'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest
13 Mar 2025
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| An activist cuts cables in the City of London. Photograph: Shut The System |
Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy.
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