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international / environment Monday December 18, 2006 - 23:48 by S.Cat
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Everyone remembers the appalling events surrounding the murder of anti-Shell activists including Ken Saro Wiwa in Nigeria in 1995. But the hot summer of ''95 was also the year of the Greenpeace campaign against Shell UK to stop the company from dumping the Brent Spar platform at sea. Talking to Shell people, you find that they still feel that they were right, and the British environmental group was misguided when it campaigned to have the disused rig dismantled on shore. But nevertheless, the debate was certainly won by Greenpeace, with Shell eventually giving in after a large scale campaign of direct action, blockades, occupations and pickets. The fact that Russian environmentalists have got in touch with the lawyers who represented Greenpeace, as outlined in the Guardian story below, must be causing disquiet in the Shell boardroom. They can only hope that Russian internal politics might mean a way out for them, or else their shareholders will have more to worry about in 2007. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 18, 2006 - 20:55 by Seán Ryan
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Organisation formed to combat the use of fluoride. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 18, 2006 - 12:35 by Despair
Below is the text of a letter sent to the Editor of The Oregonian, on December 4th from the father of a soldier in Iraq. It graphically depicts the reality of the danger into which US soldiers are being sent by the ruthless Bush regime. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Monday December 18, 2006 - 02:57 by Kevin Higgins
Photos of final Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2006 ... read full story / add a comment |
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