Corporations and Conflict
Day of Action - Saturday 23rd February
Help stop the theft of Iraq's future - tell Shell and BP: Hands Off Iraqi Oil!
What you can do:
Join the Hands Off Iraqi Oil national day of action on Saturday 23 February 2008. There are actions planned in London, Bangor, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool (Wirral), Manchester, Norwich and St Andrews. Click here to find out how to contact activists in your area.
Or you can plan your own action:
The following resources can be ordered or downloaded via this site or by phoning Voices UK on 0845 458 2564:
BACKGROUND
For the Iraqi people, war and occupation have led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, relentless insecurity and crippling poverty. But for foreign oil companies, the desperate situation in Iraq is an opportunity to control Iraq’s oil, and make massive profits at the expense of the Iraqi people. Oil and Occupation
Iraq’s oil reserves are the third largest in the world and account for 95% of Iraqi government revenue. Immense pressure has been exerted on the Iraqi government by the US, the UK, and the International Monetary Fund to accept foreign investment. As a result, new legislation could give the likes of BP, Shell, Exxon and Chevron contracts to control Iraq’s oil for a generation – depriving ordinary Iraqis of scores of billions of dollars. Shell and BP, with the help of the UK Foreign Office and Treasury have been actively pushing for this law and these contracts since 2003. It’s not too late to stop them
The Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions is at the forefront of grassroots campaigning against the privatisation of Iraq’s oil industry. A recent poll found that 63% of Iraqis believe their oil should be developed and produced by Iraqi public sector companies rather than foreign companies. Who should decide the future of Iraq’s economy and resources? The people of Iraq, or Shell and BP?
- Invite a speaker to help build for your local action: contact 07749 421 576
- Hold a protest at your local Shell and BP garages (see below for resources), and let us know when you’re doing it so we can help publicise it: handsoffiraqioil@gmail.com
- Stay informed: sign up for emails updates about the campaign via handsoffiraqioil@gmail.com
- Find out more: check this site regularly for briefings, leaflets, posters, stickers and details of actions both in the UK and internationally.
The following resources can be ordered or downloaded via this site or by phoning Voices UK on 0845 458 2564:
- Hands Off Iraqi Oil poster (A2)
- Hands Off Iraqi Oil stickers (A7)
- Mythbusters factsheet: responses to some common myths about Iraq’s oil
- 'Iraqi Oil for Beginners', the new comic book history of Iraq’s oil, by Jon Sack, £3
- Shell leaflets and factsheets
BACKGROUND
For the Iraqi people, war and occupation have led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, relentless insecurity and crippling poverty. But for foreign oil companies, the desperate situation in Iraq is an opportunity to control Iraq’s oil, and make massive profits at the expense of the Iraqi people. Oil and Occupation
Iraq’s oil reserves are the third largest in the world and account for 95% of Iraqi government revenue. Immense pressure has been exerted on the Iraqi government by the US, the UK, and the International Monetary Fund to accept foreign investment. As a result, new legislation could give the likes of BP, Shell, Exxon and Chevron contracts to control Iraq’s oil for a generation – depriving ordinary Iraqis of scores of billions of dollars. Shell and BP, with the help of the UK Foreign Office and Treasury have been actively pushing for this law and these contracts since 2003. It’s not too late to stop them
The Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions is at the forefront of grassroots campaigning against the privatisation of Iraq’s oil industry. A recent poll found that 63% of Iraqis believe their oil should be developed and produced by Iraqi public sector companies rather than foreign companies. Who should decide the future of Iraq’s economy and resources? The people of Iraq, or Shell and BP?
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