Austria’s version of Just Stop Oil, desperately named “Last Generation”, has had to shut down, citing a lack of “success” as their excuse. For three years the climate crusaders created chaos across the country through the familiar eco-warrior tactics – blocking roads and hurling paint at artworks. They even thought to march through residential streets of Vienna at 4:30 a.m. with bells and bullhorns to disturb unwitting citizens. Now they’re facing their own wake-up call…
After mounting legal issues over their useless and disruptive actions, Last Generation have been forced to give up – their remaining assets to be used to finance the costs of “criminalisation and investigations”. Guido can only hope JSO will be next…