SEAD (Scottish Education and Action for Development)

Tuesday 8^th November 2011

at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL

We are please to announce we are doing a special screening of the most inspiring film ‘The Pipe’ which will start at 7pm after a short introduction. The Pipe is a compelling documentary film four years in the making, It tells the story of the small Rossport community in Ireland which has taken on the might of Shell Oil and the Irish State. The film will be followed by special guests, from the Shell to Sea and Rossport Solidarity Camp, who will talk about the campaign and the people involved with a Q & A session afterwards.

Shell to Sea campaign and Rossport Solidarity Camp

The Shell to Sea campaign is about the discovery of gas off this remote coastal village, which has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland. The rights of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing grounds, has come in direct conflict with one of the world’s most powerful oil companies. When the citizens look to their State to protect their rights, they find that the government has put Shell’s right to lay a pipeline over their own. Already 5 locals have spent 94 days in jail rather than let the proposed Shell pipeline cross their lands. This once tranquil area is engulfed in turmoil, as huge numbers of police drafted in. Normal policing has broken down following baton charges, surveillance, arrests, and a hunger strike by a local schoolteacher.

This campaign is a fantastic example of community resilience. We hope to learn from this and draw links with Rossport and communities campaigning in Scotland against development such as open cast mining, incinerators, biomass plants and more.

 Agenda for the Evening

1830             Arrival/register

1900             Welcome and Introduction to the event

1905             Introduction to the film

1915             Screening of The Pipe

2030             Rossport Solidarity Camp and Shell to Sea Campaign – Whats happened since ‘The Pipe’

2100            Q&A

2130             Event ends

Registering for the event

Please email  info(at)sead.org.uk or call the office 01314752612

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