Russians Board Greenpeace

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 01 Oct 2013, 16:33

Free the Greenpeace 30 https://www.causes.com/v2actions/176110 ... y-kislyak/

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 18 Oct 2013, 19:33

Just got this from Greenpeace:

Letter from Alex and she sent it to her family this week, who wanted it to be shared widely - Fran.

Dear Mum, Dad and Georgie,

It’s very cold now. It snowed last night. The blizzard blew my very poorly insulated window open and I had to sleep wearing my hat. I’m nervous about spending winter here. I have a radiator in my cell but it’s the Arctic breeze that makes the place very cold. I heard that from December Murmansk is dark for six weeks. God, I hope I’m out by then.

Not much happens on the weekends in prison. It’s definitely the worst two days of the week. At least during the week I see my lawyer and hear of news. On Thursday I finally saw a few of the letters people have sent me. It was so nice I cried. There was one from you in there. Georgie’s made me laugh as she signed off with, ‘Chin up’. Ha ha! I am in prison but I will try to keep my chin up.

Sundays also mean it’s revolting meatball night! Yuk! The girls laughed that I knew the food schedule already. But we got a shower today so that’s good. The shower is like a waterfall. It’s nice.

I should be going to court next week for my appeal, which is pointless because they have already been rejected. But anything to get out of my cell for the day! And if I’m lucky, I may see some of the others.

I’m worried about what’s going to happen. I have moments of feeling panicky, but then I try to tell myself that there’s nothing I can do from in here and what will be will be so it’s pointless worrying. But it’s hard. Surely my future isn’t rotting in prison in Murmansk?! Well, I really hope it isn’t.

Being in prison is like slowly dying. You literally wish your life away and mark off the days. It’s such a waste of two months and I really hope it’s no longer. Saying that, I am getting used to it. I’m doing a bit of yoga. I find it hard to meditate, though – too many worries on my mind as I’m sure you can understand. The music channel helps a lot. “I Will Survive” is played every night so Camilla [Speziale, an Argentinian activist also in detention] and I tap on the wall in beat with the song. Speaking to the girls every day really helps too. We still manage to have a giggle, which is quite good under the circumstances. We all received this metal device to heat water – for days I thought it was curling tongs. When I complained to the girls that the support team could have sent me something more practical than curling tongs, they laughed so much.

The bed is not getting any easier. I’m looking forward to a massage when I get out.

I’m a different person now; stronger. I cry less, which is a good thing. And I’m so appreciative of life. I will not take anything for granted now.

I hope you’re all OK. I also hope the news isn’t slowly dying. Trying very, very hard not to lose hope.

I love you, Alex xxxx

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 18 Oct 2013, 20:10

Here's things we can be doing:

Send a letter to the Russian embassy in your country.
Get to know the Arctic 30 – Read and share their profiles.
Get the facts about the Arctic 30 – Read and share the timeline.
Watch and share this video about Gazprom and Shell.
Send an email to friends and family asking them to send a letter to
Russian embassies.
Tweet about the Arctic 30.
Ask friends on Facebook to send a letter to Russian embassies.
Add a twibbon to your Twitter profile picture.
Change your Facebook profile picture.
Send a letter to the Arctic 30.
Download a poster, print it and put it in your window.
Share your poster on social media and tag your friends in it.
Go to Shell’s Facebook page and ask them about their partnership with
Gazprom.
Go to Gazprom’s Facebook page and ask about the Arctic 30.
Call Shell and ask them about their partnership with Gazprom.
Write a blog about the Arctic 30 and share it with us.
Write a song about the Arctic 30 and share it with us.
Write to your MP, representative, congressperson, national assembly
representative, and voice your concern about the Arctic 30.
Organise a small vigil with a few friends in a local public park.
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about the Arctic 30.
Print and distribute a leaflet about the Arctic 30 – or leave it at the
check-out of a friendly local business.
Write positive comments under online articles about the Arctic30.
Make and share social media images and memes.
Print these signs and get 15 friends, a camera and tag an event.
Add a banner to your email signature.
If you’re a student in high school or university, talk to your class about
the Arctic 30.
Create your own poster.
Help the Arctic30 defeat Big Oil: If you still drive your car to work, pick
at least one day a week to commute by bike or public transport.
Help the Arctic30 protect the Arctic from climate change: If it’s possible
in your area, switch your electricity company to a renewable energy
supplier.
Share this list and get 3 friends to join you!

