Eco-saboteurs are thinking up new ways to tackle SUVs

The Pick | Novara Media's best articles, every week, straight to your inbox.

After Deflating Thousands of Tyres, Eco-Saboteurs Are Thinking Up New Ways to Tackle SUVs Clare Hymer: It's half past midnight on a Tuesday in February, and I'm in Clifton, Bristol's most expensive suburb. In a quiet spot without street lights or security cameras, Ford*, Simon*, Holly* and Zack* – four of Bristol's 'Tyre Extinguishers' – are getting ready for an evening of sabotage.  Adjusting their jackets and face coverings, the activists talk briefly about the streets they'll hit ("let's stay away from that road – that has lots of CCTV"). They then distribute leaflets and bags of lentils between them, and they're off. By now, the group has the process down to a fine art. Keeping chat to a minimum, they roam the streets looking for 'sports utility vehicles', or SUVs. When they find one, they check there's no disability badge on the dashboard, and if not, one person deflates a tyre ("unscrew the valve cap, lentil in, screw it back on, done") while another puts a leaflet on the windscreen explaining what's happened and why. The whole process takes less than ten seconds. Then they move on to the next vehicle, a satisfying hissing sound following them down the street. In just under an hour, the Bristol Tyre Extinguishers disabled around 80 climate-wrecking vehicles. This was more than in any other city that night, an international night of action which saw groups in London, Paris, Milan and elsewhere let down hundreds of tyres to mark one year of pulse-based activism. CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... FEATURE Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right by Charlotte England A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports. Read more... FEATURE How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence by Craig Gent The cost of living crisis is only compounding crises of poverty and mental health nationwide. But one community in Barrow-in-Furness is pulling together. Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ Back truly independent media. We've got big plans for our written journalism, aiming to bring you even more analysis, opinion and reporting that you're unlikely to find anywhere else.  Support us with a monthly donation from just £1 per month to help us to plan our future, and be more resilient in the media space.  Alternatively, you can support us with a one-off donation. We know times are really tough, so any support you give does not go unnoticed. Thanks so much – we couldn't do this without you. Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

This email was sent to sauuuuul.peliculas@blogger.com why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Thousand Hands Ltd trading as Novara Media · 10 Bridge Street · Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1EF · United Kingdom