Just Stop Oil (JSO) has announced that they will stop protesting, with a final protest planned in Parliament Square on April 26.
In an email to supporters, the group said that they are "hanging up the high vis", though will still be accepting donations.
“Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept over 4.4 billion barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences unlawful," the group said.
“So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison.
"We have exposed the corruption at the heart of our legal system, which protects those causing death and destruction while prosecuting those seeking to minimize harm.
"Just Stop Oil will continue to tell the truth in the courts, speak out for our political prisoners and call out the UK’s oppressive anti-protest laws. We continue to rely on small donations from the public to make this happen.”
The eco-group said that "this is not the end of civil resistance" and that they are instead creating a "different approach" to action.
The statement continued: "Governments everywhere are retreating from doing what is needed to protect us from the consequences of unchecked fossil fuel burning. As we head towards 2°C of global heating by the 2030s, the science is clear: billions of people will have to move or die and the global economy is going to collapse.
"This is unavoidable. We have been betrayed by a morally bankrupt political class.
"As corporations and billionaires corrupt political systems across the world, we need a different approach. We are creating a new strategy, to face this reality and to carry our responsibilities at this time. Nothing short of a revolution is going to protect us from the coming storms."
The group has called on "everyone who wants to be a part of building the new resistance" to participate in a final march in Parliament Square next month.
JSO's antics over the past three years have ranged from chucking soup at paintings, to interrupting theatre performances.
Last summer, five supporters of Just Stop Oil were handed multiyear sentences for planning road-block protests on the M25.
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In an email to supporters, the group said that they are "hanging up the high vis", though will still be accepting donations.
“Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept over 4.4 billion barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences unlawful," the group said.
“So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison.
"We have exposed the corruption at the heart of our legal system, which protects those causing death and destruction while prosecuting those seeking to minimize harm.
"Just Stop Oil will continue to tell the truth in the courts, speak out for our political prisoners and call out the UK’s oppressive anti-protest laws. We continue to rely on small donations from the public to make this happen.”
The eco-group said that "this is not the end of civil resistance" and that they are instead creating a "different approach" to action.
The statement continued: "Governments everywhere are retreating from doing what is needed to protect us from the consequences of unchecked fossil fuel burning. As we head towards 2°C of global heating by the 2030s, the science is clear: billions of people will have to move or die and the global economy is going to collapse.
"This is unavoidable. We have been betrayed by a morally bankrupt political class.
"As corporations and billionaires corrupt political systems across the world, we need a different approach. We are creating a new strategy, to face this reality and to carry our responsibilities at this time. Nothing short of a revolution is going to protect us from the coming storms."
The group has called on "everyone who wants to be a part of building the new resistance" to participate in a final march in Parliament Square next month.
JSO's antics over the past three years have ranged from chucking soup at paintings, to interrupting theatre performances.
Last summer, five supporters of Just Stop Oil were handed multiyear sentences for planning road-block protests on the M25.
More to follow...
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