Disruptive protest helps rather than hinders activists’ cause, experts say

Results contradict public view that disrupting events such as Wimbledon and Pride achieves nothing

Their guerrilla protests" on Britain's roads, at art galleries, museums, and cultural and sporting events have enraged the press, politicians and the public alike. But now experts have said they believe climate activists' most important weapon could be the strategic use of nonviolent disruptive tactics".

Nearly seven in 10 of academics surveyed rated disruptive protest tactics as at least quite important" to success of a movement, ranking it as more important than gaining media coverage or even strictly avoiding violent tactics.