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Eurovision & The Oil Road
The Eurovision Song Contest took place on 26th May 2012 in host country Azerbaijan, which is also home to the subject of Platform’s upcoming book release The Oil Road – the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. On 24th May 2012 Resonance 104.4 FM Platform got together to discuss the stories in the book and sample the Eurovision…
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Tate à Tate audio tour
Platform, Liberate Tate and Art Not Oil present a site-specific sound artwork themed around the issue of BP sponsorship of Tate. The piece was launched on 23rd March 2012, and is available for visitors to download as a “permanent, participatory installation”. Find out more about Tate à Tate by vistiting www.tateatate.org. Tate à Tate is…
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Tate à Tate – Resonance FM Radio Show
Activism and audio art forms the core of this episode of Clear Spot first broadcast on March 22nd 2012. Controversy surrounding BP’s relationship with Tate appears to be reaching a new peak. This evening, three site-specific sound works have been released, all of which have been designed to be listened to inside Tate Modern, Tate…
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What would you choose?
RBS fossil fuel finance data visualisation made by Lisa Isfits. It compares RBS figures with government spending, including the bail-out of RBS. It was featured in the March edition of Ethical Consumer, alongside an article 'RBS attempt to greenwash backfires' by Mel Evans. Download the infographic (pdf) or take a closer look online below. …
1 Mar 2012 admin -
Culture Beyond Oil – Resonance FM radio show
A one hour radio show on oil sponsorship of the arts that was created by Mel Evans and Kevin Smith, broadcast on the 25th December 2011 on Resonance FM.
25 Dec 2011 admin -
Network Africa interview with Platform on Shell’s human rights abuses
Network Africa, the BBC World Service’s flagship programme broadcasting across the continent, interviewed Platform’s Ben Amunwa about the new report which implicates Shell in a decade of new human rights abuses in Nigeria. Shell declined to attend the interview.
7 Oct 2011 admin -
Report ties Shell to human rights abuse, environmental destruction in Niger Delta
US radio station Free Speech Radio News interviews Platform's Ben Amunwa on the new report, Counting the Cost, which implicates Shell in new human rights abuses in Nigeria.
5 Oct 2011 admin -
Shell fuelled conflict in the Niger Delta
BBC Business Daily interviewed Platform in detail about its new report on Shell’s human rights abuses in the Niger Delta. Shell were invited to the interview but refused. The BBC World Service broadcast the report to hundred millions of listeners worldwide. The report, titled ‘Counting the Cost’ implicates Shell in cases of serious violence in…
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Shell funds militant clashes in Nigeria
CBC Radio Canada broadcast an interview with the author of Platform’s new report, Counting the Cost, on Shell’s human rights abuses in Nigeria.
4 Oct 2011 admin
