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On the Oil Patrol in Russia
This is a guest blog by Asti Roesle from Greenpeace. I have just been in the Republic of Komi, Northern Russian, taking part in an oil spill patrol by Greenpeace Russia and the local NGO Save the Pechora Committee which is run by local volunteers. Sadly, I am discovering many parallels between the situation caused by Shell…
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Le sponsoring culturel des géants du pétrole crée la polémique
Cultural sponsorship by oil company giants is creating debate Tristan de Bourbon, London; in Tribune de Genéve, page 11
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“Protests might intensify” over BP sponsorship
Tate has faced an Information Tribunal to defend its right to keep details of its financial relationship with the oil company a secret. Frances Richens, Arts Professional
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Who funds the arts and why we should care
As the arts increasingly depend on private and corporate funding, questions arise about how closely artists and institutions should examine the sources of finance Rachel Spence, Financial Times
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Pressure grows over BP arts sponsorship
Oil giant facing criticism over corporate sponsorship of cultural institutions including the Royal Opera House Terry Macalister, The Guardian
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Tate fears that “protests might intensify” over BP sponsorship
Richard Aydon, the Tate head of legal yesterday admitted in a tribunal that Tate fears that “protests might intensify” as a result of potential revelations about its controversial sponsorship relationship with BP. The statement was made when Aydon was acting as a witness before the Information Tribunal where Tate was appealing against a March ruling…
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Tate’s argument for keeping BP sponsorship secret just doesn’t add up
Today we’re in court with Tate over a long running struggle to get them to say just how much sponsorship money they’re getting from BP. Working alongside Freedom of Information specialists Request Initiative, we’ve put a lot of time and energy in to trying to find out this figure, and this is why it’s important.…
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BP: stop fuelling repression in Azerbaijan
This morning I stood outside BP’s International HQ in St James’s Square, London. I was attending a solidarity action for a missing protest. We should have been supporting a similar demo in Azerbaijan’s capital but there were no banners outside BP’s offices in Baku this morning. A woman in the distinctive blue tabard of Baku’s…
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After nearly three years of legal struggle, is Tate going to shed light on BP sponsorship details?
On Thursday Tate is going to be appearing before the Information Tribunal over their lack of disclosure about conversations around BP sponsorship and about the amount of money that they’re getting from BP.It’s in Tate’s interest for people to think that it couldn’t possibly survive without BP’s dirty money, but we don’t think that’s true.…
15 Sep 2014 admin
