NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR FEBRUARY 23RD
Momentum is building for the national and international Hands Off Iraqi Oil day of action. Groups around the UK are planning protests in town centres and at Shell and BP petrol stations, and there are also protests planned in the US and the Netherlands.
Is your town or city listed? If not, and you want to organise an action, contact handsoffiraqioil@gmail.com for advice and ideas and we'll add you to the list.
UK actions
Bangor - Info stall and get-together 11.30am-1pm under Bangor High Street Clock, Bangor town centre. Bangor & Ynys Môn Peace & Justice mail[at]bangorpeace.co.uk
Bath - Bath CND protest, further details tba
Birmingham - Birmingham People and Planet, peopleandplanet[at]guild.bham.ac.uk, 0121 251 2300
Birmingham - Peace activists in South Birmingham are meeting at 11.30 am outside Somerfield Supermarket Alcester Road Kings Heath, as there is a Shell garage in the area. sarah@sarahteversham.orangehome.co.uk
Brighton - Sussex Action for Peace,12 noon, BP petrol station in Lewes Road, outside Sainsbury's. There will be Pirates...
Bristol - 'Help Stop The Theft Of Iraq's Future - Tell The Oil Multinationals: Hands Off Iraqi Oil!'
11am, Esso Petrol Station, Park Row, BRISTOL, BS1 5LJ
Map: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB%7Cbs1%205lj
Organised by Bristol Stop the War
Calderdale - Calderdale Against War notwaruk[at]hotmail.com
"In Calderdale we are planning a protest at the BP garage on Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. By taking action wearing traditional burglar outfits we hope to highlight the outrageous theft of the Iraqi peoples'oil."
Cambridge - Meet: 11am at Newnham Roundabout (at the end of Fen Causeway) across from Shell Station: at 12 we will walk to the Market Square. Come dressed as corporate robbers if you can. Jannie Brightman, Cambridge STW bright1s[at]yahoo.com 07813 678 287
Cardiff - Demonstrate at 2 pm, TOTAL Garage, Cathedral Road, Cardiff
Adam Johannes, Cardiff STW cardiff_troopsout[at]hotmail.com 07940 108 146
Hastings - Hastings Against War will be holding an information stall in town on the subject of Iraqi oil and later protesting outside a local Shell station. Meet outside the Millets store in Harold Place, Hastings town centre at 12 noon.
Contact John Enefer on 07751 300150 or enefer_60[at]hotmail.com.
Kilmarnock - BP garage protest, contact Craig Mackie, 07721 603518
Kingston - Kingston Peace Council/CND are going to leaflet outside the Shell filling station on Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames for 2 hours - 11am to 1pm. Contact Hilary Evans, 020 8898 4850, http://kpc.gn.apc.org/
Knighton (Powys) - Stall outside bookshop on Broad Street, 10am-12 noon.
Leeds - details tba
Leicester - Leicester Campaign to Stop the War will be protesting at BP Groby Road Service Station. Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9ED At 10.30am
Liverpool - BP garage, Scotland Road, central Liverpool. Marathon picket from 11am-4pm Organised by Merseyside TUC, Liverpool TUC, Wirral TUC, and Liverpool Stop the War Coalition Contact: Alec McFadden, Merseyside TUC alec_stuc[at]hotmail.com 07831 627 531
Liverpool - Shell Garage, Aigburth Road, 12-2pm organised by Liverpool Social Forum, www.liverpoolsocialforum.org.uk, info[at]liverpoolsocialforum.org.uk
London - London Hands Off Iraqi Oil is holding a Piratical Action Tour of corporate occupiers.
Meeting Point: Bond Street Tube 12.30pm
Costume Code: Pirates!
(Landlubbers/plain clothes protesters also welcome!)
Come and join a piratical tour of institutions and corporations involved in the corporate occupation of Iraq. More details
London - Picket of Shell garage at 276 Upper St, Angel, N1 2TZ, 10am-11am.
Manchester - afternoon garage protest, contact Tom Miller, redflag85[at]hotmail.com
Norwich - Join the Corporate Pirates at the Shell petrol station, Plumstead Road, Norwich, from 12.30pm. For info email info[at]norwichstopwar.org.uk or see www.norwichstopwar.org.uk
Sherborne - Yeovil-Sherborne Area Stop the War demonstration against thieving Iraqi oil, Sherborne, ysastopwar[at]aol.com
Southend - Southend Stop The War Coalition. Meet at BP garage in London Road, Westcliff (near Chalkwell Park) 10-11am 'We'll be leafleting the public and pointing out that BP is part of a campaign to sell Iraq's oil industry to the multinationals. We say the people of Iraq need the oil wealth, not the giant oil companies.' Contact normantraub007[at]aol.com for more details.
Stevenage - Stevenage Coalition for Peace. 11.30am, Sainsbury's/BP petrol station, Coreys Mill (note: BP supplies all Sainsbury's petrol stations. BP has a joint stake in the Nectar customer reward scheme alongside Sainsbury's, Barclaycard, and Ford running since 2002) stev4p[at]yahoo.co.uk
St Andrews, Scotland - Don't let Shell steal Iraq's future. 2-4pm Protest at Shell garage, St Andrews. Followed by meeting with free snacks at the Whey Pat Tavern, 4-5pm
Yeovil - Yeovil-Sherborne Area Stop the War demonstration against thieving Iraqi oil, Yeovil, ysastopwar[at]aol.com
USA actions
Friday February 22nd
Washington DC - 12-2pm
12pm: press conference at the Exxon headquarters, 2000 K St NW
12:30pm: March with us as we mark the oily trail leading to the White House!
RSVP here: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/oilchange/signUp.jsp?key=3086
Contact trina@priceofoil.org for more info: http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/ US Labor Against War and Oil Change International http://www.priceofoil.org/ Further details tba
Charlotte, NC - 7pm
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers film screening & discussion
7:00 pm, Charlotte Energy Solutions, 337 Baldwin Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204
Join us to watch the documentary film "Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers" and brief presentation on war profiteers, the Iraqi oil law, & discussion. For more info on this screening contact Action Center For Justice at bringthemonhome@yahoo.com,
704-492-5226, or see www.CharlotteAction.org.
Saturday February 23rd
Highland, Indiana, 1:00-3:00pm
March to local ExxonMobil, Shell and BP gas stations
Meet at the Highway of Flags (corner of Indianapolis Blvd and Cline Ave) and then march along Indianapolis Blvd to 45th Ave.
Contact: yesterj2003[at]yahoo.com
RSVP here: www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/oilchange/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=37097
Dallas, TX, 12:00-3:00pm
The End the War Boycott of the Oil Big Three - ExxonMobil, Shell and BP - will be launched at noon on Saturday, February 23 at three locations in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, by the Dallas Peace Center and Consumers for Peace.org.
Contact: nickmottern[at]earthlink.net
RSVP here: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/hq/p/9/edit.jsp?table=event&key=37176
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
