresting<\/a>&nbsp;protesters on the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m doing this for my son,&#8221; said one woman who was arrested on the bridge as multiple officers carried her handcuffed and in a prone position. &#8220;The government&#8217;s inaction on climate change is a death sentence to us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate communications at its best <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gHd9tLPMoY\">https:\/\/t.co\/gHd9tLPMoY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamieclimate\/status\/1577026597105725440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that &#8220;the United Nations has said we should have no new oil,&#8221; the activist lamented that new Conservative U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss &#8220;wants to open 130 new oil licenses.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a death sentence to this planet,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have you been to jail for justice? <br><br>Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustStop_Oil<\/a> supporters block Waterloo Bridge for a second day.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeMonbiot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgeMonbiot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisGPackham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisGPackham<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GretaThunberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustStopOil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JustStopOil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateEmergency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateAction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateAction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climatechange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#climatechange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/protest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/arrest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#arrest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZwcQGwEoh\">pic.twitter.com\/UZwcQGwEoh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zoe Broughton (@cameraZoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameraZoe\/status\/1576861440010375168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous other activists were also arrested. As they were led or carried off by police, a musician sang a version of the civil disobedience anthem &#8220;Have You Been to Jail for Justice?&#8221; written by the late Anne Feeney and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sitting in and lying down are ways to take a stand<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have you sung a song for freedom, or marched a picket line?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have you been to jail for justice? Oh, you&#8217;re a friend of mine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Was it Cesar Chavez? Maybe it was Dorothy Day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some will say Dr. King or Gandhi set them on their way<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No matter who your mentors are it&#8217;s pretty plain to see<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>That if you&#8217;ve been to jail for justice, you&#8217;re in good company.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A climate campaigner is carried off London&#8217;s Waterloo Bridge during an October 2, 2022 Just Stop Oil protest in the British capital. (Photo: Zoe Broughton\/screen grab) &#8220;The government&#8217;s inaction on climate change is a death sentence to us all,&#8221; the Just Stop Oil protester said. 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