World Car Free day

Critical Mass Bristol

During a Critical Mass cycle ride in Bristol on World car free day, April 19th, a taxi driver knocked down a cyclist. The police response was to arrest the cyclist for allegedly causing criminal damage to the taxi!! Apart from the negativity of the one arrest, the cycle protest went really well with about 250 people of all ages taking part using a variety of transport including cycles, walking, skateboards, and scooters. Musical entertainment was provided with drums, brass instruments, and a load speaker hooked up to the back of a bike. One or two irate car drivers irresponsibly drove at speed through the crowd knocking into bikes. But in general the protest was peaceful, musical, good-natured and managed to block off a major roundabout and one of the main roads.

Unnatural History

London RTS mischievously de-branded the BP sponsored Ecology exhibition at the Natural History Museum. Timed to coincide with the BP AGM, activists posed as smooth talking BP tour guides while others heckled them with questions such as “how can you claim to be ‘beyond petroleum’ while increasing oil production by 5%”, “why do anti-BP activists in Colombia get threatened and killed by paramilitaries” and “how does drilling for oil in the Arctic fit the new ‘green’ image”. Elsewhere in the Museum the showpiece animated Tyrannosaurus Rex was given a fetching new coat with the message ‘Climate change killed me, don’t let it happen to you’. Contact RTS 07811 636263,