Burma: Total HQ and petrol station targeted again in London
dv | 28.10.2007 11:14 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World
Protesters picketed Total's London HQ in Cavendish Square on the morning of Wednesday 24th October. The date marked the 12th anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi's detention in Burma. One activist lay in a bodybag for over an hour, attracting the attention of passers by.
Several of the protesters subsequently joined the quite large demonstration that took place that afternoon outside the Chinese embassy (about 150 people), before marching to the Burmese embassy (about 80 people). Later, there was a vigil in Parliament Square.
On Thursday evening, the protesters returned to the Total garage near Baker St station, where they had the previous week managed to get the 24-hour station temporarily shut down.
There will be another action at Total's HQ on Wednesday 31st October, 8.30am - 10.30am, outside 33 Cavendish square (Oxford Circus tube), which is between Starbucks and the Royal Bank of Scotland, very near the back of John Lewis. There may also be an additional action next week.
Several of the protesters subsequently joined the quite large demonstration that took place that afternoon outside the Chinese embassy (about 150 people), before marching to the Burmese embassy (about 80 people). Later, there was a vigil in Parliament Square.
On Thursday evening, the protesters returned to the Total garage near Baker St station, where they had the previous week managed to get the 24-hour station temporarily shut down.
There will be another action at Total's HQ on Wednesday 31st October, 8.30am - 10.30am, outside 33 Cavendish square (Oxford Circus tube), which is between Starbucks and the Royal Bank of Scotland, very near the back of John Lewis. There may also be an additional action next week.
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