Shortcuts Visits Shell

The recently formed ‘Shortcuts’ society encourages students in Manchester to become involved in wider campaigns. On Sept 29th it organised a day of free workshops including talks on non-violent direct action, permaculture, and subvertising as well as active political street theatre and meditation workshops.

On October 9th, Shortcuts dropped in on a Shell careers conference to tell them: ‘Get the Shell out of Nigeria’. Given the floor for five minutes, one of the activists gave a speech pleading with the students to wake up and consider the alternatives. Shell’s attitude was “We’re a company, and we have to make profit first!”.

Setting off a fire alarm provided a welcome relief from corporate brainwashing and gave activists a chance to tell the people there that a wind energy company were also recruiting in Brighton.

Upcoming interventions include BP, Nestle and the Army. Contact: shortcutzuk@yahoo.co.uk