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How Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction

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Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction - now the movement has gone deeper underground.

The group's official line is that they've won their battle because their demand that there should be no new oil and gas licences is now government policy.

Members of JSO admit tough new powers brought in to police disruptive protests have made it almost impossible for groups like it to operate.

A group called Shut the System ( STS ) has carried out a series of criminal attacks on the offices of finance and insurance companies.

They argue the legal changes mean traditional forms of accountable protest aren't viable anymore.

Citizen's Arrest Network (CAN) is attempting to flip the script by using the law of public nuisance to make their protests heard.

JSO's message on the urgency of action on climate change got lost in the outrage caused by their disruptive campaigning.

Rupert Read , a former spokesperson for XR , believes campaigners should now focus on building a mass movement.

He's working with the former head of the Green Party , Caroline Lucas , on a new organisation, the Climate Majority Project .

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