Just Stop Oil threw tomato soup on a painting, an action that is not explicitly tied to their goals. The group did not get much attention from blockading oil terminals - but any assault on a loved object gains attention. "I think what you don't want to forget is that most people have some kind of aesthetic sense," says Banksy.
Tensions are simmering in London as climate protesters turn up the heat on their soup-flinging activism. Rishi Sunak’s government is attempting to keep the situation from boiling over.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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