Links to all the above: http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2013/10/17/3 ... arctic-30/

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 18 Oct 2013, 20:15

Or sit back in an armchair and read about what others are doing at http://www.greenpeace.org/international ... lse&page=1

Murf · Post by **Murf** » 21 Oct 2013, 09:43

There's also this petition on Avaaz:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_the_arctic_30_loc/?twi

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » 21 Oct 2013, 21:22

biffvernon wrote:Free the Greenpeace 30 https://www.causes.com/v2actions/176110 ... y-kislyak/

No more reason to free one kind of pirate than another. Surprised they haven't all committed suicide in their cells by now...someone having smuggled them in nylon climbing line, bedsheets not being reliable enough.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 21 Oct 2013, 22:07

I was wrong, you are a troll.

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » 22 Oct 2013, 00:03

woodburner wrote:I was wrong, you are a troll.

When the Somali's do it, Navy SEALs shoot them. So far, the Greenpeace folks are getting off amazingly easy, i.e. they aren't dead yet.

It seems unfair that the policy on the open seas is to shoot one brand of pirate, and lock others up, but no one ever said the results of piracy would ever be fair. The Greenpeace folks are darn lucky they got the Russians instead of the SEALs apparently.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 22 Oct 2013, 01:21

When the Somalians do it, they go with guns to board ships and steal the ship. Even then, when they are caught by various Europan navys, they are disarmed and usually given enough fuel to return to port. (Then they rearm and come out the next day looking for ships). Greenpeace was just hanging banners.

As for being shot by seals, the americans will even shoot their own troops, or they will gun down unarmed people and whinge when the video gets posted for the world to see. Claiming their security has been compromised.

We are darned lucky to have a bunch of plonks like the tories in power, and not you.

ujoni08 · Post by **ujoni08** » 22 Oct 2013, 20:52

He hasn't started any posts of his own that I can see, or asked any questions, or asked for help, or said what he thinks about a subject first. All or most of his posts are replies to the posts of others, and usually negative, challenging and dismissive. If I'm wrong about this, I apologise in advance, but that's the way it seems to me.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 22 Oct 2013, 21:36

I do a lot of that

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » 23 Oct 2013, 00:38

woodburner wrote:When the Somalians do it, they go with guns to board ships and steal the ship.

Piracy isn't defined as "only dark skinned folks who might be armed". It is more wide open of a definition.

This one, for example.

"an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piracy

Boarding someone's ship without being invited on board? Resembling robbery? Could be. And that type of thing can easily involve the use of lethal force. No one is required to determine the intent of the people trying to get on board a ship illegally prior to shooting them on sight. Waving a Greenpeace flag certainly wouldn't mean anything to me if they came bursting through my door unannounced one afternoon. It is best to not convince people you are doing something you ought not to be when they are allowed to defend themselves first, and bury the unfortunate boarders second.

Like I said, the Greenpeace folks were obviously recognized for just being protestor types, and weren't killed for their efforts. Good deal! They might have to pay for their crime for a few decades in a Russian jail, but at least they are alive. Benevolent Russians, who ever would have thunk it.

Woodburner wrote: Even then, when they are caught by various Europan navys, they are disarmed and usually given enough fuel to return to port.

European navies, and what they do, hasn't mattered for the better part of a century now. Certainly it is a horrible mistake if Greenpeace sent their folks into action thinking the Russians would be Euro-spineless.

Woodburner wrote:
As for being shot by seals, the americans will even shoot their own troops, or they will gun down unarmed people and whinge when the video gets posted for the world to see. Claiming their security has been compromised.

Because occasionally...it is. I recommend not trying to hang any banners on a US navy warship. They aren't European, and certainly aren't going to act like them.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 23 Oct 2013, 01:54

Their colour is irrelevant, YOU brought the Somalis in as an example.

BritDownUnder · Post by **BritDownUnder** » 23 Oct 2013, 02:23

Perhaps the best answer to these events are to buy less Russian produce. I understand that they mainly produce Oil, Gas and Armaments so I think people need to use less Gas and hurt them in the pocket since they send gas to the UK now. I'll leave you to decide on the oil and armaments bit.

I don't think the Russians really listen too much to overseas public opinion.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » 23 Oct 2013, 06:04

Or even internal opinion.