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Shell education in Barnsley

RORS | 16.12.2006 20:10 | Rossport Solidarity | Ecology | Sheffield

On Saturday 16th December potential customers at a Shell petrol station in Barnsley were given information about the activities of Shell in Mayo and encouraged to boycott the company.









A group from Rhythms of Resistance North moved in on the petrol station mid-afternoon. The entrance and exit were blocked, banners hung and leaflets given to motorists and pedestrians with information about the Mayo pipeline. Many people received the information sympathetically. One motorist returned from the nearest alternative source of petrol, two miles away, so people could be diverted to it.

Several car drivers however were very confrontational, driving into sambistas and in one case forcing a player on to their car bonnet before braking to cause her to fall off.
The first police to arrive read out various threats, which couldn’t be heard above the drum beats. Eventually reinforcements arrived, adding to the chaos with a number of vehicles of their own. For a while they held up the traffic so their photographers could get a better view.

When it came to the point of inevitable arrest for continuing the blockade the sambistas decided it would be more productive to move to the pavement and continue drawing people’s attention so they could be given more information. A fair proportion of car drivers chose not to enter the station even when the entrance was unblocked.

RORS
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Baron Freedom

17.12.2006 10:40

Baron Freedom ,

alot of the locals were supportive of the action and welcomed the band. Also they were interested in the information and drove away once they read the flyers. Yes they were a few motorists who tried to run over but the majority were supportive

sambista

Say no to Shell's sponsorship of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhib

17.12.2006 10:41

CAN YOU HELP US EXPOSE SHELL'S WILD LIE?

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.

Despite attempts to ‘greenwash’ its reputation via blanket advertising and cultural sponsorship, Shell is still heavily implicated in producing ever-greater quantities of the oil and gas that are destabilising our climate to such an alarming degree. Climate change is set to wipe out millions of plant and animal species and to devastate the poorest regions of the planet. Shell’s activities also result in oil spills which are major causes of death and destruction for many varieties of life. Its planned refinery and pipeline project in Country Mayo, Ireland, threatens a pristine ecosysystem, not to mention the homes and livelihoods of the inhabitants. Lastly, Shell is currently constructing a massive development at Sakhalin Island in Russia which is threatening the survival of the Western Pacific Grey Whale. For all these reasons, Shell should not be sponsoring the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. We call on the Natural History Museum to end its sponsorship deal with Shell.

If you agree with us that this is a ridiculous situation, here’s what you can do:

1.) Help get the word out, either with more copies of our postcard, or by contacting people – particularly photographers – who might be up for helping out or contributing images to our ongoing counter-exhibition (see 2.)

2.) We've put together a 'Shell's Wild Lie' counter-exhibition, which paints what we hope is a truer portrait of Shell and of wider climatic impacts on people and wildlife. We've taken it around the country as well as to the gates of the Natural History Museum (on the 11th anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Nigeria, November 10th 2006), and it's now available to borrow if you're running an event where it might be appropriate. It's also up online at www.artnotoil.org.uk/gallery/v/shell

3.) Tell NHM boss Michael Dixon directly what you think of Shell (not to mention BP, which is a Museum partner): (020) 7942 5000;  m.dixon@nhm.ac.uk, & cc to  feedback@nhm.ac.uk and us.

We believe there can be a greener and fairer future for the planet and its people, a future that will require in part the consigning of the oil industry to the history books. Our campaign hopes to be one small step in that direction. Thanks for reading, and for anything you’re able to do.

Friends of the Earth UK is also campaigning on this issue: see www.foe.co.uk/shell

Art Not Oil/London Rising Tide, c/o 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES.
Tel: 07708 794665  info@artnotoil.org.uk
www.shelloiledwildlife.org.uk www.artnotoil.org.uk www.londonrisingtide.org.uk

Jeroen van Climate Chaos
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Fantastic

16.12.2006 22:01

... fuckin cool


we love you rors :-)

xxx xxx xxx

music lover

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Another Middle Class Recreational Protest

17.12.2006 00:08

Why not all just stop driving rather than giving motorists a sense of righteousness by conforming to stereotypes of middle class tosser nimby protest.

Simone Neurobatamba

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How Stupid

17.12.2006 00:19

Is one oil company really worse than all the others? Reduce all consumption.
Crusty soap dodgers only cloud the issue, What an utterly useless protest.

Simone Neurotamba

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why single out shell what about the other petrol companies ???

