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The Guardian - AU
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Jeff Sparrow

If you don’t like climate activists staging art gallery protests, organise something better

Just Stop Oil protesters throw tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on 14 October, shouting: 'Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?'
Just Stop Oil protesters throw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on 14 October, shouting: 'Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?' Photograph: Just Stop Oil/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

In the midst of a worsening environmental disaster, protests matter more than ever.

Last week, two Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting in London as part of a broader push for the cessation of new fossil fuel projects – something the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes as crucial to prevent climate disaster.

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