Bloody Oil – Drum Em Out
Felix Gonzales | 29.06.2010 18:33 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Energy Crisis
Samba over the Millenium Bridge to St Pauls
Protest starts with Drums ago...
People gather for the court
The court summons witnesses
The court states the charges
What does Tony have to say for himself?
Read the truth
Blatant Piracy - BP indeed...
Witness gives their account - Nigeria
Witness gives their account - Ghana
Witness gives their account - Kenya
Witness gives their account - Iraq
Witness gives their account - China
Witness gives their account - Canadas Tar Sands
Witness gives their account - Peru
Witness gives their account - Florida
Witness gives their account - Africa
Witness gives their account - Columbia
Protest and Samba - Drum Em Out
Police Relax
http://www.youandifilms.com/2010/06/bloody-oil-drum-em-out/ A people’s court was held outside the conference venue, where, in co-ordination with ADIEYIEMANFO Movement of Positive Action Networks who are fighting oil exploitation in Ghana, they put the oil executives on trial for:
Wholesale wanton destruction by pollution, leaks, and flaring, of land and sea, fish and fowl, human lives and livelihoods, present and future
* Waging wars for oil
* Changing the climate to create an uninhabitable planet. And as oil runs out, pursuing ever more costly and dangerous deposits from the depths of the ocean or from tar sands, instead of developing clean, sustainable forms of energy.
The organizers for this event in Ghana say:
“Oil drilling is being violently forced upon us in West Afrika with huge blood spilling. Our only defence is grassroots community self-empowerment . . . . Let us therefore all rise up to the solidarity beat of our unifying peoples’ power across borders and drum out the plundering criminals! . . . Neocolonialist and imperialist States and vampire capitalist transnational corporations must never be trusted with control over dangerous fossil fuels such as Oil.”
The protest even handed out a “Dead Fish Award” in a ceremony pre-empting Tuesday’s gala dinner and awards ceremony, companies fought it out for the prestigious Dead Fish Award. See who took the title, would it be BP? Shell? Chevron?
http://climatecamp.org.uk Watch the Video
http://www.youandifilms.com/2010/06/bloody-oil-drum-em-out/ We'll be providing more video coverage of the testimonies and individual witnesses
felix@youandifilms.com for further information
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