[mgj-discuss] Intl Day of Action: Iraq Oil Law: planning mtg Feb 11

[Nadine Bloch]

    *DC meeting: Mon, Feb 11 @ 8pm*
    *to create props, brainstorm street theatre, and more!*
    Oil Change International, 2228 12th PLACE NW, Wash DC 20009
    2 blocks from the U Street metro, between W and Florida, and between
    12th and 13 St.  Purple door.

    *Proposed action:*
    Noon press conference at Exxon DC office or API.  Exact location TBD
    in the next week.  We'll have a speaker from USLAW, among others
    (we've begun to identify other speakers).  Street theatre will
    follow, leading us to the White House as we roll oil barrels, hand
    out oily dollars, create an oil trail, etc, to make the oil + state
    connection.  We want to make a direct link between the continued
    occupation and the oil law as well as use this action as a way to
    build towards the March 19 actions


    *Call to Action is below for:
    Feb 22-23 International day of Action on Iraq oil Law

    *
    *Next call: Tues, Feb 5 @ 12pm EST*
    *to check in on outreach, logistic details and media work*
    Call-in number: (605) 990-0220
    Access code: 5189029


    **************************************************
    *DAYS OF ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE IRAQI PEOPLE
    * 
    */February 22-23, 2008
    /* 
    STOP THE THEFT OF IRAQ'S FUTURE -
    IRAQI OIL FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE
     
    For the Iraqi people, the ongoing occupation has led to hundreds of
    thousands of deaths, widespread destruction and dislocation,
    relentless insecurity and crippling poverty.  But for foreign oil
    companies, the occupation of Iraq is an opportunity to make massive
    profits at the expense of the Iraqi people.
     
    With some of the largest untapped oil reserves in the world, foreign
    oil companies are scrambling to get access to Iraq's oil--and the
    continuing occupation of Iraq is serving to protect those
    interests.  While US military bases are being built near the oil
    fields they seek to protect, the Bush Administration has tried to
    push the Iraqi Parliament to pass a law that would give
    multi-national oil companies effective control over Iraq's oil
    resources that could last a generation or longer.  The Iraqi
    cabinet, under Maliki's leadership and pressure from the US, passed
    this law one year ago on February 23, 2007.  The Iraqi Parliament
    has so far resisted pressure to hurriedly pass the oil law, but that
    pressure is by no means over.
     
    NO FOREIGN OIL CONTRACTS UNDER THE OCCUPATION!
     
    *WHAT YOU CAN DO
    *Join us in solidarity with the people of Iraq, who have called for
    an international day of action in opposition to the Iraq Oil Law. 
    Demand an end to the military and economic occupation. Make the
    connection between oil and state-- and between profit and war!
     
    *Friday, Feb 22 - Washington, DC*
    Noon: press conference at the Exxon headquarters or American
    Petroleum Institute
    1pm: March with us as we mark the oily trail leading to the White
    House!  
     
    *Saturday, Feb 23 - local actions
    *If you live outside of DC, plan a day of action to mark one-year of
    Iraq's resistance to the oil law.   Hold a protest at a local Exxon
    station (since they have been pursuing Iraq's oil the most), plan a
    march from a gas station to your Congressperson's local office, or
    host a speaker's roundtable on the oil law. 

    Need resources or help organizing an event?  Email
    info at priceofoil.org <mailto:info at priceofoil.org>

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-- 
Nadine Bloch
Oil Change International
202-518-9029 office
202-412-7611 mobile
nadine at priceofoil.org <mailto:nadine at priceofoil.org>
www.priceofoil.org <http://www.priceofoil.org>

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