UK Rossport Solidarity Newswire Archive
Waders tie down Shell testing rig in Mayo, Republic of Ireland
30-07-2010 16:39
10 people from the Rossport solidarity camp delayed Shell’s survey work for the dangerous and experimental Corrib gas pipeline yesterday. The campaigners waded out to one of the rigs drilling boreholes in the Sruwaddacon estuarythe rig at high tide, fixed rope around the legs of the rig, and occupied the space underneath it to prevent the being moved to a new site. Work was delayed for around two hours.Beat the Boreholes continues!!
27-07-2010 12:46
Fri 30th July: 100 days of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
26-07-2010 14:22
Along with BP, Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, is also responsible for the Gulf of Mexico disaster.Transocean also built the wellheads for the Shell Corrib gas project in Mayo, Ireland where the community campaign is now in it's 10th year of struggle
Shell to Sea campaigner attacked at sea last night.
15-07-2010 12:19
Garda tells campaigner, “I have your last breath in my hands” .Last night the first of 2 drilling platforms arrived into Broadhaven Bay.
Italian company ICOP applying for tunnel tender
30-06-2010 13:38
Italian company ICOP are currently applying for the tender to build the tunnel for the Shell onshore high pressure raw gas pipeline. The local community have been resisting Shell for the last 10 years and are fighting to protect their health, safety and environment.Call out to Stop Shell in Ireland
26-06-2010 12:42
Shell due to start work next week
25-06-2010 19:35
Shell2 sea benefit, London, sat 26th June
23-06-2010 10:21
Top line up at an affordable price for a jolly good causeAcoustic insurgency presents a benefit for www.shelltosea.com
Shell to Sea Benefit gig, London Sat 26 June
19-06-2010 11:43
Top line up at an affordable price for a jolly good cause.London Benefit for SHELL TO SEA
10-06-2010 16:22
Firstly it will be on a Saturday with DJs and all kinds of stuff going till late.
Secondly we are conscious that our sound man has been getting it a bit easy with all those solo artists. So to make amends we have booked a rocking 9 piece folk punk band from out west:
http://www.myspace.com/smokeybastard and a ten piece gypsy punk band from down south:
http://www.myspace.com/wideeyedorder video madrid-merthyr2mayo caravan solidarity event shells prisoners Castlerae
05-06-2010 15:27
Dissident Island Radio tonight
04-06-2010 16:50
Solidarity Concert for Shell to Sea Prisoners
02-06-2010 20:37
Galway Gaza M&S demo
31-05-2010 20:28
Merthyr to Mayo Bikeride Updates
27-05-2010 18:31
Follow the exploits of the riders on the blogInternational bike ride links communities in resistance [1]
23-05-2010 11:22
Merthyr to Mayo cyclists set offToday, a 50-strong international bike ride begins the 400 mile journey from a community resisting Britain’s largest open cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales to County Mayo, Ireland, where local people have spent the last ten years fighting a Shell-led gas development. We aim to offer direct support to these two local campaigns resisting the fossil fuel industry.
6 activists from Bristol have just cycled to Merthyr Tydfil, where they are meeting up with cyclists from across the UK. We will be joining the “Madrid to Mayo” cycle ride in Cork, and many others from Ireland are expected to join on route. We will spend ten days traveling up the west coast of Ireland, distributing a specially produced newspaper, “Changing Times”. Events are being held along the way, each night we're being hosted by different community organisations, and we'll arrive in Mayo for the Rossport Solidarity Camp June Bank Holiday Weekend Gathering at Glengad.
The ride begins today with an event in Merthyr Tydfil where local residents and the solidarity cyclists are sharing stories, ideas, music and food. It's gonna be a good laugh, but hopefully more than that - the line we are drawing from Merthyr to Mayo is a reminder that none of us can afford to see these places in isolation.
“Our communities’ stories are repeated across the globe in the places where fossil fuels are sourced. Large corporations move into areas regardless of the wishes of the affected population; resources are extracted and, whilst the corporations reap vast profits, the local people have to suffer the health and environmental consequences. And, as the fossil fuels are burnt they contribute to climate change, affecting everyone.” - Merthyr resident, Alyson Austin.
Both communities have a long history of resistance, and their efforts have resulted in amazing successes. In Erris, Mayo, the campaign won a sizeable victory in November last year, when Shell’s application for their onshore gas pipeline was effectively refused by the planning authorities; it is unclear when (or if) permission will be granted in the future. In Merthyr Tydfil, campaigners are currently taking out a Group Private Nuisance case against the mining company, Miller Argent. Significant numbers of local people are participating in the legal action which aims to limit the mine’s impact on residents. Climate activists recently did a solidarity action by blockading coal trains headed from the mine to Aberthaw Power Station. In recent months, Mayo has seen string of actions locally, nationally and internationally in solidarity with political prisoners Pat O'Donnell and Niall Harnett (more information on the prisoners and how to write to them, and the campaign in general, on the shell to sea website.)
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International bike ride links communities in resistance: Merthyr to Mayo cyclist
22-05-2010 08:23
Shell Protest Video - Party at the Pumps 2
16-05-2010 19:17
Checkout the video of UK protestors shutting down the Islington based Shell petrol station for 5 hours on the 15th of May on a sunny Saturday afternoon.Video of ride to the Party at the Pumps 2
16-05-2010 15:22
Slight problem, we didn't know where we were going, deadly secret, and some were repeatedly left behind. They may or may not been able to catch up. Will ride leaders please bear this in mind next time.
The route taken was through Hyde Park and down Constitution Hill to the Mall and from there for a circuit of Parliament Square. Then along Whitehall and eventually making its way to the Angel and along Upper Street to the Shell Garage. The riders were greeted with a cheer and quickly merged with the partygoers.
More:
http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4808
http://london.indymedia.org.uk/events/4683
party at the pumps - pics and report
15-05-2010 22:22
the shell garage on upper street in islington was closed for several hours this afternoon by more than a hundred protestors
at lunchtime around 50 people gathered at oxford circus, watched by quite a large police presence with several van-loads on stand-by. the station was briefly closed 'due to sheer weight of numbers' but re-opened after ten minutes, and they set off for highbury and islington.
meanwhile, around 40 cyclists met at marble arch and, followed by a couple of police vans, they took a circuitous route through hyde park, down past buck house, and then for a triumphal lap round parliament square, shouting out support over the mobile sound system to the democracy village and to the decade-long protest by brian haw.
the mass then carried on up to angel, and then along upper street to the shell garage, which had already been well and truly closed down by the foot-soldiers and by the rhythms of resistance samba band (mostly deputised by soas members).
the shell garage looked great! several people held a huge "danger - keep out" banner across one access. a simple "closed" banner was strung across the other. above, another banner declared "stop shell's tar sands hell", and some activists found a route up to the roof to drop another "stop tar sands" banner from there.
a head-count numbered 125 at one point. an excellent turn-out on a day with when there were several other protests in town, and most encouraging, there were many new faces, keeping the fit team and police photographer, neil, busy.
police-wise, there were about a dozen officers around making notes, and one FIT team. down the road were another serial waiting in a van, and another van of TSG further out of sight.
activists handed out hundreds of fliers, and public response was overwhelmingly positive.
before the end of the protest, i left to cover events in parliament square, but i spoke to others who arrived there later and as far as i know the protest finished peacefully without arrests.