PICTURES from the Crude Awakening blockade of Coryton Oil Refinery / Shell Haven Oils near Stanford-le-Hope. Around 500 people took direct action against the oil industry in a well co-ordinated blockade with different groups approaching from different directions and different blockades - 12 bamboo tripods, loadsa arm tube lockons, two vehicle blockades with people locked on underneath and more and more arm tubes with people locked on together. Sound systems - for updates and music, folks on stilts, giant chalk, pushing past police lines, running along fields, jumping streams and climbing fences, defending the space, defending each other, blocking the distribution of oil. Amazing.

http://crudeawakening.org.uk

btw... It's said around 50 oil tankers were prevented from entering or leaving the site during the action.