>From: "Macdonald Stainsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> COME TO CALGARY TO EXPOSE & OPPOSE THE OIL INDUSTRY >> >> as many of you may already know, plans are under way to converge on >> calgary and protest the world petroleum congress (see info below). >> >> it'd be great to get as many interested folks from vancouver/victoria area >> out there as possible. so, in hopes of getting the ball rolling we're >> starting to see what interest there is and driving/ride possiblities. >> >> so if yer interested in going please send me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> >> * yer name >> * do you have a vehicle? (how many open seats?) >> * the dates you want to leave vancouver/leave calgary >> * do you have a drivers license? (what class - there may be the >> possibility of cheaply renting some big 12/14 seater vans) >> * yer email & phone number >> >> (even if yer already planning on going and have a ride it'd be good to let >> calgary folks know how many of us will be coming out) >> >> we'll set up a meeting in the near future to work out ride details and >> forming affinity groups etc... >> >> *************************************************** >> RESIST THE GLOBAL OIL INDUSTRY >> >> JUNE 8-11 DIRECT ACTION CONVERGENCE (community building and action >> planning) >> >> JUNE 9-11 COUNTER-CONFERENCE (widening people's choices: for a sustainable >> future) >> >> JUNE 11 MASS DEMONSTRATION (people's solidarity challenging the >> opening day of the wpc) >> >> JUNE 12 DAY OF ACTION (disrupt wpc anyway, anyhow) >> >> JUNE 13-15 CONTINUING DIRECT ACTION (time to get corporations where they >> like it least. creativity encouraged) >> >> Join us in Calgary, Alberta, June 8-15, 2000 to expose and oppose the >> Global Oil Machine! >> >> The 16th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) is coming to Calgary June 11-15 >> and this is a call to all people willing to stand up for peace, justice >> and a sustainable future to come to Calgary. >> >> The World Petroleum Congress is the global showcase of "the powerbrokers >> and potentates from the world's biggest industry." Over 3000 delegates >> from over 80 countries are expected to be at the 16th Congress in Calgary. >> Oil industry executives, technical specialists, government representatives >> and international media are gathering under the theme of "Petroleum for >> Global Development: Networking people, business and technology to create >> value." All over the world, people and the environment are suffering from >> their creation of 'value'. >> >> The WPC meets every three years. The 53 member countries account for 89% >> of global oil production and 85% of global oil consumption. This Congress >> will not be business as usual. Join us in Calgary to create a people's >> agenda for real development: >> >> a) Multinational Oil Corporations are perpetrators of genocide and murder. >> Massive human rights abuses, especially against indigenous peoples, are >> implicit to the oil industry. >> >> b) Climate change is real. Deforestation and global environmental >> degradation are real. These are unavoidable consequences of oil >> production and consumption. >> >> c) There are alternatives. Oil dependence for energy is not necessary. >> Corporations and governments have created this situation and the WPC is >> where they do it. >> >> TO GET INVOLVED OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US: (403) 262.3139 OR >> EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.tao.ca/~no_oil) >> >> You have received this announcement via the vancouver activist list - a >moderated email list mantained by tao-vancouver. If you would like to >unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the >words (unsubscribe vancouver) in the body of the message. If you need any >further help, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
