From this moment despair ends and tactics begin

From this moment despair ends and tactics begin is a stencil mural at Marble Arch in London by the graffiti artist Banksy. It was created during Extinction Rebellion protests in London in 2019 when Marble Arch was a base for the protestors.^[1]

From this moment despair ends and tactics begin
Artist	Banksy
Year	2019 (2019)
Coordinates	51°30′47″N 0°09′33″W

The slogan is a quotation from The Revolution of Everyday Life by the Situationist philosopher Raoul Vaneigem.^[2] This book was first published in 1967 as Traité de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes générations and inspired many such slogans painted as graffiti by Paris students during the unrest of May 68.^[3] It then inspired British revolutionaries such as the Angry Brigade.^[4]

The accompanying picture shows a child planting a seedling and labelling it with the extinction symbol, which is the logo of Extinction Rebellion.^[5][6]

See also

• List of works by Banksy