Shell To Sea Solidarity Action Ghent ( Belgium).

by Joe Sun Jan 09, 2011 18:04

Well done comrades !

I'm sure that all Shell to Sea supporters in Ireland will be delighted to see this wonderful solidarity action !

by V for vendetta Sun Jan 09, 2011 21:39

Nice to see awareness of shell's underhand corporate behaviour spreading and principled people taking a stand. Happy to see that these corporate slime aren't getting everything their own way. Interesting to see that they are still trading as shell in Belgium. They had to change their name to Topaz in Ireland to avoid the bad publicity here.

by Marc Spring Sun Jan 09, 2011 22:16

Fantastic action, you guys are beautiful, well done and thanks from Ireland! Solidarity

by Maura Harrington - S2S; Davitt League Mon Jan 10, 2011 09:13

Thanks a million to all involved in Ghent action - it always means a lot to those beleagured by corporate arrogance and weak governance.

Thanks again and be assured that we'll keep the fight going here for as long as it takes.

by Eamonn O'Coillea'in - Republic of Ireland Mon Jan 10, 2011 18:13

Thank you all who stood against Shell with this protest, we here in Ireland have been protesting for many years and it's really great that others around the World stand up against Shells world pollution. Human beings have the right to live in an Environment that is free from toxic pollution that Shell thinks it's alright to discharge into our air and water; Thank You again from the People of Erris Ireland,,

by W. Finnerty Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:49

While I (as always) feel extremely grateful to all those who take to the streets in peaceful and lawful ways, to protest against major outbreaks of government and corporate wrongdoing, my fear is that such protests will never (by themselves) be enough to remedy the basic set of problems involved: having due regard for the kind of people who are doing (and the many who in one way or another are supporting!!) the wrongdoing in this particular case, and in many others like it all around the world.

I can very easily understand the viewpoint that "weak governance" is playing a major role.

However, there is also the alternative perception that, from the viewpoint of the wrongdoers, it is "strong governance" (albeit of the completely wrong kind as far as I'm concerned) that is, on an ongoing basis, winning all (or almost all) the important battles for the tyrannous despots, plutocrats, and kleptocrats (etcetera) who are indulging themselves with impunity in the extremely serious, but exceptionally well and deceitfully hidden, criminal activity concerned.

Unless the starting place of the well-hidden and devious power-source which drives and sustains such "strong governance" can be honestly sought out, faced up to -- by sufficiently large numbers of honest people -- and successfully tackled by the use of the FULL range of all peaceful and lawful means available to them, I have difficulty in seeing how there can ever be a happy ending for humanity generally (i.e. humanity as a whole)?

Then, and to add to the already large set of obvious difficulties involved, there's still the less-obvious and awful -- and perhaps impossible to remedy snag (for humanity generally)? -- which Shakespeare's Hamlet pointed out over 400 years ago:

"Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand."

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