No More Impunity! Communities Worldwide Protest 'Gangster Corporation' Chevron

[Judi Lynn]

Published on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by Common Dreams

No More Impunity! Communities Worldwide Protest 'Gangster Corporation' Chevron

Demonstrations planned in five continents in solidarity with those poisoned by oil giant's operations

- Lauren McCauley, staff writer



Decrying what they say are Chevron's crimes against humanity, communities across five continents are rising up on Wednesday in an international day of action against the oil giant.

Organizers with Amazon Watch have called Anti-Chevron Day to unite all of the communities worldwide that have been burdened by the devastating operations of a company they say has wrought "ecocide" and has been perpetuated with "impunity."

"Chevron is acting as a classic American gangster corporation, using a scorched earth policy against anyone who would challenge their authority in communities that are affected by their operations," Andrés Soto, an organizer with Communities for a Better Environment, told Common Dreams.

Demonstrations are being held in countries including Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Romania, Bulgaria and the Philippines, among others.

The worldwide actions are being documented on both Twitter and Facebook.

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[FreakinDJ]

1. Lets demonstrate against the "American Oil company who didn't pollute the Gulf"

as usual these folks don't make a lot of sense

[The Traveler]

2. Oh, Chevron ain't no innocent

Polluting the Gulf is not the only ecological crime on the books, ya know. And BP not the only criminal.

Trav

[Nihil]

3. Besides which, Chevron *have* polluted the Gulf - just not as much as BP.

Perhaps that poster isn't aware of exactly how many messy, leaking rigs and insecurely
capped wells there are in the Gulf?