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Another TOTAL demo in Chester

wrexham woman | 11.04.2008 07:52 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | Liverpool

Members and supporters of Wrexham Women for Peace and Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum visited the TOTAL petrol station in Hoole, Chester again last night as part of the continuing calls for TOTAL to get out of Burma.

Completely empty forecourt
Completely empty forecourt

Looking towards Chester
Looking towards Chester

Show your support
Show your support

Total profit = Burma's loss
Total profit = Burma's loss

Totally immoral
Totally immoral

WPJF banner
WPJF banner

On our way in
On our way in

Headstand!
Headstand!

A bit of greenwash can do wonders for unethical oil companies
A bit of greenwash can do wonders for unethical oil companies


There was a very positive response again to our demo for the people of Burma at Hoole TOTAL petrol station. Only a handful of drivers and passers-by refused to take leaflets, the garage forecourt was empty for most of the time we were there, some drivers decided not to fill up after taking the leaflets, and others drove straight in and out.

The air was filled with supportive 'beeps' and we got chatting with several people, including three young guys who have a friend working in one of the refugee camps on the Thai/Burma border, and a German from Rostock who was in Chester for a conference and said he was surprised to see people demonstrating in Britain!

Surprisingly, there was no resistance from the petrol station to our leafleting drivers on the forecourt this time, although when we invaded en masse, the manager did get onto his tannoy.

For more information about the situation in Burma, see  http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/

Any Chester-based people like to make this event happen more often? Please get in touch.

wrexham woman
- e-mail: wrexhamwomen[at]yahoo.co.uk

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Well done folks!

11.04.2008 10:33

Excellent stuff! Your report has now been added to the Total Out of Burma campaign blog:

 http://totaloutofburma.org

Check the blog regularly for details of upcoming protests against Total's activities in Burma (Myanmar) being held weekly in London and elsewhere, or sign up for e-mail updates via the blog.

Send notices and reports of any ongoing or special actions relating to Total (or even Chevron/Texaco, Daewoo, etc) and their activities in Burma to totaloutofburma [at] gmail.com and we'll post them on the blog.

Watch this space for details of and mobilisation for the next national / international day of action planned to coincide with Total's AGM in Paris in May.

dv
mail e-mail: totaloutofburma [at] gmail.com
- Homepage: http://totaloutofburma.org