Nottingham, Colwick 'Oil' Demonstration / Blockade
alan lodge [tash] | 09.06.2004 18:57 | G8 2005
On June 8th - 10th 2004, the G8 Summit will be staged on Sea Island, 80 miles south of Savannah in the United States. This location has been specifically chosen by the G8 because it is impossible for protestors to access and therefore groups in the United States have put out a call for decentralised actions.
In this spirit of solidarity, the Dissent! Network, a UK-wide anti-capitalist network that operates by the People's Global Action hallmarks, is calling for local actions and events between 8th-10th June. Through a diversity of tactics Dissent hopes to make people aware of next years G8 summit in the UK and the growing movement, which opposes it. Actions could range from educational films and events, to street parties and targeted direct action against the UK government.
The leaders of the eight richest, industrial countries may hide on mountain-tops and remote islands, they may surround themselves by fences and police, but they cannot hide from the global movement against capitalism. From the War on Iraq to the global economic and ecological meltdown, the policies of the G8 are clearly corrupt. In 2004, Dissent! and others are already building momentum against the G8. In 2005, we will disrupt the G8 meetings in Britain. The days of the G8 are numbered.
In solidarity with the States protest movements, in the UK there will be protests and events against the G8.
This was Nottingham's contribution to these matters, by taking direct action to blocade the Oil Terminal at Colwick. After erecting the tripod, there were a few instances of threats of violence, by lorry drivers and others, inconvenienced by the blockade. But all turned out well, People volunterily lifted the road block at 12.30.
To get involved contact Dissent!:
http://www.dissent.org.uk Tash
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excellent!
09.06.2004 20:39
Tom
Nice one
10.06.2004 08:59
'Greenwash or Us' Street Party
Private View, Public Exposure
Meet at BP HQ, 1 St. James' Square, 4pm, 16th June 2004
This is a call out asking you to join London Rising Tide to celebrate our resistance to the corporate hijacking of the arts by BP and their greenwash friends.
On 16th June at 4pm there will be a Street Party moving from outside BP's offices in St. James Square (between Green Park and Piccadilly) to the National Portrait Gallery where BP sponsors the National Portrait Award, pulling their sophisticated brand of cultural PR wool over everyone's eyes.
Whilst BP are busy encouraging British artists and their creative talent, indigenous peoples are having their lands stolen, poisoned and destroyed. All over the world people's livelihoods and human rights are severely violated as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and the rest of the industry plunder and mutilate for the sake of oil (like in the disastrous Baku Ceyhan and Sakhalin pipelines). Our environment and our climate are being thrown into chaos whilst the culprits try to blind us with their sunny logos and cultural sponsorship.
We want to tell BP and the NPG that the greenwash is not working. The National Portrait Award holds its Private View and party (for entrants, judges, the media and BP cronies) inside the NPG on the evening of June 16th. Let's show them a real party, a party of resistance with noise, art and music and make their private party a very public one.
Bring your own art (or somebody else's)!
It would be great to see the street party alive with our alternative art and show the NPG the true faces of big oil. Bring any medium that symbolises this, painting, photographs, banners, costume, music and dance.
Exhibition of Resistance to Big Oil and the Corporate Sponsorship of 'the Arts'
Private View, Public Exposure is part of a wider week of events as part of Greenwash Or Us, an Exhibition of Resistance to Big Oil and the Corporate Sponsorship of 'the Arts', happening at various reclaimed spaces in central London. There will be week of alternative art depicting the true face of an oil company, films, workshops, music and debate from 14th to 21st June. Venue to be confirmed.
If you'd like to get involved, we'd love your help; if you can send us your art or just want to know more,
please contact: 07969 786770
62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
www.risingtide.org.uk
email us at:
Bobby Khodorkovsky
Well done!
10.06.2004 09:04
Does anyone have a bigger pic of that great banner : "G8 2005- Don't Even THINK About It!"?
spor
Great..... but
11.06.2004 12:34
NHS slave
More from Nottingham on the G8
13.06.2004 11:30
This week, Nottingham folks have had a 'critical mass' bike ride around the city on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they blockaded the road to the oil installations at Colwick. And to round the whole thing of, people juggled and clowned about outside McDonalds in Clumber Street, Nottingham Centre on Saturday afternoon. Many leaflets about the G8 issues were distributed.
Previous events from this week. A good effort Nottingham.
UK Indymedia Nottingham Critical Mass 8june2004
Colwick Oil Installation, Nottingham
and some earlier protest at:
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Nottingham: Another Anti-G8/McDonalds event
alan lodge {Tash}, 12.06.2004 17:05
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