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Podcasts from the Niger Delta
Listen to PLATFORM’s series of podcasts marking 15 years since the execution of Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. The podcasts feature activists who are pushing for social change in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Introduction: Episode I: Fifteen Years of Not Getting Justice Episode II: Patrick’s Podcast Episode III: “Comrade Che”
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Platform Newsletter – June 2011
PLATFORM newsletter June 2011 Dear All,In this month’s newsletter – Shell’s links with the Syrian regime, oil industry lobbying over Osborne’s budget, promenade theatre in the City of London, we are still hiring, and much, much more! Don’t forget to join our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter. The links between Shell and…
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Remember Saro-Wiwa Newsletter – June 2011
remember saro-wiwa RSW NEWSLETTER JUNE 2011 Dear RSW supporters, After a short break we are back this summer with events, news and audio podcasts. Launch of the Living Memorial at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre Saturday 25th June, 12pm – 2pm The Bernie Gran Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Rd, London N15 4RX The Bernie Grant Arts…
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Shell supports Syrian regime with $55 million during crackdown; one out of six Syrian tanks runs on Shell oil
Today, a Shell-chartered tanker is scheduled to dock in the Syrian port of Tartous. The Heidmar TBN will collect almost 600,000 barrels of crude oil purchased by Shell. The shipment, worth over $55 million, has been marketed to Shell by state company Sytrol, an integral part of Assad’s regime of power. Repression of the democratic uprising in Syria…
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Death knell or crying wolf?
In April the Chancellor, George Osborne, launched his ‘Fair Fuel Stabiliser’. This linked the rate of tax paid by oil companies to global oil prices. When the price of oil was above $75 a barrel, the rate of tax on North Sea oil profits would rise, with the additional revenue used to lower the price…
28 May 2011 Kevin -
Blair envoy lobbied Iraq Prime Minister for BP 3 months after leaving post
New documents show holes in revolving door regulation New documents released by Greg Muttitt, author of Fuel on the Fire, today show that Tony Blair’s Iraq envoy, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, lobbied the Iraqi prime minister on behalf of BP just three months after leaving Iraq. On joining BP as special adviser in June 2004, Greenstock was…
19 May 2011 mika
