8 years of intense struggle against Shell - June 2013 week of action

andrew
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:17:31 +0000
Rossport, Community, Environment, Connaught, Opinion, Analysis, Andrew N Flood

The first direct actions of the Erris struggle against Shell took place 8 years ago when 6 locals were injuncted and then 5 of them jailed for refusing to allow Shell onto their lands. In the 8 years that have passed there have been countless direct actions, dozens of arrests, about two dozen jailings and hundreds of people attacked by Garda or Shell's security company IRMS. But as the first two days of the week of action demonstrated that intense level of repression over so many years has yet to end effective resistance.