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Diane Wilson Arrested in London

Posted By webeditor On April 15, 2011 @ 9:31 am In Nature & Environment | Comments Disabled

Gulf Coast shrimper-turned-environmental activist Diane Wilson was arrested on Thursday, April 14th in London while protesting outside the BP annual general meeting.

In a press statement, Diane said, “My community is dead. We’ve worked five generations there and now we’ve got a dead community . . . I am here to articulate the anger of thousands of Gulf Coast residents whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed while the BP board continues to prosper.”

Listen to Diane’s [1] interview describing the day’s events on Democracy Now. Read more about her arrest and the delegation of Gulf Coast residents that traveled to London to hold BP accountable [2] here and [3] here.

Diane’s new book is [4] Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth. Check it out along with her [5] two other titles in our bookstore now!

We’ll continue to provide updates on this story here and via our [6] Facebook page, so stay tuned!

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[1] interview: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/4/14/gulf_coast_fisherwoman_disrups_the_peace_at_bp_shareholde
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[2] here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/14/protesters-bp-agm
[3] here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/protesters-dragged-from-bp-annual-meeting-2267714.ht
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[4] Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/diary_of_an_ecooutlaw:paperback
[5] two other titles : http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/diane_wilson
[6] Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/chelseagreenpub