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.

On Sunday a group of protestors did a banner drop from the Tate Modern in solidarity with the 25 Italian comrades who were arrested during a massive police operation across Italy on 26th January 2012, including raids on 54 homes. Nine comrades are still in prison. The operation was carried out against the No TAV (Treno ad Alta Velocità) movement which is protesting the construction of a high-sp…

more than a hundred acitvists took part in a sleep-in flashmob at tate modern this afternoon in protest at the the gallery's continued assocation with world eco-criminal 'british petroleum'.

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After the Lewisham Council meeting was disrupted the previous night [video 1, 2; article 1, 2] with mainstream reporting 4 arrests, and Top Shop being blockaded, there was a call for the 2nd day of action, or DayX2, against the cuts today. A Kettle Carnival is announced for noon at Trafalgar Square, as well as a Black Triangl…

The main doors at Shells headquarters were closed to staff at 9am today, 12 June as protesters dressed as ‘thugs' turned up for a job interview. Shell security locked all doors as protesters tried to enter the building for what they said was a job interview "we hear Shell are hiring thugs to sink ships in Ireland".

For more information on this campaign see IMC-UK feature Rossport resistance int…