Can someone please calmly explain how blocking a freeway across an ocean and a country on a different continent, is supposed to have any effect on a political issue in the middle east?

  • verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Blocking a highway is non-violent direct action that causes immediate economic impact and makes headlines. I can’t think of many better ways to protest. You’re talking like they took an elementary school class hostage.

    • sugar_in_your_tea
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      1 year ago

      They’re also preventing working class people from getting to work, which could result in them losing their jobs, violating terms of parole, etc. Highways move a lot more than goods in trucks…