London

At about midday, members of London Rising Tide (in support of the 'Plane Stupid' short haul callout) entered the CAA building (in Kingsway London WC2), and asked to see their Chairman Sir Roy McNulty to present him with a copy of the Tyndall Centre report on aviation and climate change.

Three grassroots professors of Climatology: Herb Garrett from Proper Climatology Innit Inc, Winston O'Boogie from Whither Science Bona Fide, and Wolfgang Lumpenback from Klimate Kaos Kosher, persuaded his PA to accept the science report and she promised to reply in writing to London Rising Tide.

TELL SHELL - HANDS OFF IRAQI OIL!

Join the Hands Off Iraqi Oil Protest at Shell's Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 15 May 2007
8.30am - 12 noon

Novotel London-West Hotel and Convention Centre,
1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR

Map: http://tinyurl.com/25f3w3
(Nearest tube - Hammersmith)

Shell has been steering the agenda for de-facto oil privatization in Iraq.

originally posted on 2005-07-09 06:34:36 +0000

This BBC piece (below) has a pretty sound take on what this action was about. We hope to have more detailed personal reports up here shortly...

Stuff happened in other parts of Scotland too:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/317527.html

...and in other parts of the world:
Australia: http://www.risingtide.org.au/
USA: http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/actions/2005-7-08/index.php
Venezuela: http://www.noalg8.contrapoder.org.ve/

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We seem to have been preparing for it forever, but the G8 is finally upon us. My London life is sorted enough to leave behind for 10 days - I hope - and now it's time to pull together whatever courage and creativity I have. After all, this psychotic system needs to be dismantled and the seeds of new ones need to be nurtured, and fast. That's what I try to tell myself when the doubts and fears drop by for a chat every now and then.

Rossport Solidarity Rolling Shell Blockade
On 24th January London Rising Tide once again helped their friends at Rhythms of Resistance Samba Band and others keep Shell aware that the campaign to prevent the
Damaging high pressure gas pipeline and refinery near Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland is still rolling.

…and rolling is what it was, with even a bit of rocking. We tried the new tactic with measured success of short spells at a series of North London Shell garages blockading the entrance and exits with band, banners and bandanas (there was also mention of bananas when it came to irate drivers).

11am We arrived at the Arts Council for the Press Conference to unveil the Platform organised Living Memorial to Ken Saro-Wiwa and his 8 mates hung by the Nigerian government at the complicity of Shell – who have still not been brought to justice for their role in this state murder. The full sized ‘battlebus’ by Sokari Douglas Camp is emblazoned with ‘Genocide against the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta’.

On 24th January London Rising Tide once again helped their friends at Rhythms of Resistance Samba band and others keep Shell aware that the campaign to prevent the damaging high pressure gas pipeline and refinery near Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland is still rolling.

…and rolling is what it was, with even a bit of rocking. We tried the new tactic with measured success of short spells at a series of North London Shell garages blockading the entrance and exits with band, banners and bandanas (there was also mention of bananas when it came to irate drivers).

-----please forward wildly!------

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

There will be a 'Shell's Wild Lie' counter-exhibition and public meeting with speakers from Shell-affected communities, at LARC, on MONDAY OCTOBER 16TH at 7PM.

LARC - or London Action Resource Centre (www.londonarc.org) - is at 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES, (corner of Parfett St., Whitechapel tube)

The speakers are
# Desmond D’Sa from Durban, South Africa,
# Ifieniya Lott from the Niger Delta, Nigeria
# Terry Clancey from County Mayo, Ireland

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world. It is also the
new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of
the Year Competition. Contradiction, or what?

Save the trees!

The event at the BoysHall will be a night in support of and to raise money for the coalition of local people and climate action groups, in particular for the action against building gas pipes through the Black Mountains in Wales. Please see Indymedia for more details.