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Nathan Theurkauf

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"Article text courtesy of nytimes.com"

When Soup and Mashed Potatoes are Thrown, Can the Earth Win?

The van Gogh and Monet paintings targeted in recent climate protests were unharmed. But a debate about tactics rages.

 

First it was cake smeared on the Mona Lisa in Paris, then tomato soup splattered across a van Gogh in London, and then, on Sunday, liquefied mashed potatoes hurled at a Monet in a museum in Potsdam.

What these actions shared, aside from involving priceless art and carbs, was the intentions of the protesters behind them. Desperate to end complacency about the climate crisis and to pressure governments to stop the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, they said they had resorted to such high profile tactics because little else has worked.

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