“The military dictatorship holds down oil-producing areas such as Ogoni by military decrees and the threat or actual use of physical violence so that Shell can wage its ecological war without hindrance…This cozy, if criminal, relationship was perceived to be rudely disrupted by the non-violent struggle of the Ogoni people under MOSOP. The allies decided to bloody the Ogoni in order to stop their example from spreading through the oil-rich Niger Delta.”-Ken Saro-Wiwa’s closing statement at the trial of the Ogoni 9.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:21:10 +0000
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