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Jan 12, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Activists in #Lützerath have made an underground tunnel to delay eviction.
This high-risk tactic is extremely effective and has a proud history in the UK.
As ever, solidarity with those resisting fossil capitalism! 🧵 1/8
Tunnels are an effective way of slowing down evictions, used by British climate activists since the '90s.
The most famous is Swampy, who spent a week resisting eviction for the expansion of a motorway.
He became the dreadlocked symbol of Britain's "crusty" climate movement. 2/8