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Person being held down in the brambles while Shell's convoy passes
solidarity from athens
You’re all very brave individuals who fight for your rights! Never give up! “From little things big things grow”! You can win this! I have a beautiful friend, he is an ex-riot squat here in Australia, he shares many horrendous stories about what is going on in the force and how police are trained to simply take orders and no question asked. I am proud to say that now; he fights with us, against Shell, Woodside, BHP, BP and Chevron here in Broome Western Australia! People who still believe, without questioning anything big companies or authorities say, are lost souls! Why do people without question believe any report from Shell and the like or Police???? Why??? Because they said so???? Wake up!! Big companies are there for the money and money lies....and police sadly are robots...and the really bad ones even enjoy it! Asking question is scary, but it is the only way. Keep going!
Are there any brave men and women in the Garda who will stand against other Garda and Shell heavy handed tactics and worse? Any Bradley Mannings? Any whistle-blowers?
To the protestors: Solidarity in all your non-violent, brave and noble protest.
The hypocracy of the present justice minister in allowing the continuation of brutal policing
of Erris thus denying the democratic right to protest without fear and intimidation.
The Aarhus convention would have allowed meaningful public participation in environmental matters,despite having signed up to this Ireland has never ratified it.
The non -violent actions of a community asserting their right to protest,to live in a safe environment, These people who risk their lives daily stand for all that is good in this world.
To those politicians who swapped their consciences for temporary "glory"shame,shame on you.
Is any of this getting onto the mainstream where most of the population get their information dropped into their heads enmasse ?
I suppose to be more accurate it is the control and regulation of information, who gets told, when, and about what, that is the lynch-pin in the apparatus of control and containment.
So bloody obvious but so often forgotten to link the new with the old media especially in advertising the former.
Press releases have being going out on these cases from last week and I know complaints have gone into RTE about their lack of coverage
We are paying over a 100 thousand euro to the gardai who protect Shell, this is wrong for a start. One of the biggests companies in the world and they do not need to employ thier own bouncers, why should they, our own gardai are doing a great job for them. The only country in the world where protesters have been peaceful, the gardai should be grateful for that alone, so why are they using the rough tactics again the people, they should stand aside and let the people protest....unless there is some hidden agenda between government, judges and Shell. That I could well believe. Good luck to the people involved and imprisoned, and hopefully many more will get involved with you. You are doing this for all the citizens in this country, keep up the good work. Our legal / justice systems stinks.
Hi,
I thought that this racket was all over and done with!
Judging from the lack of national coverage in the regular media, it is obvious that the public interest in this schoolyard scrap has waned.
There are more pressing things for the ordinary joe to be dealing with, what with the economy in dire straits, sovereignty lost and the country in hock.
It seems pointless to be continuing this campaign when the entire country and its citizens are now virtually under foreign control and little more than a colony of debtors to foreign capitalist states.
This campaign is like having lost several billion Euro and found a few cents.
Wake up, please, the whole dam' herd of horses has bolted!!
See the bigger picture and forget these silly local rows!!
Who's the Judge in these cases?
"Judging from the lack of national coverage in the regular media, it is obvious that the public interest in this schoolyard scrap has waned.
There are more pressing things for the ordinary joe to be dealing with, what with the economy in dire straits, sovereignty lost and the country in hock."
no. it is obvious that the media have gone out of their way to bury this matter.
The economic situation makes it all the more important that Ireland take control of its oil and gas resources for its own use. There are billions worth of gas and oil off the coast. We're giving it away for nothing at present to a private corporation.
This campaign is the only real sustained resistance there has been to the corporate corruption of our political and judicial system and the systematic stealing of potential oil/gas wealth from the Irish people.
It is not a question of giving up. The Shell to sea campaign is a source of inspiration and experience in the future resistance to come against the bankster occupation of our country. We should not stop. In fact we should rally around it and make it a symbolic victory for people power.
I suspect it's much more likely to be trillions (not billions) of Euros worth of Republic of Ireland oil and gas resources we're talking about, and such views are supported by reports like that at http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/art...97336 for example, which is titled:
"SITTING ON A FORTUNE; EXCLUSIVE EUR5trillion Oil Field Could Defeat Recession but Gloom Grows"
Suggestion: Google a few slightly different versions of the title just above, with and without the inverted commas, for additional information on this subject.
Related link: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/DailEireannGroup/1Mar...l.htm
"This bond doth give thee here no jot of oil;
The words expressly are 'a pound of flesh.'"
The above is a very slightly edited version of a "Merchant of Venice" quote at:
http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/pound-flesh
Related link:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/IrishLegalProfessions...l.htm
victor blake was the name of the judge. and by the way, the last two people whose cases were heard at the end of the week both ended up with suspended sentances.