Support the Halliburton 5

Please Help the Halliburton 5 and Support Civil Disobedience in Texas

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Dear friends,

Thanks to you, Houston put on an amazing protest outside the Halliburton shareholders meeting Tuesday morning. As you can see from the news stories below, we got a message out to people all over the United States that not all Americans tolerate the war profiteering and corporate cronyism that Halliburton epitomizes.

Those of us who were arrested inside the hotel were released from jail late Wednesday night. We are charged with trespassing and our bail was set at $5,000, which meant that each of us had to pay $500, mostly of our own money, to get ourselves out. We're also looking at the possibility of fines on the same scale, court costs, and attorney fees.

If there's ANY WAY you can afford to help us out and share the burden of these costs, we'd really, really appreciate it. None of us have the kind of money that we can easily spare $500 of our savings.

Thanks to those of you who have already donated to help us out. We think the civil disobedience was very successful and helped increase the level of media attention to the protest.

To contribute to jail and legal support via PayPal, go to http://www.nionhouston.net/donate.html and indicate "for Halliburton action" in your comments. To send money by postal mail, use the address given at that same site. **NOTE** - You are not contributing to NION, they are simply allowing us to use their account as a clearinghouse.

No to war profiteering! U.S. and Halliburton out of Iraq!

In peace and solidarity,
Andrea, Ken, Jon, Brandon, and Esteban
The Halliburton 5

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Protests cause stir at annual meeting
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2580977

Video of Lockdown on Four Seasons Third Floor
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/29877.php

Anti-war protest targets Halliburton Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1084907691255

Five Protesters Arrested at Halliburton Meeting
Reuters (SJ Mercury News, SF Chronicle, Miami Herald, Houston Business
Journal, Globe and Mail, CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, etc.)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=5195845

Halliburton faces protests Associated Press (Atlanta Journal Constitution, San Diego Union Tribune, LA Times, etc. )
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40501-2004May19.html

Protesters roast Halliburton over war contracts Montreal Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=b4db6628-dc5a-4693-9c06-ad3d10138f5b

Halliburton Shareholders Meet while Protestors Gather
NPR
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuhf/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=640734

Houston Protests Halliburton Shareholder Meeting (4:18)
Free Speech Radio News
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/29872.php

Protest Wrap-up by KPFT Local News
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/29873.php

Halliburton Actions
http://Www.houstonindymedia.org (lots of photos)
http://www.houston.indymedia.org/