{"id":12323,"date":"2020-11-10T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/code-rood.org\/?p=12323"},"modified":"2020-11-12T09:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T08:32:23","slug":"solidariteitsacties-ogoni-9-10-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/code-rood.org\/en\/2020\/11\/10\/solidariteitsacties-ogoni-9-10-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity actions Ogoni 9 – 10 November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pictures of all actions can be found on Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.30 hrs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDance your anger and your joys
Dance the military guns to silence
Dance oppression and injustice to death
Dance my people
For we have seen tomorrow
And there is an Ogoni star in the sky\u201d
Ken Saro-Wiwa<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist collective Fossil Free Culture NL orchestrated a performance at the NEMO Science Museum today to commemorate the Ogoni 9. After successfully campaigning to liberate the Museumplein from the toxic influence of the fossil fuel industry, the artist collective is now focusing on NEMO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine Ogoni men are represented by nine flames, held by nine guardians at the NEMO. On the back of the NEMO a poem by Saro-Wiwa, \u2018Dance\u2019, is projected. Frida from FFC-NL explains: \u201cLike Ken Saro-Wiwa, we fight non-violently but passionately. We will take upon every cultural institution that affiliates with Shell. They killed strong voices, but the struggle is not silenced.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FFC-NL has a clear message for the NEMO science museum: Break ties with Shell. NEMO facilitates the cleansing of Shell\u2019s dirty image by giving them an influential place in their ambitious and broadly distributed educational programs for primary schools. FFC-NL has vowed to continue to target NEMO and other cultural institutions that accept money from the fossil fuel industry as long as necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n