Animal Rights

23rd December 06: Rhythms of Resistance Manchester
joined animal rights campaigners protesting against
animal abuse.
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Rhythms of Resistance Manchester joined animal rights activists for a demo against animal testing and the sale of fur.

The first stop was The Body Shop, where banners stating: "Boycott The Body Shop - It's not worth it" were accompanied by samba rhythms and chants of "Bad Shop!” The Body Shop, which previously sold itself on its ethical sourcing of its products, has been taken over by L'Oréal. This company has the worst rating for testing on animals (source: Ethical Consumer) and refuses to change its animal testing policies.

Police and street wardens gathered and threaten protesters with the new law regarding leafleting, which prohibits the distribution of free literature within specified areas. The activists, however, informed the police of the details of the law, which allows the distribution of leaflets for political, religious and charitable purposes. Ironically, the area surrounding The Body Shop was littered with their leaflets, which the police ignored.

With a police escort, protests continued against Armani's sale of real fur. Armani has refused to stop selling real fur, despite fur farms being illegal in the UK and fur production involving serious animal suffering. The colourful samba band gained the attention of a photographer and passers-by, who then stopped to take information from Manchester Animal Protection.

Don’t support animal cruelty:
Boycott The Body Shop!
Boycott Armani!

For further information visit: www.mapsoc.org.uk

Shell Blockade

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2006



On Saturday 16th December potential customers at a Shell petrol station in Barnsley were given information about the activities of Shell in Mayo and encouraged to boycott the company.

A group from Rhythms of Resistance North moved in on the petrol station mid-afternoon. The entrance and exit were blocked, banners hung and leaflets given to motorists and pedestrians with information about the Mayo pipeline. Many people received the information sympathetically. One motorist returned from the nearest alternative source of petrol, two miles away, so people could be diverted to it.

Several car drivers however were very confrontational, driving into sambistas and in one case forcing a player on to their car bonnet before braking to cause her to fall off. The first police to arrive read out various threats, which couldn’t be heard above the drum beats. Eventually reinforcements arrived, adding to the chaos with a number of vehicles of their own. For a while they held up the traffic so their photographers could get a better view. When it came to the point of inevitable arrest for continuing the blockade the sambistas decided it would be more productive to move to the pavement and continue drawing people’s attention so they could be given more information. A fair proportion of car drivers chose not to enter the station even when the entrance was unblocked.

links
http://www.corribsos.com/
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358438.html

Rhythms of Resistance Manchester is hosting a ...

REBEL CLOWNING workshop by The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
on 2nd and 3rd December!


.. be part of a fighting force armed with ruthless love and become fully trained in the ancient art of clowning :-)
Discover the subversive freedom of fooling.
The workshop will be carried out by CIRCA recruiting officers!
http://www.clownarmy.org

RUN AWAY FROM THE CIRCUS
JOIN THE FORCES OF THE CLANDESTINE INSURGENT REBEL CLOWN ARMY