Why boycott Shell? Since the Nigerian government hanged 9 environmental activists in 1995 for speaking out against exploitation by Royal Dutch/Shell and the Nigeria government, outrage has exploded worldwide.

Feb 2, 2025 · Elon Musk's X broadened an existing lawsuit on Saturday to include several major brands — accusing more companies of illegally boycotting the social media platform in 2022 following Musk's...

Feb 3, 2023 · Activists from climate-hit countries exposed Shell’s reckless plans to drill for more oil and gas, as the company announced record profits. The protest was Greenpeace’s longest ever occupation of a moving oil platform.

Apr 12, 1986 · Shell was targeted for the boycott after the National Union of Mineworkers, the largest of South Africa’s black unions, called on U.S. civil rights groups to aid in the fight against...

Feb 27, 2023 · In this article we explain the background for the conflict between Greenpeace and Shell and consider why protestors boarded Shell’s vessel on January 31st, 2023. In 2023, a high-stakes conflict between oil giant Shell and the global environmental organization Greenpeace International escalated.

Anti-apartheid campaigners picketed Shell garages all over Britain, asking motorists to boycott Shell products. In 1987 and 1988 they organised big protests at Shell’s annual general meeting. Local councils and trade unions terminated their contracts with Shell.

This booklet explains in more detail why we are boycotting Shell and what you can do to help. UAW Pre!!ident Owen Bieber and leaders of major civil rights, labor, and women's groups announced support for the Shell boycott campaign at a Washington news conference called by the Free South Africa Movement, AFL-CIO, and United Mine Workers. Apartheid:

Boycott Shell Campaign was formed to organize a boycott of Shell in the United States because of its involvement in South Africa and Namibia. The Campaign operated out of the offices of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).

The boycott of Royal Dutch/Shell (Shell Oil's parent company) by major church, civil rights, labor, and citizens' groups around the world comes in response to requests from organizations of black South Africans including National Union of Mineworkers, the largest black union in South Africa, Pressure on big corporations like Shell that play a ...

On 1 March 1987 the AAM launched a boycott of Shell as part of an international campaign organised jointly with groups in the USA and the Netherlands. Shell was joint owner of one of South Africa’s biggest oil refineries and a lead company in its …