Drop BP!

On 1 June, the British Museum in Central London was visited by a coalition of Palestine and climate activists who built a large protest mosaic in the Great Court (see above) and offered teach-outs, alternative walking tours and children’s activities. BP or not BP, Energy Embargo for Palestine and Parents for Palestine called on the museum to drop sponsorship by the oil giant BP because of its involvement in global heating and in supplying the oil sustaining the current assault on Gaza. Last December, the British Museum announced a new 10-year, £50mn sponsorship deal with BP – shortly after Israel granted BP gas exploration licences off the coast of Gaza that are likely to be illegal.