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From roadalert@gn.apc.orgThu May 8 01:56:59 1997
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 23:48:30 +0100
From: Road Alert!
To: roadalert@gn.apc.org
Subject: CRUDE OPERATORS (oil industry conference/actions)
> 10-11 May - Conference and then loads of actions
>
> CRUDE OPERATORS: a convergence of campaigners, scientists and other
> individuals concerned about the oil industry
>
> Global warming.... Abuse of workers' rights.... Devastation of the Niger
> Delta.... Packaging with plastics that won't biodegrade.... Dispossession of
> tribal people's lands in Peru.... Destruction of beautiful coastlines....
> Pollution by agrochemicals, dyes and detergents.... More cars, more
> roads.... Global trade.... KEEP ON BURNING.
>
> The oil industry has a lot to answer for. It is at the very centre of
> industrial capitalism, and permeates through its every part. But resistance
> is growing. Campaign groups around the world, ranging from the grassroots to
> the biggest NGOs, are gearing up to take on the oil industry.
>
> The industry is being challenged on many fronts. However there remains a
> lack of understanding of how the industry really works and how best to
> tackle it, and a lack of communication between the many campaigns fighting
> it. On 10th/11th May there will be a gathering to address this - CRUDE
> OPERATORS, at the Hammersmith & Fulham Unemployed Workers' Centre, 190
> Shepherds Bush Road, London.
>
> Saturday will be spent building up a picture of what the oil industry is,
> how it operates and how it sustains itself. Through discussions,
> presentations, workshops, slide shows and videos, we will be looking at the
> industry sector by sector, from exploration, production, transport and
> refining through to finance, marketing, public relations and consumption. An
> evening of entertainment will allow everyone to relax ready for Sunday.
>
> On the Sunday we will start by looking at the industry through the eyes of
> one company - how the parts of the company fit together, who makes decisions
> and how, what its values are, its strengths and its weaknesses. Then for the
> rest of the day we will move into strategic planning workshops, locating the
> industry's pressure points and brainstorming how to push them hardest.
>
> Enough of the talking - time for some action.... The following three days
> will be spent in campaigning actions against high-profile oil industry
> targets. And on Wednesday 14th May, the climax: the Shell AGM, at the QE2
> Conference Centre.
>
> For more details call Corporate Watch on 01865 791391.
>
> CRUDE OPERATORS is supported by Corporate Watch, Platform, Delta, Earth
> First!, Environmental Rights Action, Ogoni Freedom Campaign and Burma
> Action Network.
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