[mgj-announce] THURS 26TH 11am Trojan Horse Lays Seige to World Bank! Clean Energy Now!

[Patrick Reinsborough]

LAY SEIGE TO THE WORLD BANK!
GIANT TROJAN HORSE vs. BIG OIL AND BIG BANK

Tell the World Bank to Stop Financing Oil, Gas and Mining!
Rally for Clean Energy!
People and Planet before Corporate Profits!

Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 11:00 a.m.
1818 H Street, NW  World Bank Headquarters

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO BUILD THE HORSE AND ACTION PROPS FOR 26th - 28th!

WED 25TH 11 am - 5 pm
Ongoing puppet, prop and image making at the DOGHOUSE in Takoma Park 1 mile
from Takoma Metro, walk down Carroll Ave twds 7-11, keep going, @ the TPSS
Coop, go Right on Sycamore, Left on Beech, garage behind 405 Beech Ave.
Call 301-891-3680 if you get lost.

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PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD UNITE TO RETURN THE WORLD BANK'S TROJAN HORSE
OF SUSTAINABLE DEVLEOPMENT!

Over the last ten years, instead of helping to bring people out of poverty,
the World Bank has invested over $20 billion in dirty fossil fuel industries
through handouts to corporations. The World Bank has been sending a Trojan
Horse to the Global South labeled "sustainable development," but inside is
riding the Bank¹s failed version of development: oil, mining, and gas
projects that destroy the environment and violate the rights of communities.

World Bank investments in oil, mining and gas leads to human rights
violations and environmental devastation at every step of the fossil fuel
chain of destruction.  From destroying pristine ecosystems, displacing and
poisoning communities to fueling global warming, investments in fossil fuels
put the interests giant corporations ahead of the needs of local communities
and the planet.   

In Central Africa, the World Bank pledged almost $500 million to help
ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil run a massive oil pipeline through the
endangered rainforests of Cameroon. In South America, the World Bank helped
finance a series of gas pipelines, partially owned by Enron, through
wetlands and tropical forests in Bolivia and Brazil.

Now its time to RETURN TO SENDER the World Bank's whole model of fossil fuel
based development that puts the interests of giant corporations ahead of the
needs of local communities and the planet.

Join us on September 26 to demand clean energy, democracy and and end to
public financing of oil, gas and mining!

For more information, please contact:
Patrick Reinsborough 202-234-9382 x 215 or patrickr at riseup.net

MORE WORLD!   LESS BANK!







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