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Quick Update on Today's Oxford RBS Actions

Oxford Climate Action | 15.10.2007 13:55 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Oxford

Full report with photos to hopefully follow soon, but here's a quick summary!

Oxford climate activists targeted a branches of both the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest as part of the today's National Day of Action. With banners and oil-spattered T-Shirts declaring "RBS Group - Funding Climate Change", "Dirty Bankers - Shafting The Planet", and "The Oil Bank Of Scotland", they caused a stir in Oxford's busiest shopping precinct and distributed hundreds of leaflets to interested customers and passers-by.

Activists also entered both branches with a large oil pipeline, explaining to customers and staff that they were delivering it to the branch, but couldn't leave until they'd spoken to Head Office to confirm that it had arrived safely. They stayed in each branch cheerfully (and loudly) reminiscing with staff and customers about all the other pipelines and fossil fuel projects the bank was funding, and how much climate change they were causing, until removed by the police. In the NatWest branch, they also managed to get a call put through to Head Office and asked them why RBS were funding so many climate-trashing projects (they didn't get any decent answers though).

No-one was arrested, although one protester had to give their name and address under Section 50 of the Police Reform Act for "anti-social behaviour" (they were apparently causing "alarm and distress" by standing in a bank, talking about climate change and holding a cardboard oil pipe).

Photos and videos to follow soon...

Oxford Climate Action meet on Mondays at the Oxford Action Resource Centre (OARC - www.theoarc.org.uk). To get involved, contact  oxford@climatecamp.org.uk - new members always welcome!

Oxford Climate Action
- e-mail: oxford@climatecamp.org.uk

Additions

Photos From The Action

15.10.2007 16:39

Subtle Slogans Part 1: At NatWest
Subtle Slogans Part 1: At NatWest

Oil money: useful for greasing palms.
Oil money: useful for greasing palms.

Subtle Slogans Part 2: At RBS
Subtle Slogans Part 2: At RBS

The RBS Branch Manager seems delighted as the pipeline arrives at his bank.
The RBS Branch Manager seems delighted as the pipeline arrives at his bank.

Here are some photos...and apologies for the typos in the above article, it was written in a bit of a hurry!

Oxford Climate Action
mail e-mail: oxford@climatecamp.org.uk


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Great action people!!!

17.10.2007 17:19

Amazing! Just saw the video clip. Making me miss Oxford loads!

See you all soon,
Brad

Brad in Swansea


Brad

18.10.2007 10:54

We miss you too! Looking forward to the Student Climate Project launch :)

Janet
- Homepage: http:// http://www.studentclimateproject.org.uk/


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