Rossport Solidarity Picket, Salford Quays

18.11.2006

Sat­ur­day 18th Novem­ber, around 20 activists, includ­ing the Rhythms of Resis­tance sam­ba band went to pick­et the Shell garage at Sal­ford Quays. Whilst the band played, the rest of us leaflet­ted dri­vers as they arrived and where pos­si­ble spoke to them. The site of the band made it all the eas­i­er to do so and most were pre­pared to talk too.

Rossport Shell picket Salford18.11.2006

Sat­ur­day 18th Novem­ber, around 20 activists, includ­ing the Rhythms of Resis­tance sam­ba band went to pick­et the Shell garage at Sal­ford Quays. Whilst the band played, the rest of us leaflet­ted dri­vers as they arrived and where pos­si­ble spoke to them. The site of the band made it all the eas­i­er to do so and most were pre­pared to talk too.

The response was gen­er­al­ly good. We spoke to them as they arrived and whilst on the fore­court. The mes­sage as sim­ple — please don’t buy petrol here, bet­ter still think whether your car jour­ney is nec­es­sary. At least ten cars sim­ply drove away from the garage in the hour and a half we were there, which must have cost them a few hun­dred pounds.

The leaflet is avail­able at: http://af-north.org/shell/rossport.htm (text below).

For more local infor­ma­tion, please con­tact us at: shelltosea@af-north.org

More infor­ma­tion about the cam­paign can be got from: www.indymedia.ie/mayo
Infor­ma­tion about Shell to Sea: http://www.shelltosea.com/
Ross­port Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp: http://www.struggle.ws/rsc/ or www.rossportsolidaritycamp.com

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Buy your petrol some­where else today.

Shell has a ter­ri­ble record of destroy­ing the envi­ron­ment and the com­mu­ni­ties unlucky enough to live near their explo­ration sites.
On the west coast of Ire­land, in an area called Erris, in Coun­ty Mayo, they have found gas. They want to bring it ashore and refine it in an area which is unspoilt and unde­vel­oped. The result will be the total destruc­tion of the local area and the lives of the peo­ple who live there.
Already five men have spent three months in prison for protest­ing about Shell’s plans. The local peo­ple have fought long and hard to stop work at the refin ery. Now Shell and the Irish police are attack­ing these same peo­ple dai­ly to allow con­struc­tion to go ahead.

Help show you are opposed to their destruc­tion of Erris and the way they van­dalise our plan­et. Buy your petrol some­where else. Bet­ter
still, think whether you need all those car jour­neys. Hurt them in their pock­ets. It’s the only way to make Shell see sense.
Man­ches­ter Shell to Sea: shelltosea@ af- north. org