17.12.2006 00:25

so how did you infact travel to barnsley was it by pony and trap ??? or was it infact by car. what about the unethical working practises of the other petrol companies.what do you think that that sitting on some blokes car bonnet will achieve.what sense is there in diverting drivers away from the shell filling station that you were picketing to then have to travel an extra 2 miles to another multi national to buy fuel.if you affected say 30 drivers on the day that would mean they drove an extra 60 miles is that infact counterproductive.

MOBILE MAN

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so why single out shell and only shell

17.12.2006 00:26

so how did you infact travel to barnsley was it by pony and trap ??? or was it infact by car. what about the unethical working practises of the other petrol companies.what do you think that that sitting on some blokes car bonnet will achieve.what sense is there in diverting drivers away from the shell filling station that you were picketing to then have to travel an extra 2 miles to another multi national to buy fuel.if you affected say 30 drivers on the day that would mean they drove an extra 60 miles is that infact counterproductive.

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Stupid

17.12.2006 01:54

More recreational protest which only succeeds in alienating normal people.

Baron Freedom

we need more of this

17.12.2006 02:11

Great action!! If this was done on a larger scale we could change the world!

no more roads

NICE ONE ROR

17.12.2006 02:16

GOOD TEAM EFFORT GUYS YOU REALLY SHOWED THOSE SHELL FACISTS TODAY.
GOODIES 1 BADIES 0
EUGENE

eugene van der arkanoid

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The joke aint funny any more.

17.12.2006 13:04

"The(modern)anarchist movement(???????) in the uk has been the biggest running joke for too many years and at a detriment to those there self righteous and religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths proclaim there fighting the Working Class are no better than the fucking Trots who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who self righteously religiously with fervour and saliva coming from their mouths and like the BNP who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who are no more self righteous, religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths never have been in the intrest of the Working Class. Indeed all are a true detriment to the emancipation liberation of the Working Class and have you seen this set of self righteous religiously with fervor and slather coming from there mouths, fools in action there a joke and the Working Class in reality know this..

Working Class

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The joke aint funny any more

17.12.2006 14:18


"The(modern)anarchist movement(???????) in the uk has been the biggest running joke for too many years and at a detriment to those there self righteous and religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths proclaim there fighting the Working Class are no better than the fucking Trots who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who self righteously religiously with fervour and saliva coming from their mouths and like the BNP who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who are no more self righteous, religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths never have been in the intrest of the Working Class. Indeed all are a true detriment to the emancipation liberation of the Working Class and have you seen this set of self righteous religiously with fervor and slather coming from there mouths, fools in action there a joke and the Working Class in reality know this..

Working Class

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so many petrol companies that also need picketing

17.12.2006 14:50

i think that although well intentioned as your action was on the day the fact is all the petrol/oil companies need picketing not just shell.
i have to say that the refusal of some drivers to use this particular garage would only mean they would drive elsewhere maybe 2 or 3 miles extra away from where they originally intended to purchase fuel.
can i ask how the samba band travelled to this garage.did you hitchhike.
i also think that sitting on car bonnets and obstructing ordinary members of the public makes little or no sense this sort of hardcore action needs to be reserved for people in power.
best wishes
flowered and flavoured

flowered and flavoured

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The joke aint funny any more

17.12.2006 18:50

The joke aint funny any more

17.12.2006 14:18

"The(modern)anarchist movement(???????) in the uk has been the biggest running joke for too many years and at a detriment to those there self righteous and religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths proclaim there fighting the Working Class are no better than the fucking Trots who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who self righteously religiously with fervour and saliva coming from their mouths and like the BNP who proclaim there fighting for The Working Class who are no more self righteous, religiously with fervour and saliva coming from there mouths never have been in the intrest of the Working Class. Indeed all are a true detriment to the emancipation liberation of the Working Class and have you seen this set of self righteous religiously with fervor and slather coming from there mouths, fools in action there a joke and the Working Class in reality know this..

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The joke aint funny any more

17.12.2006 23:23


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A Jolly Day Out for the Middle Classes

18.12.2006 02:23

Beware of false prophets, by their blonde dreadlocks ye shall know them.

Ishmael Penguin

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The joke aint funny any more

18.12.2006 08:48

The joke aint funny any more


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The joke aint funny any more

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bonnets

18.12.2006 14:33

"flowered and flavoured",

just feel like i need to point out that people were not willingly sitting on cars. The thing is, the cars drove forwards forcing people to end on their bonnets!! As for other petrol stations being targeted, sure, but this one was a focused Mayo solidarity action which specifically involves Shell. But yeah, i can see your points.

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