Manchester petrol station blockaded in Burma protest

Max | 13.11.2007 13:44 | Liverpool

Yesterday, up to 20 human rights campaigners blockaded a TOTAL garage on Oxford Road, Manchester. This was in protest at Total Oil's investment in the military regime of Burma.

The activists, many of them students, blockaded the entrances to the petrol station successfully with the aid of 3 arm tubes. A large banner was displayed reading "Totally Out of Order - Fuelling oppression in Burma". Leaflets were given out resulting in a number of supporting comments from people walking past.

Police attended the protest but had made no attempt to remove those who were locked to each other with arm tubes by the time I left. There was also some mainstream media attention, notably from the Manchester Evening News.

Max

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Excellent work!!

13.11.2007 15:02

Don't forget National Day of Action against TOTALitarian Oil - Sat 24 Nov

http://www.totaloutofburma.blogspot.com/

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in addition

13.11.2007 17:52

a fourth arm tube was used to blockade the exit of the garage. The protest delayed the entry of a lorry delivering oil to the garage.

jill

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Great work, Mancunians!

13.11.2007 14:22

Well selected target, at the top of Rusholme, is it not?

On one of Europe's busiest bus routes, where loads of people will have seen it.

Nice one

(Signed: Exiled in Westmeath)

Squatticus

nice stuff

13.11.2007 16:09

keep it up!

a fellow Mancunian

brilliant

13.11.2007 16:45

nice one!

But don't forget Texaco are just as bad; they are owned by Chevron who also operate in Burma... just something to bear in mind if you have local Texaco garages :)

inspired

happy

15.11.2007 00:14

great work manchester!

where will be next?

bellow