On Monday, March 19th, there are a couple opportunities to take direct action to protest the war.
there is a Protest, Rally, & Nonviolent Direct Action at the Chevron World Headquarters in San Ramon, California, which is 12 miles from the Walnut Creek BART. This will be from 7 am to 11 am.
4 Years of War for Oil -- Enough! Basta!
End Chevron's Oil Crimes from Richmond to Iraq
STOP THE IRAQ OIL THEFT LAW!
1. NO BLOOD OR OIL!
2. CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!
3. TO STOP WAR, END EMPIRE!
MON MARCH 19, 7-11am
Protest, Rally, & Nonviolent Direct Action
Chevron World Headquarters
San Ramon, CA
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road at Sunset, just east of Hwy 680
(From Walnut Creek BART: a short ride on County Connection shuttle 121, or
flat 12 mile bike ride: we're also working on providing transportation.)
We encourage you to wear Red.
For nonviolent direct action preparation, transportation,
to get involved and for more info:
www.MySpace.com/ProtestChevron <http://www.myspace.com/protestchevron>
1: OIL
EXPOSE THE OIL AGENDA BEHIND THE WAR
It's simple: Before the war U.S. and British oil companies were all but
shut out of Iraq's oil. Now, they're getting ready to take control of it
and Chevron's at the front of the pack. Within a year of the invasion,
Chevron's profits nearly doubled, and each year since then, Chevron has
set new record profits, with 2006 the company's most profitable year ever.
Those profits have been driven by Iraqi oil, which Chevron refines in
Richmond.
HANDS OFF IRAQI OIL!
We join activists from across Europe and the U.S. who, on March 18 & 19,
will demand that Big Oil and our governments get their "Hands Off Iraqi
Oil!" We will expose the Iraqi Oil Theft Law that would turn Iraq's oil
over to foreign oil companies including Chevron.
WHAT IS "THE IRAQ OIL THEFT LAW"?
The brainchild of the Bush administration and U.S. oil companies, a new
oil law nearing passage in Iraq would radically transform Iraq from a
nationalized oil system all but closed to U.S. oil companies, to a
commercialized system, all-but-privatized, and open to private foreign
corporate control.
Iraqi Trade Unions Unite to Oppose Undemocratic Oil Law
In a joint statement
<http://www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp?article=222&parent=4> ,
Iraq's five trade union federations rejected "the handing of control over
oil to foreign companies, whose aim is to make big profits at the expense
of the Iraqi people, and to rob the national wealth, according to
long-term, unfair contracts, that undermine the sovereignty of the state
and the dignity of the Iraqi people".
"The Iraqi people refuse to allow the future of oil to be decided behind
closed doors."
Support real democracy in Iraq. End the US occupation of Iraq.
Defeat the oil theft law. Hands off Iraqi oil.
2: CLIMATE
WE DEMAND CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!
With just 4% of the world's population, we in the US release 25% of all
global carbon emissions. Oil and oil-driven consumption are a primary
cause of greenhouse gas pollutants which fuel climate crisis. Chevron is
the 2nd largest oil company in the U.S. and the 5th largest in the world.
Chevron sabotages domestic efforts to transition to a green economy and
refuses to invest in any significant way in alternative forms of green
energy.
WE DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NOW!
Chevron poisons local communities from Richmond, to Ecuador and Nigeria.
The Chevron refinery in Richmond spews a deadly array of toxins into the
air, water, and land, including cancer-causing dioxins, on the largely
African American, South East Asian, and Latino communities. The refinery
and plant have had hundreds of accidents, including fires, spills, leaks,
explosions, toxic gas releases, flaring, and air contaminations causing
severe illness, including asthma and deadly cancers, for the people of
Richmond. The people of Richmond are fighting back and demanding that
Chevron clean up or get out.
We need to imagine a world without Chevron, its oil, and its climate chaos.
3: EMPIRE
WE RECOGNIZE THAT TO STOP WAR, WE MUST END EMPIRE.
To end current and future U.S. wars and occupations, to stop climate
chaos, to increase democracy and human rights at home, to redirect
resources to urgent human and environmental needs, to take apart a global
economic and political system that benefits mega corporations at the
expense of the planet, we must change the underlying U.S. government
policies of empire.
"Empire" is now used by both critics and advocates to describe the
unparalleled U.S. system of economic, political, cultural, and military
domination. We pay a high price to live in an Empire, including $441
billion a year on a military of over 2 1/2 million soldiers with more than
700 bases spread across 130 countries fighting ever-increasing wars to
feed the Empire and expand its control.
To Stop Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, etc. etc. etc., we must end Empire!
PLEASE JOIN US!
http://www.myspace.com/protestchevron
Also on Monday, March 19, there is a die in in downtown San Francisco, in many of the locations where members of Direct Action to Stop the War paralyzed the city when this war broke out four years ago. Please check out this website for more details. There are four locations for assemly. The heads Up collective has volunteered to coordinate the Spear and market location (which is at the embarcadero MUNI/BARt stop), and we'd be honored if you would join us there, from NOON TO 1 PM.
One Big Die-in: Monday, March 19, 2007 @ 12 noon
On March 19, 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq. 650,000 Iraqis have been killed because of this invasion. This is 2.5% of Iraq's population; 2.5% of the U.S. population is 7,000,000, roughly the population of the SF Bay Area. What would it look like if all of us were killed? Do these three things on March 19, 2007 if you oppose these senseless killings:
• Wear all black or wear a black armband
• Put a Bring the Troops Home Now sign in the window of your home or car
• 12:00 noon come to the DIE-IN on Market Street to show what it would look like if downtown San Francisco was filled with dead bodies (this is a non-violent action)
San Francisco assembly points:
• Federal Reserve (Spear & Market)
• McKesson Plaza (Montgomery & Market)
• Westfield Center (Powell & Market)
• UN Plaza (7th & Market)
Who We Are
The March 19th die-in is a grassroots community effort, initiated by members of the Bay Area activist community who participated in Direct Action to Stop the War in 2003. Endorsers include: Act Against Torture, Declaration of Peace, LAGAI, QUIT, United for Peace & Justice (Bay Area).
Please contact us at actionmarch19@gmail.com for more info, or if your organization would like to endorse the March 19th die-in.
