AL GORE AND BIG OIL: Gore controls up to $1,000,000 in Occidental stock and has enjoyed the sponsorship of Oxy throughout his political career. He and his family have earned much of their wealth through their connections with Oxy. According to the Center for Public Integrity: "There is no corporation closer to the Vice President". Gore wants the environmental and human rights vote: let's challenge him to put his money where his mouth is. GORE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH OXY IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLITICS TODAY Vice President Gore needs to make a decision: continue to support Occidental Petroleum's disastrous oil project in Colombia through his silence, or use his influence to help bring peace to the U'wa people. What he does now will tell the U'wa people, and all of us, who he really is. "We ask people around the world who value the Earth and indigenous peoples to speak out against the multinational oil company Oxy through protests, letters and other actions of solidarity." - Statement from the U'wa People, November 17, 1999 Co-sponsored by: Direct Action Network
Community Convergence August 5th - 13th days and evenings
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