settimana di azione contro la Shell
10 - 17 novembre 1998
Mentre si innalza sempre di piu' la tensione nella regione del delta del Niger [Nigeria] dove la popolazione e l'ambiente vengono massacrati dalla Shell appoggiata dal regime militare, appoggiato e tenuto in piedi a sua volta dalla multi anglo olandese, adesso la Shell sta aprendo un nuovo "fronte" nell'Amazzonia peruviana distruggendo l'ambiente e le popolazioni indigene primitive. Ancora una volta il profitto della Shell, ottenuto calpestando ambiente e comunita' locali, va a braccetto con i regimi dittatoriali come quello militare in Nigeria o quello assassino di Fujimori in Peru'.
La Shell estrae petrolio dal delta del Niger sin dal 1958.
Fuoriuscite di petrolio, fiamme continue ed altre operazioni a forte impatto ambientale, hanno devastato la natura di questa regione e seriamente danneggiato la salute e le possibilità di sopravvivenza delle popolazioni locali.
"I nostri fiumi e i nostri ruscelli sono tutti ricoperti di petrolio. Da tempo non respiriamo più ossigeno, ma solo velenosi gas combusti. l'acqua non si può più bere, a meno che non si vogliano provare gli effetti del petrolio sul corpo umano. Non coltiviamo ne utilizziamo piuà ortaggi, sono contaminati."
- Dere Youths Association, 1970. A Protest Presented to Representatives of the Shell-BP Dev. Co of Nig. Ltd., following a blow-out at the Bomu oilfield.
Dal 1970, le comunità indigene del delta del Niger, hanno iniziato una protesta pacifica contro la Shell che ha distrutto il loro territorio. Le loro lotte sono state represse con violenza omicida. I militari nigeriani hanno sempre caricato e represso le manifestazioni (in un caso uccidendo più di 80 pwersone e demolendo 495 case).
Il carcere, la tortura, lo stupro ed altri abusi dei diritti umani sono la pratica comune verso chi si oppone alla Shell in Nigeria.
REMEMBER THE OGONI 9! TELL SHELL TO MOP UP ITS MESS!
Week of November 10th: remembrances and protests list
Locations are followed by a contact address (please contact them for
location, time, and to help!),
the planned events and a web page for more info (if applicable). US
locations listed at bottom.
*These are only those events that we are aware of.*
*Please contact us to add your plans to the next list!*
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires (dwysham@igc.apc.org or steve@moles.org)
Oilwatch Press Conference at Conference of the Parties Signatory to the
Climate Convention
CANADA
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (munkm@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca)
Nov 10: Shell demonstration
Toronto (info@mosopcanada.org)
-- Nov 7: Night of Commemoration and resistance
-- Nov 8: Church Service followed by Shell demonstration
-- Nov 10: Special Toronto Action, to be announced, & lecture at Coady
International Institute
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01106.html
GERMANY (AKNigeria@aol.com )
Hamburg
-- November 4, 8 pm: Theatre Play "Ken Saro-Wiwa - Blut für Öl" (Blood for
Oil)
-- November 12, 7.30 pm: "Democratization in Nigeria - a Chance for Ogoni?"
Berlin
-- November 10: "Does Democracy Get a Chance in Nigeria?"
Hannover
-- November 11, an evening with Diana Wiwa
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01107.html
INDIA
Delta Force will be shown on TV
IRELAND
Dublin (dscstu@iol.ir)
Ogoni 9 Remembrance Event, Ken Saro-Wiwa Anniversary Seminar, Church
Remembrance Service
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01097.html
UNITED KINGDOM
London (lynx@gn.apc.org)
07 Nov. 1998, Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Lecture
08 Nov. 1998, Memorial Church Service
10 Nov. 1998 Demonstration and laying of remembrance wreath at Shell and
the Nigerian High Commission
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01110.html
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UNITED STATES cities and universities
Baltimore (maxo@igc.apc.org)
Nov 14, Demonstration at Shell station
(also see Johns Hopkins College, below)
Belloit College, WI (lassiter@stu.beloit.edu)
Nov 10: Delta Force showing
Brown University, Providence, RI (Natalie_Lewis@postoffice.brown.edu)
Delta Force showing
Earlham College, PA (hinesad@earlham.edu, paulsjo@cs.earlham.edu)
Nov 10, Delta Force showing
Elon College, Burlington, NC (aquim5n0@elon.edu)
Interested in holding an event, please contact if in area
Hampshire College, MA (lns98@hamp.hampshire.edu)
during the week, Delta force showing
Harvard University (dschind@fas.harvard.edu, jeshapir@fas.harvard.edu)
Nov10: tabling, Shell Protest, and evening Delta Force showing
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (abercrew@jmu.edu)
Nov 10: Delta Force showing
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD (shanawani@hotmail.com)
Nov 10: Delta Force Showing
Kent State (javanate@megsinet.net)
Nov 10: Delta Force showing
Lewis & Clark College (emmi@lclark.edu)
Nov 10: Protest, Delta Force Showing
Long Island, NY
Cable TV showing of Delta Force (date unconfirmed)
New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, NM (josepcar@nmsu.edu)
Nov 16-20 is Justice Week, showing Delta Force and discussing justice
solidarity
Orange County, CA (gdjohnson2@juno.com)
Nov 10, 7 pm, UC Irvine, Amy Goodman (host of Pacifica Radio's "Democracy
Now!") talk on Nigeria and East Timor
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01105.html
Sarah Lawrence College, Westchester County, NY (pkirn@mail.slc.edu)
Nov 11, showing of Delta Force
***interested in networking with New York state activists!***
St. Lewis (mvtanna@artsci.wustl.edu)
-Noon - 2 pm, Saturday, November 7: Shell Picket
-1 - 3 pm, Sunday, November 8: Worship Service
-7 pm, Monday, November 9: Delta Force Video
-7:30 pm, Tuesday, November 10: Ogoni Cultural Celebration
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01121.html
SUNY Buffalo (kdo@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Nov 10: tabling, Delta Force showing
University of Alabama (jentay@uab.edu)
Nov 8&15: shell demonstrations
Nov 10: Delta Force showing
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (aedmonds@umich.edu)
Nov 10: Delta Force showing
University of New Hampshire, contact?
Nov 11, demonstration
University of Washington, Seattle (ebrekke@u.washington.edu)
Nov10: Delta Force showing
University of Wisconson, Madison (jepeck@students.wisc.edu)
Nov 10: demonstration, vigil and Delta Force showing
Washington, DC (mwilson@essential.org)
Nov10, 12-1pm, protest at Shell offices
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01116.html
--
Monica Wilson Essential Action
P.O. Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036, 202.387.8030, 202.234.5176 (fax)
mwilson@essential.org http://www.essential.org/action/shell/
