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   From: ltlee1@hotmail.com   
      
   In Western democracies, the legal system is used to limit civil   
   disobedience as a form of political protest.   
      
   "Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws   
   across the US"   
      
      
   "Civil disobedience is a form of political protest that involves   
   breaking the law in a planned, symbolic way – which activists and rights   
   experts say is part of the bedrock of a democratic society and in the   
   tradition of civil rights movements.   
      
   The months-long investigation by the Guardian found that companies and   
   lawmakers sought to increase the threat of criminal action against   
   activists to protect oil and gas expansion – even as deadly and   
   destructive extreme weather events hit communities nationwide.   
      
   Last year was the hottest on record, and wildfires, baking temperatures,   
   deadly floods and rising sea levels struck communities across North   
   America – and the rest of the world. Under the Biden administration, the   
   US has handed out more than 1,450 new oil and gas licences, accounting   
   for half of the total globally, and 20% more licences than those issued   
   by Donald Trump, who has promised to “drill, baby, drill” should he   
   return to the White House.   
      
   The findings from dozens of freedom of information requests suggest that   
   the right to peaceful protest is under attack in the US – much like in   
   other major democracies including the UK, Germany, Canada and   
   Australia."   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-law   
   -fossil-fuel-lobby   
      
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