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Shell's First Day of Peat Works 'Severely Impeded' by Protests
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Tuesday July 26, 2011 11:35 by j debender - Rossport Solidarity Camp Aughoose, between Pollatomish and Bellanaboy 0851141170
Come up to Mayo! Protests are continuous... Monday 25th July Shell intended to begin constructing a permanent compound in Aughoose from which to begin laying the offshore pipeline. However in a statement to Midwest radio Shell commented that works had been 'severely impeded' on Monday. Between a 5½ hour tripod blockade in the morning and loads of protesters on bicycles and on foot, the roads remained shut down for quite a lot of the day. The tripod was erected at 7am and the road was blocked until about 12.30pm. AGS scaffolding, a company owned by the brother of Sergeant James Gill, was called in to erect scaffolding around the tripod and the person who had climbed the tripod was arrested and charged. That was the only arrest on Monday. When the person in the tripod asked Sergeant Butler how she was going to be brought down the ladder, he responded that she would 'be handcuffed, your ankles will be cable-tied and you'll be manhandled down the ladder.'
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On top of a tractor
Bikes are traffic too!!
Critical mass
We have a right to cycle on the public roads, but the guards disagree
For the information of a wider readership please note that the owner of the scaffolding firm
used by Shell to remove pesky protesters/defenders is a brother of Sgt James Gill of 'Rape
Tape' infamy.
There are many more examples known locally of the symbiotic relationship between Shell, the
cops, functionaries of the state etc.
..maybe in fifty years time, when the government will be wringing its anguished hands and the media will be clucking and tutting after a long-awaited Shellmullet Report into colluders in the great cover up.
Some future Enda will make a speech and StatAramShelTexaco will withdraw its corporate ambassador to the Republic of Eure.
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critical mass
Guards telling cyclists to clear the road
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love seeing the bikes stopping the trucks - reminds me of Tienanmen square and the lone activist infront of the tanks.
good luck to you and NO Shell!
Wow great work!
The story's and photos are inspirational, looks like Shell and the Gardaí are having serious trouble.
Beir bua agus beim ar ais go luath.
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