[Anarchafeminists] [ecoaction] BEAT THE BOREHOLES!

[Susan McCabe]

> 


> Sign up to BEAT THE BOREHOLES!!
> 
> Join a continuous mass act of civil disobedience this summer at Sruth
> Fháda Chonn estuary.
> 
> Shell plan to drill up to 80 boreholes to survey the estuary for their
> proposed gas pipeline and we plan to stop them! Work will start in the
> coming days & continue till mid-October. The idea is that groups or
> individuals pledge to stop a borehole at a specific time this summer. The
> action you take is entirely up to you & can range from banner holding to
> walking out on the sands to boarding drilling rigs. We will book you into
> our BEAT THE BOREHOLE calendar & host you at the solidarity camp/house if
> needed. The camp will help with equipment/training if any is required. The
> aim is to get each of the 80 boreholes assigned a Beat the Borehole group.
> Between local groups, national Shell to Sea groups, other supportive
> political groups, groups from abroad, student groups, surfers, kayakers we
> might just do it!
> 
> 
> Why Stop the boreholes?
> 
> A certain amount of boreholes are needed to provide an adequate survey
> before Shell can build their proposed tunnel under the estuary. Due to the
> tides, & seasonal nature of the job any disruption to work will slow the
> process down & could prevent them getting an adequate survey done this
> year. They have to stop in mid-Oct on the arrival of the Brent Geese. The
> estuary is a Specially Protected Area & part of the Broadhaven bay Special
> Area of Conservation. The operation will damage parts of the estuary &
> disturb the wildlife there. Some machines will be brought on to the
> inter-tidal areas (strand) at low tide which will be particularly
> disruptive to the species of birds found there.
> 
> 
> Information about the drilling operation:
> 
> Each borehole will take 2.5 days & up to 4 a week could be made. They will
> be drilling from 7am-7pm every week day but not at weekends. There will be
> movement of barges & personnel outside these hours. Two jack-up barges
> will be working at once in the estuary.
> 
> 
> Ideas for Action:
> 
> Groups will need to be a bit flexible as we won't know exactly where your
> borehole will be until nearer the time. However here are some ideas & the
> main thing is to do whatever you feel comfortable doing. If you are coming
> as an individual we can try & match you up with other people doing actions
> at the same time.
> 
> Walk out on the sands at low tide to the drilling rigs
> Stop the machines driving over the beach/mudflat areas
> Have a picnic & hold banners on the beach
> Row out to the rigs in currachs & try & get in the way
> Kayak in our inflatables out to the rigs & get in the way ( (training
> session essential, but as long as you can swim anyone can learn)
> Board the drilling rigs
> Block the boats with fishing nets and crab pots
> Disrupt the flow of personnel/equipment from Ballyglass pier
> 
> Spread the word!
> 
> There will be leaflets & posters available from the camp soon, please
> distribute widely. If you think you would like to pledge to Beat the
> Borehole then please contact us with: the date you'd arrive, how long
> you're staying, number of people, whether you'd like to stay at the
> camp/house & whether you need us to sort out any equipment/training.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> For flyers and posters see here...
> http://www.shelltosea.com/content/books-leaflets - flyer
> http://www.shelltosea.com/content/posters - poster
> 
> For more information or to be sent leaflets/posters:
> rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail.com
> 
> The idea for this came from two campaigns; one called Fazlane 365 which
> was a year long continuous blockade of Fazlane nuclear base in Scotland. A
> huge number of different groups took on blockading the base for a day,
> from church groups to politicians to anarchists to musicians. See
> www.faslane365.org. Also in the 1990's in Britain most anti-road campaigns
> used Beat the Bulldozer pledges to enlist thousands of people to pledge to
> take action once the bulldozers came in. There are some case histories on
> the website below. See www.roadblock.org.uk/alarmuk/roadblock.html
> 
> http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org/content/beat-boreholes
> 
> 
> For more information:
> 
> http://www.shelltosea.com - campaign website
> http://www.indymedia.ie/mayo - indymedia section on the campaign against
> shell
> http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org - The website of the Solidarity Camp
> in Rossport
> 
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