"The government has relinquished control over the offshore areas of our industry. Norway was tough regarding oil companies from the start. You now have an almost embarrassingly large pension fund. The situation for Irish communities, however, is as in Ogoniland in Nigeria - oil is a curse,”
Philip Ikurusi is a political activist from the Niger
Delta and co-ordinator for the Niger Delta Republican
movement. He will be speaking at the following
meetings.
30 May: Athlone Genoa Caf? 8.30pm
31 May: Galway: Imperial Hotel 8pm
1 June: Waterford ATGWU Keyser St 8pm
22 June: Cork Spailpin Fanach 8pm
9 June: Dublin Cassidy?s Hotel 8pm Hosted by Socialist Worker
Posted Date:
1 June 2006 - 10:58am