SHAC Sweden 5 Day Tour

DAY ONE

Starting off with a bang there was a noisy demo at AstraZeneca's site in Lund, with the guilty workers zooming past us, trying to enter without facing the images of the reality of dealing with HLS. Around one side of the building, the staff closed their main gates, forcing confused workers to reverse back and unable to enter their workplace. Good going AstraZeneca, work as usual we see?

Next up was Teva in Helsingborg where passers by were shocked and disgusted, not realising such an unethical company was right on their doorsteps.

Then onto another Astra site in Mölndal to greet the workers with the truth on their way home. Employees sped past as fast as they could and blasted their radios on full volume in an attempt to drown out our sounds. Meanwhile, there was yet another vibrant demonstration at AstraZeneca's gates in Lund. Looks like Astra are getting extra special treatment these days. Well, that's what you get when you're one of the main companies keeping HLS open.

DAY TWO

Bright and early you can be sure to see us at the gates of AstraZeneca in Mölndal, again. Cars swerved across the road, reversing and doing U-Turns, not knowing what to do. Then security turned up and... Nope, they still didn't know what to do! All the security seemed to be able to do was point to a nearby car park, which we were easily able to enter. While the gates of AstraZeneca remained fully shut.

Bayer was in for the treatment next, with megaphones, horns and sirens we ensured everyone in their building knew exactly why we were there. We left once every parked car, bike and passerby were armed with an information leaflet concerning Bayer's dodgy deals.

AstraZeneca in Mölndal were up again, for the second time that day. You would have thought by now, they should expect these demos, but again, they freaked out. With cars almost reversing into each other while trying to get away from the truth and workers confused why Astra refused to open their gates. It's amazing what can be achieved with just a megaphone and placard.

DAY THREE

Starting at Cibavision [Novartis] in Göteborg, we made sure everyone was informed of Novartis' dirty dealings. They even attempted to deter us by sending someone out to tell us the building was empty. Although they're not too smart and moments after being told this, a 'very upset' employee attempted to charge us with criminal damage due to a sticker. Even the police seemed to laugh at this one, while turning her away until she stopped being hysterical.

ThermoFisher was next on the agenda. With their building just metres from the road, we were able to inform employees with images of how they really earn their money. One employee stormed out of his office because he couldn't take it anymore. Round the other side of the building, the doorbell of the warehouse is so loud, it sounds like a fire alarm which remained firmly on (some sort of fault probably). ThermoFisher, if you deal with companies as scummy as HLS, don't you think you should ditch things as silly as that? Looks like no one got any work done that day!

Then back to Cibavision, with twice as many people, megaphones and horns, we made sure Novartis understood that we aren't going away in a hurry.

DAY FOUR

First up was AstraZeneca's National Headquarters in Södertälje. We circled the massive premises for over two hours while the nervous security followed us around. With gates continually locking and trapping workers in small areas, it seems Astra have a habit of going into lock down. Business as usual? We think not.

Bristol Myers-Squibb's offices in Stockholm were due a visit. As soon as we arrived, the employees enjoying their lunch in the sunshine ran inside for cover. We then continued on educating everyone nearby with megaphones and leaflets.

And to finish the day off we thought Novartis workers in Stockholm would like to hear from us before they head home for the weekend. We circled the building, forcing workers to leave their office and unfinished work. With photos of the reality of Novartis' sick business decisions pressed against the windows and sirens blaring, workers seemed to group together inside the building, to reassure each other that it's not their fault. Well guess what Novartis, it is your fault. And we will never let you forget it.

DAY FIVE

A sunny Saturday morning, the sea is calm, the sky is blue, all is quiet and peaceful. Unless you deal with HLS! We arrived outside the home of one of the directors of AstraZeneca. With megaphones and placards, he refused to come out and explain to us why it's okay to murder animals for money. We later discovered that a dozen people were in the household. What will you say when the visitors ask why you are being blamed for the murder of thousands of animals?

We later paid visits to the directors of Novartis and Bristol Myers-Squibb as well (we didn't want them feeling left out). Animals don't stop dying inside HLS at the weekend. So we won't stop either.

Deal with HLS. Deal with us.