"The government has relinquished control over the offshore areas of our industry. Norway was tough regarding oil companies from the start. You now have an almost embarrassingly large pension fund. The situation for Irish communities, however, is as in Ogoniland in Nigeria - oil is a curse,”
[Shell to Sea] - Click here to see the video including Shell to Sea campaigners at protests for the Shell AGM in London
Yesterday was the annual general meeting of oil giant, shell. the main international AGM took place in holland at the hague, but uk shareholders joined in by videolink at a meeting at the barbican. despite a massive security operation, the AGM was hit both outside and in by a stream of activists from 'rising tide' 'occupy oil', 'shell to sea', and 'tar sands uk' among others.
this short film captures the morning and some of the protests that challenged and penetrated the massive security operation at the shell AGM
see also 'london rising tide' press release at http://london.indymedia.org/articles/12284 for loads more info
Posted Date:
25 May 2012