French court suspends ban on climate movement accused of ‘ecoterrorism’

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-court-ban-climate-movement-protest-eco-terrorism/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1339136

Archived version: https://archive.ph/pdhwa
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230811194902/https://www.politico.eu/article/france-court-ban-climate-movement-protest-eco-terrorism/

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FrankLaskey@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y

Unless violence against innocents is being perpetrated or threatened, the terrorist label should not be used. Property damage against industrial polluters and non-violent civil disobedience should never be counted as terrorism. Frankly, at this point, this kind of action is arguably a moral imperative.