Speaker tour: Sept–Oct 2008
In September and October Hands Off Iraqi Oil speakers are touring the country talking to local groups about the latest we can do to stop the Oil Law and support Iraqi oil workers.
The speaking tour aims to explore:
- After five years of war and occupation, what are the current tactics of foreign oil companies with regards to Iraqi oil? What is the role of the British and US governments in furthering a corporate agenda in Iraq?
- How have Iraqis, particularly Iraqi workers, responded to this agenda?
- What is the Iraqi Hydrocarbon Law and what impact will it have, if passed, on sectarianism and the entrenchment of the occupation in Iraq?
- What can we do to fight against these agendas here in the UK?
- How can we take action/support Iraqi civil society?
- After five years of war and occupation, what are the current tactics of foreign oil companies with regards to Iraqi oil? What is the role of the British and US governments in furthering a corporate agenda in Iraq?
- How have Iraqis, particularly Iraqi workers, responded to this agenda?
- What is the Iraqi Hydrocarbon Law and what impact will it have, if passed, on sectarianism and the entrenchment of the occupation in Iraq?
- What can we do to fight against these agendas here in the UK?
- How can we take action/support Iraqi civil society?
Please let us know:
* which group you are from
* the likely size of the meeting etc. the bigger the better!
* any date preferences / dates to avoid
* your e-mail and phone number
Deadline for invitations: 6pm, Friday 3 October 2008
* which group you are from
* the likely size of the meeting etc. the bigger the better!
* any date preferences / dates to avoid
* your e-mail and phone number
Deadline for invitations: 6pm, Friday 3 October 2008
Speakers include:
Greg Muttitt is co-director of PLATFORM and author of Crude Designs: The Rip-off of Iraq's Oil Wealth (www.crudedesigns.org), and is one of the world's leading experts on oil and Iraq
Ewa Jasiewicz is a human rights activist, and journalist. Ewa spent 9 months living in occupied Iraq and working with Iraqi oil workers.
***Campaign materials***: You can download Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign materials - including the flyer for the 100 days action, a factsheet on Shell's attempts to influence the oil law, a leaflet to hand out outside Shell garages, a model union motion and a window poster and much more - from the right hand side of this page or email handsoffiraqioil@gmail.com to order materials by post.
