for those who sponser kos and dont see the Chevron blood money banner ad, it says:
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do not join them, they are allied with the junta in burma and steal iraqi oil. (and earth is melting fast fast).
the boycott chevron movement is heating up
http://protestchevron.blogspot.com/
Chevron Protest on Friday October 5th 2007
Announcement:
We will be holding a Chevron Protest through Fax, and Phone calls on Friday October 5th from Noon-2:00pm Pacific Time (8:00pm GMT). Below is the contact info for each Chevron office throughout the world. The California office is preferable to call. If you cannot, please contact your nearest office. Ask for David Oreilly, the CEO to register your concern an protest on Chevron in Burma.
1.Chevron Corp.
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583
United States
Phone: 925-842-1000
Fax: 415-894-6817
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/...
The non-profit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and its OilWatchdog.org project on Monday called on Chevron CEO David O'Reilly to "immediately sever Chevron's ties to Myanmar's brutal government and personally speak out against its violent suppression of peaceful protest."
"Your ad campaign (('Human Energy')), which a Chevron official said would cost 'in the high tens of millions' of dollars, portrays a company that deeply cares about the world and its future. Given your investment in Myanmar alone, that is a gauzy, gorgeous lie," wrote OilWatchdog cofounder Judy Dugan in a letter she sent to the oil and gas giant.
Chevron has a stake in natural gas fields in the nation of Myanmar, still called by its old name "Burma" by United States officials, via its 2005 purchase of Unocal. Unocal's 28% ownership of natural gas fields with the French oil company Total was, along with other existing investments, excluded from an embargo by the United States and European nations.
"It is surprising that the 2005 change of ownership did not trigger demands for disinvestment by the embargo partners. Chevron should divest now as a moral imperative," stated Dugan.
Recently, Chevron announced a $15 billion stock buyback, which the world's second largest oil and gas corporation said is intended to reward stockholders with a share in the company's recent windfall profits. ExxonMobile did a similar buyback. ...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/...
"Many of our brother monks are killed by the government -- brutally killed," said Kovida, who immigrated to Toronto more than a decade ago. "According to photographs, monks have been beaten very brutally by the military."
Kovida is visiting the Tipitaka Buddhist Monastery in Kent, and attended the UW demonstration Monday with monks from a Lynnwood monastery.
Kovida stood calmly watching as about 25 activists swarmed about the brick walkway in front of the UW's Husky Union Building, collecting student signatures. The signatures will be presented to the UW administration later this week as part of a petition requesting that the university divest from all companies doing business with Myanmar.
"It is undeniably horrible," said UW student Claudia Li, who helped gather signatures Monday. "It's peaceful protest. How can you not be interested -- there's so much you can do."
Activists believe the school's extensive stock portfolio might contain companies such as Chevron and Daewoo -- both of which play a role in sustaining Myanmar's economy. A UW spokesman couldn't say Monday whether the university owns stock in those companies.
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from the LA times today :
http://www.latimes.com/...
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At least 10 people, and some say as many as 200, have died since troops and police in Myanmar, also called Burma, last week violently crushed street protests demanding democracy after about 45 years of military rule.
"We hope that lives of these people have not been wasted," said Soe Aung, spokesman for a coalition of exiled opposition groups.
Opposition leaders have long called for sanctions against foreign investment and business that help the military stay in power, which Aung said includes a wide range of enterprises such as lucrative oil and natural gas fields.
"Although the military junta is calling it an open market economy, most of the businesses are controlled by the military," he said.
Sales of natural gas account for the single largest source of revenue to the military government, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.
"Gas exports accounted for fully half of the country's exports in 2006," the group said today in a statement calling on foreign companies to use their influence with the junta to end human rights abuses.
"Burma's gas business brought in revenue of U.S. $2.16 billion in 2006 from sales to its main buyer, Thailand," according to the statement. "These funds flow directly to the government and provide the junta with a major source of financing that is completely independent of its citizens."
California-based UNOCAL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron, is part of a consortium, led by France's Total, that taps the Yadana gas field, one of the regime's main sources of income, Human Rights Watch said.
Companies from China, India, Japan, Russia, Australia and Thailand are also among the leading foreign investors in Myanmar's energy sector.
"Outside investment in Burma's oil and gas industry has thrown a lifeline to the country's brutal rulers," said Arvind Ganesan, director of the group's Business and Human Rights program. "The businesses that help finance the military shouldn't argue that the government's crackdown is not their problem." ...