Home | Friday 25th March 2011 | Issue 764
GLENGAD ABOUTS
After keeping the camp fires burning through the long winter months with workshops and skillshares, Rossport Solidarity Camp sprung back into action this week with a blockade of Shell’s Glengad site.
On Monday (21st), IRMS security guards foiled the initial attempt to block off the entrance with a reinforced banner. However the quick-thinking protesters formed a human barricade by lying on the ground and linking arms. The action stopped the survey work from starting for nearly three hours.
The camp is shaping up nicely for another of summer of direct action against Shell’s Corrib gas project (see SchNEWS 730). Last weekend eager activists put up the main marquee and a large communal sleeping structure. Another camp work weekend will take place this weekend and a call out has been issued to help prepare for the days of action ahead.
