Last Generation climate group disband in Austria blaming lack of success

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Austria's Interior Ministry recorded 230 criminal charges for members of the group in 2023, with the activists repeatedly blocking roads and causing disruption.

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00:00The Austrian branch of the Climate Action Group Last Generation announced that they

00:06are disbanding and ending their protests. Activists say that they aren't seeing any

00:10prospect for success and that the government is not responding to their requests.

00:15The form of protest was absolutely necessary at the time we decided to do it. We needed

00:20a certain daily disruption. At the end of the day, the problem of failure is that not

00:25enough people dared, didn't have the courage to stand up peacefully against the government

00:30and to oppose it.

00:32Last Generation had several tactics but mostly relied on disruptive forms of action. One

00:37of the group's infamous acts includes blocking traffic by gluing themselves to busy roads

00:42and airport tarmacs.

00:46Communication experts say that this form of disruption does catch the public's attention

00:50but is often short-lived and does not result in political change.

00:55I think it's better this way. Why?

00:57Because they won't achieve anything with it.

00:59Why?

01:01Because it has to be decided on a high level and not on the streets.

01:06I don't think it's good because the attention of climate activists has already contributed

01:10to people starting to think.

01:13Activists of the group claim that this does not mean the resistance is over, but instead

01:18that it is time for new and different campaigns to form.

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