I went UNDERCOVER with JUST STOP OIL

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas Watch my Nebula-exclusive class "How to Research Like a PhD Student": https://nebula.tv/how-to-research-like-a-phd-student?ref=tomnicholas A video about Just Stop Oil. Written, directed and presented by Tom Nicholas. Edited by Georgia Burrows. Research by Jon Nash. *Chapters* 00:00 Teaser 03:00 A Day Out in London 06:52 Who are Just Stop Oil? 13:18 Waiting for the Activists 17:03 Just Stop Oil's Theory of Change 24:27 The Activists Arrive 27:28 What's it like to perform a JSO Action? 30:39 The Big Event 33:28 Just Stop Oil's Critics 41:00 The Police Arrive 45:08 The UK's Crackdown on Political Activism 53:06 The Activists are Arrested 55:21 Does Just Stop Oil's Activism Work? 59:34 A Special Announcement *Blurb* Just Stop Oil are a group of climate activists based in the UK. They came to international prominence in October 2022 when two of their activists threw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers. I recently got in touch with JSO to ask if they'd be willing to sit down for an interview about their tactics. They offered me one better: the chance to follow along as they pulled off a controversial plot to break the glass casing surrounding Magna Carta. Along the way, we'll explore where the group came from, what their goals are, and whether controversial, disruptive activism can really bring about meaningful action on the climate crisis. Support my work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitch: http://twitch.tv/tom_nicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound