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Sunday 26 November 2023

Schadenfreude for Christmas



The Last Generation climate change group has been designated as a “criminal organization” by the Munich Regional Court, which announced the ruling on Thursday after considering ten complaints from the climate activists over searches and seizures.

The court dismissed the complaints, ruling that the Last Generation meets the requirements to be considered an organized crime group – arguing that committing crimes does not necessarily need to be the only purpose of a group to be designated as such.

The court said the group’s activities, including disrupting traffic and damaging property, constitute a significant threat to public safety and order.



Who are they?


The Last Generation, a Germany-based group within the Europe-wide A22 network that includes Britain's Just Stop Oil, has made headlines in Germany with hundreds of road blocks by protesters who glued themselves to the tarmac

4 comments:

Sam Vega said...

"The last generation"? I would have thought that reminding people that we won't be able to generate power if they had their way isn't the smartest marketing move.

A K Haart said...

Sam - that's what struck me, it's so defeatist. Why bother then? is the implication.

Tammly said...

I suppose it's more catchy than "The first generation not to be able to think at all".

A K Haart said...

Tammly - although you could reduce that to NATTAAN1 (Not Able To Think At All No1). Not that we are likely to see a No2.