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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Extinction Rebellion would be the famous example of a group that has publically distanced themselves from JSO's methods. They believe in protest but simultaneously are wary of alienating people by taking their stunts too far.

Actually I had a friend from uni who was in XR and he helped organise a protest at Canning Town tube station where they clambered ontop of the train in rush hour to try to stop it. He was saying later that he thought they probably made a bad call picking that specific part of the city.