Yusufeli Dam protesters disrupt AMEC AGM
ananova | 08.05.2002 10:26
Mark Thomas leads protest over dam project
Campaigning journalist Mark Thomas has led a group of protesters demonstrating against a construction group's involvement in a controversial dam project.
Around 60 demonstrators waved placards outside a central London hotel, where Amec is holding its annual meeting, to protest against the company's involvement in the Yusufeli dam project in Turkey.
Thomas and another protester stood behind a cardboard cut-out showing a naked businessman.
The cut-out was holding a briefcase and umbrella and wearing only socks with the slogan: "Exposed - get the naked truth behind corporate power."
The protesters, including members of Friends of the Earth, the Ilisu Dam Campaign and the Kurdish Human Rights Project, were kept behind barriers opposite the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel by about 20 police officers.
About 40 protesters used their rights as shareholders to attend the meeting to raise their concerns about the Yusufeli dam project.
Amec has a 46% shareholding in French company SPIE, which is leading the construction consortium planning to build the dam.
Amec withdrew from the consortium in March this year after a commercial review of the project.
Story filed: 11:18 Wednesday 8th May 2002
Campaigning journalist Mark Thomas has led a group of protesters demonstrating against a construction group's involvement in a controversial dam project.
Around 60 demonstrators waved placards outside a central London hotel, where Amec is holding its annual meeting, to protest against the company's involvement in the Yusufeli dam project in Turkey.
Thomas and another protester stood behind a cardboard cut-out showing a naked businessman.
The cut-out was holding a briefcase and umbrella and wearing only socks with the slogan: "Exposed - get the naked truth behind corporate power."
The protesters, including members of Friends of the Earth, the Ilisu Dam Campaign and the Kurdish Human Rights Project, were kept behind barriers opposite the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel by about 20 police officers.
About 40 protesters used their rights as shareholders to attend the meeting to raise their concerns about the Yusufeli dam project.
Amec has a 46% shareholding in French company SPIE, which is leading the construction consortium planning to build the dam.
Amec withdrew from the consortium in March this year after a commercial review of the project.
Story filed: 11:18 Wednesday 8th May 2002
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No, no; Trewa's right!
08.05.2002 11:58
Bill Hicks
No, no; Trewa's right!
08.05.2002 12:00
Bill Hicks
Who's the tosser??
08.05.2002 12:59
they can't see the obvious - by having a go at anyone who
they perceive as 'middle class' thay are actually reinforcing the class divisions that the rest of us are trying to break down.
As far as I see it there are two 'classes' - the establishment (for want of a better term) - ie those who claim to, or do have, power & influence - be they politicians, corporate types, heads of such infuential & unelected bodies such as the church, anyone who practices rolling up their trouser legs, top members of the armed forces & the monarchy.
These are the ones who impose their will on everyone else,
- the other 'class' - the people, proleteriat or whatever you want to call us all. And it's up to us to stand together against those who believe they know whats best for us
Perhaps you need to meet Mark Thomas - I have a couple of times - and he is a genuine and comitted geezer who manages to get loads of stuff done because of the way he goes about things - working with the Ilisu Dam campagn they managed to get Balfour Beatty to pull out of the project - it probably won't go ahead now. He's also worked with the Simon Jones campaign and many others. You need to look at peoples actions
a bit more before dissing them.
gnome
Quite a few of the coppers were .............
08.05.2002 13:58
Trewa, is it OK if they join YOUR movement?
Hoooooooooboy!