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World snooker championship disrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters in Sheffield
Just Stop Oil protesters forced a stoppage in play early in the evening session at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield
www.theguardian.com
I may be a little out of place here in that I'm probably one of the 14 people in the US who actually watch/play/follow snooker lol, but anyway...
“They are demanding that the Government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the Government’s genocidal policies.”
The former world champion Stephen Hendry, on commentary duties for the BBC, said: “I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It’s a first. It caught us all by surprise.”
The latest protest – and the publicity it immediately generated – will also raise concerns across sport of copycat incidents in the weeks ahead, especially as it came just two days after 118 animal rights protesters were arrested after disrupting the Grand National start.
If memory serves, these are the same folks who have been attempting to cause havoc at various art museums
I'd have to question their strategy on two fronts.
1) It would seem as if their targets of protest are ones that really have nothing to do with fossil fuel policy.
2) It would seem as if their targeting of art, in particular, runs the risk of alienating people who could otherwise be receptive to their message. (I don't think I'm saying anything off-base by suggesting that the "artsy crowd" and climate change activism crowd likely have a high degree of overlap in terms of political affiliation and social issues)