If you don’t like climate activists staging art gallery protests, organise something better | Jeff Sparrow

It's far better to speak too loud than to remain silent. With the environmental catastrophe accelerating day by day, activism has never been more important

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In the midst of a worsening environmental disaster, protests matter more than ever.

Last week, two Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting in London as part of a broader push for the cessation of new fossil fuel projects - something the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes as crucial to prevent climate disaster.