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URGENT: Rossport Solidarity Demo in London on Monday!!

t | 13.09.2008 14:45

Rossport Solidarity Action
12 noon Monday 15th Sep
Allseas Uk offices, 7 Albemarle St, Westminster, London WIS 4HQ
Support the Mayo Hunger |Striker & demand Allseas leaves Ireland.

Allseas Uk own the pipe laying ship Solitaire that Shell has hired to lay the offshore gas pipe at Rossport Ireland. After weeks of actions trying to stop the work happening the ship finally arrived in Broadhaven bay last Tuesday. Maura Harrington, a local headteacher, immediately parked her car in front of the compound gates & went on hunger strike. The ship was within an hour of attempting to lay pipes when it found it was damaged & has now returned to Donegal for assessment. It is likely the ship will go back to Holland but Maura is staying on hunger strike until that is confirmed and the people of mayo have asked us in the UK to put pressure on Allseas to leave & not come back. Maura is a very determined woman and will not back down. If you have the time please come down to the demo/action on Mon & lend your support. The irish embassy is close by so we will visit that afterwards as is the Norwegain embassy whose state owned comany Stat oil is working in partnership with Shell in Ireland.

Please note the office address is different to that already advertised on indy/EF. The Staines add couldn't be confirmed so we're going to their registered office in Westminster.

Hopefully See you there.

t

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2 Rossport Solidarity Actions: Mon 15 Sep 12:00 & Ongoing Email/Tel Onslaught

14.09.2008 22:23


"I'm here, at the end of eight years activism, because this is the place where I began getting interested in the diabolical proposal which Shell has for the place. We are damned if we are going to adopt the 'cop it and lie down' attitude which is expected of us – in other words, 'not to say anything, not to do anything'. What has brought me to this, is that because Broadhaven Bay is such a special place, it is worth fighting for, and, if necessary, it's worth dying for."
Maura Harrington
Hunger Strike Day #3 Interview - Shell to Sea Campaign, Thu 11 Sep 08
Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyzveuwv614&feature=related

You can see a well-formatted version of the info below at the provisional Climate Camp London wiki's Solidarity page:
 http://tinyurl.com/cc-solidarity

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Rossport Solidarity Action
Mon 15 Sep 08 – 12:00 noon
• Support Mayo Hunger Striker Maura Harrington
• Demand Allseas' pipe-laying ship Solitaire leaves Ireland, never to return

(1) Allseas UK Offices, 7 Albemarle Street, London WIS 4HQ – 12:00 noon
Meet up at the UK HQ of planetary despoilers Allseas, whose pipe-laying ship Solitaire is currently in Irish waters, hired by Shell to lay their offshore gas pipe at Rossport
Nearest Tube: Green Park, Victoria Line, 230m
Journey Planner: Transport for London –  http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk

(2) Irish Embassy, 17 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HR
Protest continues at the embassy of the State which is complicit in permitting Big Oil to further feck-up the Emerald Isle's green and pleasant land

(3) Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QD Protest concludes at the embassy of the State whose state-owned comany Stat oil is working in partnership with Shell in Ireland

Three targets in a 1600m walk in, forecast: "Sunny intervals. Winds from the NE at 9 km/h. High: 18 °C" – Come On Down!

Map: Green Park tube – Allseas Offices – Irish Embassy – Norwegian Embassy –  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=106193505374979055033.000456daf8bd0b953ae38

Make Some NOIZE!
In my prior experience, an outside-their-offices protest is boosted greatly by being a noize-demo: not only will the Allseas UK management find 105dB of angry protesters difficult to ignore, but all the folk in their offices, surrounding workplaces and in the street will wonder what's going down – and are likely to support us when they come to investigate what the racket is all about. So I recommend bringing noise makers:
saucepan / frying pan – plus metal spoons with which to strike 'em – clang!
whistles – keep 'em after Carnival, the louder the better – wheeeeep!
horns – Carnival stylee, air horns, french horns, conch shells, etc., &c. – toot!
percussion – bells, tambourines, rhythm sticks, DIY improvisations – ding, bish, CRACK!
drums – from one-handed to big bass strap-ons, so to speak – rattle & BOOM!
instruments – brass, woodwind, strings, theramins, {insert your instrument here} – parp, tweet, sching, whoooo, {noize}!
guitars – if you're a performer / protest singer, let's hear you / join in – kerr-ang, tra-la!

Bring as many noize-making goodies as you can, and we can share them around on the day, so we've all got the means of noize-production in our hands / mouths.

I'll be shooting photos and video clips for publication on IndyMedia UK and IE, so the noize we make will be heard far and wide, to uplift hunger striker Maura Harrington and the Rossport Solidarity Campers, and hopefully inspire future Solidarity Actions the world over.

If you cannot get to the protest tomorrow (and even if you can), here's a Solidarity Action in which we can all participate from the comfort of our very own armchairs:
____________________________________________________________________________
Ring up / Email the Solitaire – Tell Them to Leave Irish Waters!
Right this minute – on-going
Sun 14 Sep 08 – 14:09 by FSB! - Rossport Solidarity Camp - Shell to Sea

"Let that ship and its owners know your disgust at its continuing presence!

The Shell to Sea campaign is requesting that people phone and email the Solitaire and its owners Allseas Group SA to let the ship's captain and crew, and that company know that its continuing presence in Irish waters is unwelcome and that continuing to delay its eventual departure is forcing Maura Harrington to continue her hunger strike. Shell to Sea is asking people to demand that Allseas Group SA unambiguously and publicly announce the Solitaire's imminent departure from Irish waters not to return this year.

Allseas' & Solitaire's contact numbers and emails are in the main body text."

Source main body text: Ring up the Solitaire - Tell Them to Leave Irish Waters!
at indymedia ireland – saormheáin éireann
 http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89091

____________________________________________________________________________
Get Inspired – Feel Informed

If you feel you may need some motivation to boost you into joining these two Solidarity Actions, I heartily recommend taking a look at some background info on the courageous struggle by our sisters and brothers in Ireland to stuff a potato up the pipe of Shell's attempt to increase fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions in the Emerald Isle:

Maura Harrington Hunger Strike Videos
"Maura Harrington goes on hunger strike in Glengad, Co. Mayo, to protest against the arrival of the Solitare (a large pipe-laying vessel) and to further highlight the local 'Shell To Sea' campaign. This interview is filmed on day three of her hunger strike."
at YouTube – other related videos are also available
Maura Harrington Hunger Strike Video –  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28aoHHJr5k
Maura Harrington - Hungerstride interview - shell to sea campaign –  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyzveuwv614&feature=related

SACrilege and SACrifice
"Hunger Strike, Day 5: Maura Harrington remains on Hunger Strike. Meanwhile this is the treatment given by Gardai and Shell Security to her son Iollan Harrington at Glengad Beach:" [click the link to see the pictures of the Gardai filth in action]
at Shell To Sea – Campaigners for health, safety, environment and resources
 http://www.corribsos.com/

Rossport Solidarity Camp
Supporting Shell to Sea in resisting the Corrib gas pipeline and refinery
 http://struggle.ws/rsc/

Corrib Gas Project @ Royal Dutch Shell plc.com
at Alfred Donovan's Royal Dutch Shell plc.com – News and information on Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
 http://royaldutchshellplc.com/category/corrib-gas-project/

Rossport Update on 11th September 2008 & solidarity action in Brighton
at Earth First! Action Reports – Direct action - no leaders - confront, stop & reverse the destruction of the earth
 http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/21430
Broadhaven Bay, Co. Mayo, Ireland



Dalinian
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