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#Budget2015: Welfare for Fossil Fuels, Austerity for the rest
This blog was written jointly with Greg Muttitt of Oil Change International Today, Osborne announced massive tax breaks and subsidies for North Sea oil companies. A new £1.3 billion in subsidies will be handed to oil companies, with the burden transferred to the public. £1.3 billion could cover the costs of employing another 20,000 nurses…
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New book ‘Artwash’ reveals Big Oil’s art PR strategies
Artwash: Big Oil and The Arts by Mel Evans, out 20 April with Pluto Press To arrange interviews, contact Anna Galkina / [email protected] / @platformlondon For review copies or to arrange the publication of an abstract, contact Alison Alexanian / [email protected] New book analyses BP and Shell’s strategy to gain ‘social licence to operate’ by…
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Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts. Out 20.04.15. Press pack
Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts is out 20.04.2015. Images and video here
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North Sea oil companies demand tax breaks in budget, despite 6 years of eye-watering profit levels
Press release from Platform and Oil Change International Contact: Mika Minio-Paluello – Platform – 020 7403 3738 / 07733466038 /////// Greg Muttitt – Oil Change International – 07508 421 527 Figures released today show that North Sea oil and gas companies are many more times profitable than other businesses in the UK and already benefit…
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Art and power: reflections on austerity and sponsorship
We often get asked: if we want the arts to be free from sponsorship by climate-wrecking oil companies, where’s the money going to come from? And aren’t we just going to push art institutions towards other corporate sponsors (arms dealers, banks) with tarnished reputations to polish? My immediate answer to this question is in the…
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Take the Money and Run? a response to an event about ethics, funding and art by Mary Paterson
Take The Money And Run? was an event about ethics, funding and art that took place at Toynbee Studios, London on January 29, 2015. Attended by over 200 people, it was a day of presentations and discussion hosted by three organisations, Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin, Home Live Art and produced in collaboration with Platform. We commissioned Mary Paterson…
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Demand UK MPs speak out against Azerbaijan Repression
In 100 days the European Olympics will be taking place in Baku. As stadiums are completed and flags unfurled many of the people we know in Azerbaijan are in prison. The European Games are being used to goldwash the BP-Aliyev regime. So desperate are they to host the event that, despite serious economic problems, they’re…
4 Mar 2015 admin -
Guest post: why we picketed Student Pride
This is a guest blog by Hannah Smith. A shorter version of this piece appeared in Diva Magazine’s blog. A strange thing happened the very first time I went to a pride march; usually a chatterbox, I fell silent. Watching the procession I was overwhelmed by a connection to the queer community – my community…
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Oil Be Back: could drilling begin again in Ogoniland 22 years after the people kicked Shell out?
Recently there has been a flurry of Nigerian media headlines stating that oil drilling in Ogoniland could soon re-start. I have tried to dig deeper to assess what is currently known and what questions remain. Has Shell sold assets in Ogoniland? So far, there have been no news stories outside of Nigeria about Shell’s plans…
26 Feb 2015 admin
