Mastodawn

Gotta hand it to the authorities. At first, I was mad when they scrubbed the Banksy, but they have unintentionally made one of the most powerful artworks of all time.
Everything they do to hide or erase it makes it look more poignant than the original.

Remember that the judges & magistrates responsible for implementing anti-protest laws -- they have funding.

The fossil fuel industry is funding anti-protest legislation in every democracy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-laws-fossil-fuel-lobby

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/fossil-fuel-company-donate-lawmakers-anti-protest-exxon-koch

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/mountain-valley-pipeline-protest

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/rightwing-lobbyists-at-heart-of-anti-protest-bills-in-republican-states

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/19/as-resistance-grows-to-the-fossil-fuel-regime-laws-are-springing-up-everywhere-to-suppress-climate-activists

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/how-criminalisation-is-being-used-to-silence-climate-activists-across-the-world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/04/protest-rights-dutch-court-case-slapps-eu-greenpeace

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/19/environment-protest-being-criminalised-around-world-say-experts

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Order_Act_2023

Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US

Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests

The Guardian