“No Justice, No Peace!” has long been a popular slogan among protesters in the US, Europe, and around the world. It means that power cannot expect to carry on in peace in the absence of justice; injustice will be met by continuous civil unrest.
But this warning is of little effect when power does not care about peace. When disruption and insecurity in society actually serves the interests of power, indeed, this threat soothes more than disturbs them.
A more apt slogan, and one which will reach directly to the top of the power structure, will get their attention, frighten them, and is more likely to force them to cede to the demands of protesters, is “No Justice, No Profit”.
This means, quite simply, that injustice will be met with continuous disruption of the financial interests of power. They will not be allowed to profit in an environment, in a system, of tyranny and oppression.
The policy-making elites are largely isolated from the broader society. They live in insulated bubbles of privilege; civil unrest does not touch them. Disruption of their profits touches them instantly.
It is impossible to threaten someone with consequences which will not impact them; “No Justice, No Profit” impacts power directly. It imposes consequences precisely upon those who set policy.