Vandalism – Will the radicals kill political ecology?

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Paintings ransacked, charitable foundation attacked: does the emotional terrorism of Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion make the spring of ecology?

By Antoine Boitel

Ln October 21 at the Paris Motor Show, donations have been pouring in for several days in favor of the Perce-Neige Foundation, which helps people with mental disabilities. The operation is simple: two collectors sensitive to this cause exhibit about fifteen very rare sports cars that visitors can admire up close in exchange for a donation of 5 euros by SMS in favor of this organization founded by Lino Ventura in 1966. But on Friday, everything changed on the stand when a dozen environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion swooped down on the luxury vehicles to glue their palms to them with strong glue. On the sidelines, two others film the action, then send it to social networks before being interrupted by the arrival of the police. Three…

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