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Bechtel Direct Action

by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
On Monday, October 28 a group of global justice activists did a direct action at Bechtel headquarters in downtown San Francisco, demanding that Bechtel drop it's water privatization lawsuit against Bolivia.
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Today I accompanied a group of global justice activists on a direct action at the Bechtel Corporation headquarters in downtown San Francisco. Following is a photo essay documenting the day.

For more photos, check out my website at http://www.milenine.com
§The drive to Bechtel
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Successful lockdown
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Water is a right
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Outside, viewed from the Bechtel lobby
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§San Francisco police
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Continued lockdown
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Inspection
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Continued lockdown
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Our world is not for sale
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Water for life, not profit
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Standing up, after several hours of lockdown
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Protesters and friend
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§The key to the lockbox
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§To the paddywagon
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§To the paddywagon
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Robocop
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Inside the paddywagon
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§The banner
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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§Bechtel headquarters
by Bob Teplitsky (bob [at] milenine.com)
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by sean (imc sydney)

you people are heroes! well done ... keep the pressure on..

sean
by mayu (imc) (mayu [at] indymedia.org)
Thanks brothers and friends

11 noviembre, direct action in Bolivia against the ALCA and the capitalism .


saludos compañeros y compañeras


NO AL ALCA, ALCARAJO
JUSTICIA GLOBAL

by Schuyler
Word has it that everyone arrested in conjunction with this action were booked by the SFPD, but all charges were dropped at the arraignment, and everyone was out of jail the same night. Good work, folks!
by Schuyler
Word has it that everyone arrested in conjunction with this action were booked by the SFPD, but all charges were dropped at the arraignment, and everyone was out of jail the same night. Good work, folks!
by Phyllis K Fess Baker (pkfb3502 [at] attbi.com)
Thanks for the photos, I looked forever to find some of the NO FTAA direct action. Yours are great.
by Phyllis K Fess Baker (pkfb3502 [at] attbi.com)
Thanks for the photos, I looked forever to find some of the NO FTAA direct action. Yours are great.
by Richard Lai (rkmlai [at] yahoo.com)
I fully support your actions and direct action.

I wish I had been there but was already committed to this action with the outcome here.
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by kyla
Your action at Bechtel showed courage and dedication; you should be proud of yourselves! Thank you, both for what you're doing for the planet and for making my little heart glad.
by Lavascaguanaca
Apa Melanie, me alegra mogollón verte y ver el movimiento y la "Acción Directa".

En El Salvador también estamos con la sensación de que el Movimiento Popular está con ganas de marcha.

Saludos,
by Fred Jakobcic (fjakobci [at] chartermi.net)
Tell Bechtel to go to hell for its reprehensible actions in Bolivia, its law suit against Bolivia and for trying to make money off peoples need for water. Bechtel is a part of the FTAA,NAFTA, WTO free trade which denies FAIR TRADE. THis is but another example of globalization whose interest is not the people, not the other living things of this planet, but is profit driven no matter what the costs to the people and other living creatures of this planet. They are the living hell of this world and belong in hell. They have no conscience, no sense of responsibility or accountability, and who elected them to be our elected and representative rulers? They are a coup de'tat through money, power and the buying of governments, without the people's consent, not only in this nation, but around the world. They are what is rotten in the world and I see that everytime bush and his minions come on the boob tube, in which case he is the boob in the tube.

Fred
by MAWULI DAKE (maawuli [at] yahoo.com)
A big congrats.

Just to express my deep gratitude for such an action. That was a great initiative. I am highly inspired and challenged. Keep it up Sisters and Brothers. We shall overcome. Thanx, mawuli
by Vallejo for Community Planned Renewal (VallejoCPR.org)
Bechtel and Shell propose to build a massive Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) receiving and offloading terminal and power plant on the southern end of Mare Island in Vallejo, California. The Bechtel-Shell LNG gas and power plants would be bad for our health and safety, our ability to attract new businesses to Vallejo, our residential property values, our quality of life and our vision for the future.
by Otto Nomous
Go here: http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/11/1541694.php
by Candice (candice8022 [at] yahoo.com)
I'm sitting in the computer lab at UC Berkeley working on a paper on the WaterWAr in Bolivia and came across the photos and story about your day of action. While I was looking thru the photos the song "It's a Wonderful World" happened to come on over my headphones....looking at all you standing up for what is right in this world really made me believe that the world can be a wonderful place. Thank You.
I want to be at the next day of action.
"The problems we face will not be solved by the minds who created them." -Albert Einstein
by Laura
Thank you sooo much to all the people who were part of the lockdown at Bechtel. I hope to join you next time.
You are awesome people.
Peace,
Laura
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