National Protest vs Halliburton & Bechtel War Profiteers 2/24/04

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http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0218-09.htm


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 18, 2004
3:44 PM
CONTACT: War Resisters League 
G. Simon Harak, 212-228-0450

 
Feb. 24 Protests Planned at Halliburton & Bechtel Offices in a Dozen Cities

 
NEW YORK - February 18 - Amidst New Reports of Wrong-Doing by Halliburton and Bechtel, Peace and Labor Activists Hold National Day of Action against Corporations Profiting from Iraq War

WHEN: Tuesday, February 24, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: Outside Bechtel Corporation offices, 21 East 40th Street, New York, NY

WHAT: Peace and labor activists have joined forces to bring attention to what they call war profiteering by companies with close ties to the Bush Administration, like Halliburton and Bechtel. While those companies are raking in billions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction contracts, Iraq s infrastructure is still not functioning: the schools and hospitals are in disrepair, the phones don t work, electricity is intermittent, and the water isn t safe to drink. A handful of well-connected corporations are making a killing off the devastation in Iraq says Rania Masri of the Campaign to Stop the War Profiteers. This so-called reconstruction is benefiting the friends of Bush and Cheney; it s not benefiting the Iraqi people.

On Tuesday, February 24, a national day of protest against the corporate invasion of Iraq, activists will protest against these corporations behavior in some 20 cities throughout the United States, including Albany, Anchorage, Austin, Boston, Cape Corral, FL, Charlotte, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Martinez, New York City, Phoenix, Providence, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, Reno, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The protest against Bechtel will take place at Bechtel Corporation, 21 East 40th Street, New York, NY.


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Sponsors of the national day of action against the corporate invasion of Iraq include California Federation of Teachers, Campaign to Stop the War Profiteers (Institute for Southern Studies), Citizen Works, CodePink, Democracy Rising, Direct Action to Stop the War, EPIC (Education for Peace in Iraq Center), Global Exchange, Labor Committee for Peace and Justice, National Network to End the War Against Iraq, National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, US Labor Against War, War Resisters League, WILPF (Women s International League for Peace and Freedom), and others.

More information:

About the Feb. 24 protests: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2199

About War Profiteers: http://www.southernstudies.org/campaignpage.asp, http://www.corpwatch.org

About Iraqi workers rights: http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/

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1. Fight the Power! n/t

[arcane1]

2. cool, there's one in SF too!

:bounce:

[corporatewhore]

3. one in austin too

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4. Thanks for the heads-up

[DUreader]

5. Just a few days away

welcome to DU

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6. Happening in Dallas as well

Tuesday, February 24, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Protest Against Corporate Invasion of Iraq

Following on the heels of the military invasion of Iraq, another invasion began: a corporate invasion by Halliburton, Bechtel, and other U.S. companies that were awarded millions in reconstruction contracts. Nine months into the occupation, Iraqi schools are still in disrepair, electricity is intermittent, and the water is not safe to drink. Protest the corporations that are making millions in Iraq, and speak out for Iraqi workers' rights and self-determination at the Halliburton office at 3400 W Illinois Ave. (off S. Westmoreland Ave.)

for more info go to
www.dallaspeacecenter.org

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7. kick

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8. kick

[Ficus]

9. darn!

I'm flying back from DC to Iowa on the 24th. From a place WITH a protest to one without. Oh well, I'll be with you all in spirit.

[DUreader]

10. Check Around the web, there may be something in DC

I expect others may do some last minute solidarity organizing

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11. 2 day warning