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Saturday Nov 10, 2007 Protest Against Chevron Richmond CA
Join Burma Freedom Protest Against Chevron
Corporation
Burma
Freedom supporters to join in with Richmond community and environmental groups
(West County Toxics Coalition, Green Action for Health and Environmental
Justice, Communities for a Better Environment, Richmond Environmental Health &
Justice Leadership Academy, Community Healthy Initiative, Richmond Greens; and
ANSWER) in a protest against Chevron Refinery Expansion in solidarity, to make
connections and also to raise awareness about Chevron involvement in Burma.
Saturday November 10, 2007
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Assemble at the Richmond BART Station Parking Lot @ 12 Noon and March to the
Richmond Chevron refinery (Families welcome.)
Address of Richmond BART station:
1700 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, CA 94801 (The final station on Richmond Line BART)
Chevron Refinery Address: 841 Chevron Way, Richmond,
CA 94801
Please make signs: Chevron Out of Burma; Chevron: Burmese Blood on your
hand; Chevron Prospers, Burmese Suffer; Chevron Pipe line = Burma Dictator's
Life Line; Chevron: Your wealth is our Blood; Chevron Gains, Burma's
Pain
For more information: Contact: Dr. Henry Clark, West County Toxics Coalition,
510-232-3427; Jennifer 415 722 2907
WHY:
Chevron Corp. of San Ramon (formerly Unocal), a California oil corporation,
is involved in a joint-venture with Burma’s brutal and repressive military
regime. The military maintains its stranglehold on Burma’s people with weapons
bought with foreign currency gained from natural gas sale to Thailand through
Chevron's pipeline, regime's lifeline. While the electricity is scare in Burma,
the regime pockets more than $2 billions annually. In the latest developments in
Burma, soldiers have been crushing the recent pro-democracy protests. Many
activists and monks have been disrobed, beaten, humiliated, tortured, and
killed, and there are reports of a massacre in the jungle. The military junta is
raiding monasteries and private homes in the middle of the night and dragging
away those they suspect of involvement. Over 4,000 protesters have been arrested
and the Burmese population is living in fear.
Human rights activists are calling on the company to leave Burma to cut off
regime's lifeline. The people of Burma need your help. Despite this brutal
military crackdown, the brave protests continue, but both protestors and
innocent onlookers are being beaten, arrested, imprisoned, tortured and killed.
To stop the killings in Burma, we must stop the Chevron involvement in Burma.
Thanks,
Nyunt Than