Some describe them as “Khmer Greens”, others as environmental activists who follow the lineage of the suffragettes.
Since January 28, they have been called the “soup throwers” because of their feat of arms: a thermos of soup emptied onto the protective glass of
the Mona Lisa
at the Louvre.
The two activists claim this action in the name of Food Response.
A few days later, on February 10, same collective, same operation.
This time it is a painting by Monet which is targeted:
Le Printemps,
exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon under glass.
“
This spring will be the only one we have left if we don’t react.
What will our future artists paint?”,
we can read on social networks.
February 21 in Paris.
A few members of Riposte Alimentaire are waiting for the barge in a room of the old town hall in the 4th arrondissement.
Since 2021, the Haussmann building has become the Climate Academy.
The small troop leads a public meeting, in front of a handful of budding activists.
On either side, no one seems to be over thirty, and the jeans-sneakers combo dominates.
Participants registered via an internet form on the collective's website and only received information about the meeting location at the very last moment, on their cell phones.
At the end of the meeting, everyone will be…
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