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DESCRIPTION:Join: \nJonathan Henderson, who leads the BP drilling disaster field 
 operations in the Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf Restoration Network \nRev 
 Kenneth Davis (Civil Rights veteran and community leader from North 
 Richmond)\nAntonia Juhasz, author of the Tyranny of Oil, just back fron 
 meeting with impacted communities in the Gulf. \nRebecca Solnit, author and 
 activist who has written on Katrina and the current Gulf disaster.\nCarla 
 Pérez, Movement Generation\nDave Room, Bay Localize\n\nJoin us for a march 
 on BP and Big Oil's SF locations and those who choose to will risk arrest 
 taking nonviolent direct action in what may be the largest nonviolent 
 direct action since the BP Gulf disaster. We'll be targeting the offices of 
 BP for their roles in environmental and community destruction in the Gulf, 
 in the Bay Area, and around the world. We'll also visit the U.S. EPA to 
 demand an end to the use of toxic dispersants, to follow the Clean Air Act 
 that mandates they regulate the greenhouse gas pollution that causes 
 climate change and stand up to industry pressure to expand drilling and 
 prevent action to stop climate change.\n\nJoin us in demanding: Moratorium 
 on New Offshore Drilling. No Use of Dispersants.\n\nFull Access to Media 
 and Civil Society.\n\nBig Oil corporations pay their debt to all impacted 
 communities - Gulf Coast to Richmond, CA and around the world.\n\nBig Oil 
 pay for community livelihood and ecosystem restoration, clean energy, 
 public transportation, and healthcare for impacted communities.\n\nBig Oil 
 Out of Politics! \n\nBig Oil Corporations destroy our health, environment 
 and the livelihoods of our communities. From the Gulf Coast Oil disaster to 
 the Niger Delta, from the Canadian Tar Sands to Richmond, California - 
 these corporations pollute our communities and cause climate change, 
 destroying the environments we depend on. Big Oil makes billions, while 
 buying and lobbying governments for subsidies, against public oversight, 
 and against solutions to climate change. \n\nAs BP tries to spin the 
 ongoing Gulf of Mexico worst-environmental-disaster- in-US-history out of 
 view, Gulf Coast communities ask us to keep the spotlight on and to 
 increase the pressure for justice. George Monbiot, author of Heat: how to 
 stop the planet burning writes, "The oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico 
 from the Deepwater Horizon well is scarcely more damaging, and its eventual 
 impacts scarcely more expensive, than the oil which is captured by 
 neighboring rigs then processed and burnt as intended." And as 
 climate-related extreme weather disasters sweep the globe killing thousands 
 and displacing millions, Amy Goodman writes, "The U.N. climate conference 
 will convene in Cancun, Mexico, in December, where prospects for global 
 consensus with binding commitments seem increasingly unlikely. Ultimately, 
 policy in the United States, the greatest polluter in human history, must 
 be changed. That will come only from people in the United States..." 
 \n\nJoin us in taking action to stop Big Oil's destruction and support 
 clean energy and positive solutions.\n\nGet Involved: \nForm an "Affinity" 
 or Action Group: to participate in the nonviolent direct action-- ask your 
 friends, family, co-workers, fellow students or group members. Come to the 
 training on Aug 29, take the day off work or school and take action!\nGet 
 the Word Out: Send this email with a personal note, link to our facebook 
 page 
 at:\nhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138322482869220&ref=nf\nWatch 
 and share the BP & Big Oil Video Teach-In 
 at:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/ClimateJusticeWEST \nDownload flyers, make 
 copes and get them out 
 at:\nhttp://west.actforclimatejustice.org/resources/imagery-and-fliers/ 
 \nSign up for action updates: text message to 40404 with the message 
 "follow mcjwest"\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/28/18657035.php
SUMMARY:MAKE BIG OIL PAY!
LOCATION: Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART), San Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/28/18657035.php
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