Shell Day of Action - Service Stations D-Locked
Oscar Beard | 19.03.2008 12:57 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Globalisation | London
From an anonymous tipoff call very early in the morning two Shell service stations were found to have been D-locked and shut down for several hours on the morning of Monday 17 March 2008.
To coincide with the Shell Day of Action and visiting members of the Shell To Sea campaign from County Mayo, Ireland, although no connection apart from solidarity, some activists took it upon themselves to shut down two of Shell's garages.
The service stations remained closed for several hours as frustrated staff used hack saws to remove the D-locks clamped around petrol pumps.
The Day of Action also saw Irish protestors deliver 20 metre pipeline to Shell HQ on Southbank London, and gave a lively protest.
http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394206.html
Shell recently declared record profits for the second year running, the second time the corporation has broken all UK records for profit made by a British company, this year declaring £13.9 billion.
But the damage from this company continues to span the globe from County Mayo in Ireland, where the unfinished gas refinery construction has polluted the local water supply with high levels of aluminium, to the continuing ecological destruction of the Niger Delta, where death and disease from pollution and pipeline accidents has become a weekly occurance.
The service stations remained closed for several hours as frustrated staff used hack saws to remove the D-locks clamped around petrol pumps.
The Day of Action also saw Irish protestors deliver 20 metre pipeline to Shell HQ on Southbank London, and gave a lively protest.
http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394206.html
Shell recently declared record profits for the second year running, the second time the corporation has broken all UK records for profit made by a British company, this year declaring £13.9 billion.
But the damage from this company continues to span the globe from County Mayo in Ireland, where the unfinished gas refinery construction has polluted the local water supply with high levels of aluminium, to the continuing ecological destruction of the Niger Delta, where death and disease from pollution and pipeline accidents has become a weekly occurance.
Oscar Beard
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That action is CRIMINAL!
19.03.2008 13:58
commentator
Simple but oh sooo effective!
19.03.2008 14:40
roisin
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LOL @ COMMENTATOR
19.03.2008 15:12
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what sort of d-lock is that?
19.03.2008 22:08
Is it bigger than normal in size?
Bill
ha.
20.03.2008 12:05
we've only just started
ratbag
how do we define crime
22.03.2008 11:10
if so then this is indeed a crime
but in case we are interested in creating some kind of safe space on this planet
(that gives everything to us for free)
this action was sweet and much respect to those who stand
its a good thing that the Earth doesnt hold court cases or we would all be in prison for being anything less than loving to our humble provider
when our hearts lead us and our walets wither
we will finally be aware that we are O-I-L..One In Love
keep up the wonderful work one and all
its hard these daze when the blinding lights of money creates such apathy amongst the masses
will they only wait for the RFID chips to realise that we are walking a very loaded agenda path
laid out with distracting things to buy along the way courtesy of greedy elite
Keep Loving as all the great activists before us have done
watch out they might crucify you for loving tooo much....love anyway
venus
Homepage: http://www.o-i-l.org