On our 105th show we've got lots of hot stuff to keep us in tune with the weather.



- Writer and researcher dizzyshambles with musings and reflections on the politics of the militant student uprising in Quebec



- Donal from the Dysophia zine discussing Anarchism, antisemitism, and ways of recognising / combating the covert and overt manifestations of racism in our solidarity struggles.



- A che…

“These people have more rights than us” was the response of the police to an irate driver.  He was attempting to refuel at the Shell Garage in Old Street, London.  Protesters had managed to blockade the station in the last action of a very successful day against Shell Oil.

Activists from Occupy Oil in solidarity with Anonymous UK closed the station for almost an hour. The protesters were ca…

yesterday was the annual general meeting of oil giant, shell. the main international AGM took place in holland at the hague, but uk shareholders joined in by videolink at a meeting at the barbican. despite a massive security operation, the AGM was hit both outside and in by a stream of activists from 'rising tide' 'occupy oil', 'shell to sea', and 'tar sands uk' among others.

this short film…

today was the annual general meeting of oil giant, shell. the main international AGM took place in holland at the hague, but uk shareholders joined in by videolink at a meeting at the barbican. despite a massive security operation, the AGM was hit both outside and in by a stream of activists from 'rising tide' 'occupy oil', 'shell to sea', and 'tar sands uk', among others. see: [ video of the acti…

activists from london rising tide (helped by 'rhythms of resistance' samba players), staged a noisy and theatrical protest at the royal festival hall yesterday evening, highlighting the greenwashing of shell's image through cultural sponsorship in their 'shell classic international' festival at the southbank centre.

Eco-activist group, Climate Rush, has covered the pavement outside Shell’s UK headquarters with anti-oil slogans. Written in molasses, the stencils read: ‘£18bn profits last year, £0 spent on renewables. You can be sure of hell.’

in the third london action today, the upper street shell garage in islington was closed by activists for over an hour. while a samba band played, loads of leaflets were handed out. many passing motorists hooted support and cyclists often cheered.

as part of today's #occupyoil actions, a small group of protestors braved the freezing temperatures and held up #occupyoil logos outside the nigerian high commission in northumberland avenue. they leafletted passers-by and protested for about an hour.

activists closed down the very busy belgravia shell petrol station in pimlico this morning as the first sortie in a day of actions under the umbrella of #occupyoil, and mainly targetting the oil giant 'shell'.

there will be a publicly announced noise demo for an hour at noon today outside the nigerian house on northumberland avenue (off trafalgar square), with other shell actions planned througho…

in many years of independent reporting, i've often seen situations where police have caused larger disruption than a handfull of protestors, closing roads, sometimes closing down businesses, and sometimes massively amplifying the power of the protestors alone (not that that's their intention). however, this evening was, i think, the first time that they so completely did the job of the activists f…

Dissident Island Radio - 20 January 2012 - episode 96:

Comin' back at you fresh in 2012 with a hot and incredibly topical show as always, we'll be...

• ...hearing audio from the NYE prisoner solidarity demonstration in Holloway,
• taking a look at the widespread occupation movement across London: chatting with former and present social centre and Occupy London occupiers, we'll discuss the cha…

LARC - and pumpin out your stereo at: catalystradio.org // dissidentisland.org // direct link to live stream

On the 8th of feb 2012 we will take the battle to Shell Oil, throughout London and UK wide

tomorrow marks the sixteenth anniversary of the killing of ken saro-wiwa and eight other activists in nigeria. today, shell, complicit in their execution, was polishing its image by sponsoring an awards event for young entrepeneurs at the centrepoint building in central london. rising tide organised a reminder of shell's bloody history outside the event, involving grim reapers, sombre drums, and h…

Shell fuelled human rights abuses in Nigeria by paying huge contracts to armed militants, according to a new report published by Platform and a coalition of NGOs and featured in The Guardian.

Counting the Cost implicates Shell in cases of serious violence in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region from 2000 to 2010. The report uncovers how Shell’s routine payments to armed militants exacerbat…

In response to Shell's AGM today in The Hague and London, the Shell to Sea campaign have shut down the Belmullet Shell office in protest against the on-going controversial Corrib Gas project which has no local consent or benefit to the people of Ireland. Shell will attempt to begin construction on the high pressure raw gas pipeline shortly despite a legal challenge by An Taisce and two local…

after the remains of the irish government gave approval last week for the shell high-pressure gas pipeline and refinery in county mayo, activists have been staging blockades, actions and protests against shell in solidarity with the residents and activists of rossport. in london, tonight's garage blockade was also called as a memorial to long-time climate activist val jones, who lost a long strugg…

Around 500 activists from various climate groups descended on the Coryton oil refinery near Stanford-le-Hope to impose a blockade preventing oil tankers from leaving and were successful until the evening. Coryton, United Kingdom, 16/10/2010

several hundred activists managed to blockade the oil refinery near stanford-le-hope for several hours this afternoon. they stopped more than 50 tankers during the course of their protest. police were caught off guard by the elaborate and brilliantly organised strategies of the groups involved, and the event passed off with no arrests.

Some quick rushes of the actions at the entrance to Shell's Coryton refinery near Stanford, Essex.  The largest oil refinery in Britain was shut down for most of the working day as activists disrupted the oil distribution network.

PICTURES from the Crude Awakening blockade of Coryton Oil Refinery / Shell Haven Oils near Stanford-le-Hope. Around 500 people took direct action against the oil industry in a well co-ordinated blockade with different groups approaching from different directions and different blockades - 12 bamboo tripods, loadsa arm tube lockons, two vehicle blockades with people locked on underneath and more and…

Some quick photos from the blockade of Shell's oil refinery at Coryton near Stanford, Essex.

Activists originally occupied the flyover of the Shell garage at 122-156 Walworth Road, Camberwell, London, around 3pm on 25/09/10 [Pics] The occupation was in solidarity with the people of Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland, who are resisting Shell's destructive influence, and all those experiencing repression at the hands of this brutal multinational oil company. It is also meant as a warm up a…

protestors in solidarity with rossport have just layed siege to a shell garage near elephant and castle in south london (sat evening 17:00)

if anyone is in the area and wants to come and take pics or join them, please do!

the shell garage on upper street in islington was closed for several hours this afternoon by more than a hundred protestors

Critical Mass meeting point: 1PM at Marble Arch

Bring: a bike, noisemakers, your friends & family and your dancing shoes

Marble Arch meeting point map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=marble%20arch%20(Meeting point for those without bikes - Oxford Circus, 1PM.)

MASS ACTION CALL OUT



• When: Saturday, 15th May

• Meet: 1PM at Oxford Circus

• Bring: a zone 1-2 tube pass, noisemakers, your friends & family and your dancing shoes

» Oxford Circus meeting point map – http://tinyurl.com/OCnw-SVmap

» Facebook event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112331352138187

Protest in Trafalgar Square opposite Canada House against the extraction of Tar Sands in Canada. The protest was aimed at Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and the Royal Bank of Scotland. London, United Kingdom, 13/02/2010.

Dateline: Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 12:00-13:30, Sat 13 Feb 10 – On the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Canada, around 50 folk mobilised by the UK Tar Sands Network and London Rising Tide partook of sporting events of a sharper, more satirical sort: The Canadian Tar Sands Oil-ympics. With Canada House as a backdrop, among the Canadian-state-funded ballyhoo of big screen live feeds and …

Campers marched onward to stage another protest outside Shell's offices in solidarity with the Rossport campaigners