“You can be sure of $hell”
to have only one interest - money - making profits from whoever and whatever
they can.
What's wrong with $hell?
DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
Although guilty of environmental damage throughout the world, $hell is infamous
for its exploitation of the oil-rich Niger Delta. Fertile land has been destroyed,
oil spills and pipelines have polluted rivers and respiratory diseases have
increased. The Ogoni people who live there organised themselves peacefully and
virtually forced $hell out of Ogoniland in 1993.
ROBBING THE POOR
$hell makes over $300 million from Nigeria, & takes most of it out of the
country. While these huge oil deals benefit the corrupt regime, the Nigerian
people in the region remain among the poorest in Africa.
On the 10th November 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists were
murdered by the Nigerian military dictatorship. Their only crime was to speak
out against $hell’s exploitation and environmental destruction of the Niger
Delta, the homeland of the Ogoni and other peoples.
After a secret meeting between $hell and the Nigerian Head of Internal Security,
which called for “ruthless military operations”, dozens of villages
were destroyed, thousands of people massacred, tens of thousands fleeing for
their lives, and key activists arrested, and later hung.
$hell has admitted it supplied arms to the Nigerian regime to suppress the Ogoni
and other people’s peaceful protest; they also have roles within the administration.
Since 1997 people have at times occupied oil flow stations, cutting oil output
by a third.
EXPLOITING WORKERS
The abuse of human rights continues, with $hell fully involved both in suppressing
union rights, and bank-rolling the regime, in return for its destructive operations
continuing without hindrance from local people.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
• Boycott $hell, and tell them what you think of their bloody activities
• Try and use sustainable alternatives to cars. It’s not just $hell
- all oil companies commit atrocities in their drive for profits, in many parts
of the world. .
All that is being demanded in the Niger Delta is freedom from pollution, freedom
from repression, and the right to self-determination. Workers & local people
can and do organise together to fight for their rights & dignity. Campaigns
are springing up everywhere. Together we can stand up to multinationals like
$hell.
GIVE SHELL HELL!
For more info about $hell, and the sustainable alternatives, or ecological direct
action, contact Manchester Earth First!
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