STORY about SolidarityEnvironmentDirect Action posted on May 26, 2012 by Anarchist Solidarity
No Compliance! No Coal! No Way!
Mining Conference Effectively Shut Down!
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On May 24, 2012 the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum hosted a luncheon meeting at the Four Season's Hotel in Vancouver focusing on Compliance Energy Corp's proposed Raven Coal Mine. The site for this proposed mine is in unceded Pentlach Territory on Vancouver Island, also known as the Comox Valley.
The lemon meringue was barely finished with keynote speaker and Compliance Energy Corp. CEO John Tapics mentioning that there was social opposition to Raven Coal, when he and the 100 person conference were abruptly interrupted by a half dozen people who unleashed decaying herring upon them. A chaotic stench and nauseating shower of fermented fish engulfed the room. Herring are only one of the species that will be negatively effected by the mining development. (Contrary to mass media reports it was herring, not excrement).
Simultaneously, coal tumbled onto the ground. The wondrous blend created by insurgent passion was too overwhelming for the industrial capital bosses to handle. People yelled unyielding opposition while pamphlets were strewn in the air to assert the point, "It has Begun! No Compliance! No Compromise! No Coal!"
Those attending had no choice but to step in the mix of herring and coal as they quickly exited, the conference being effectively shut down. The coal, the herring, what a sight, what a smell: never to be whipped, chained, or owned into submission. A great force used to crash the daydreams and sick fantasies of industrial development.
No one was captured or injured. The conference and the hotel were shut down.
This action is a small contribution to the ongoing struggle against the Raven Coal Mine. We are through with dialogue. We do not except the false temptation of economic development. We will not poison ourselves, each other or the earth to survive!
No Mine, No Compromise, No Compliance, No Way!
Towards a Liberated Reality with Minerals in the Ground and Fish in the Sea
For Mass Media Coverage of Action See:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Smelly+substance+evacuates+Vancouver+Fou...
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Protesters+disrupt+mining+conference+Va...
For More Information About the Opposition to the Raven Coal Mine See:
The site for the Vancouver local of The Media Co-op has been archived and will no longer be updated. Please visit the main Media Co-op website to learn more about the organization.
Comments
video?
is there any footage of that?
that'd be cool for the next show...
I'll drink to that!
Tapics and his contemporaries are looking over their shoulders from now on.
I pulled a muscle in my back laughing about this!
poo vs fish
apparently the cops can't tell the difference.
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From: "McGuinness, Jana" <jana.mcguinness@vpd.ca>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 19:54:28 -0500
Conversation: Update - Hazmat Incident
Subject: Update - Hazmat Incident
Update - Hazmat Incident
Vancouver - Initial tests conducted on a smelly substance that was thrown into a meeting room at the Four Seasons Hotel by protesters earlier today indicate that it is feces mixed with a liquid.
There is no indication of a risk to public safety.
The investigation into the incident is continuing and no arrests have been made.
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Constable Jana McGuinness
Media Relations Officer
Vancouver Police Department
T 604-717-2807
E jana.mcguinness@vpd.ca