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If Just Stop Oil “won,” who lost?

Spoiler: It might be everyone

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Zion Lights
Apr 10, 2025
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Credit: Just Stop Oil

Social movements love talking about “tipping points.” In Extinction Rebellion UK, we were borderline obsessed with one in particular: the so-called 3.5% rule - a stat lifted from research suggesting that when just 3.5% of a population actively engages in protest, social change becomes inevitable. But there’s a catch: that 3.5% figur…

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