FROM OUR SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE OCTOBER 2005
The Guardian (UK): Don’t be defeatist: the power of protest is alive and well
“…in Ireland last week huge public pressure forced Shell to lift an injunction which had seen five anti-pipeline farmers jailed for 94 days.”
Friday 7 October 2005
The government cannot stifle dissent, say Helen Steel and Dave Morris
George Monbiot looked at some of the wide range of repressive measures increasingly being used to undermine the public’s right to protest (Protest is criminalised and the huffers and puffers say nothing, October 4). The government is exploiting every opportunity to extend its powers over us all. Its aim is to try to protect the status quo so that those who have wealth and power can continue to dominate our world, untroubled by anyone fighting back.