From: SEAC via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,talk.environment,alt.save.the.earth
Subject: INFO: Reasons to Boycott BP (British Petroleum)
Followup-To: talk.environment,alt.save.the.earth
Date: 20 Nov 1992 02:03:40 GMT
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[Also Posted to alt.activism (by Somebody Else)]

=o= The event describe herein is over, but the information
is worth reading and reacting to.
    <_Jym_>
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=> Newsgroups: alt.activism
=> From: hagemann@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Brian Hagemann)
=> Subject: BP Boycott Announcement

                     TOXIC TUESDAY
              BP BOYCOTT NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION!
               (It's not just in Ohio anymore)

                   NOVEMBER 10, 1992

	By now, you've probably heard of the BP BOYCOTT, a
part of Ohio's corporate accountability campaign of British
Petroleum.  In an attempt to unite campus environmental groups
aroung the state and in an effor to build a livale future, BP is
targeted for its pollution record and practices.  SEACers have
struggled to mobilize a powerful force of grassroots pressure to
demand that BP be more responsible both socially and
ecologically.

                 WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT BP?...Take your pick...

1. BP produces 5 times more toxics per $1000 sale than the oil
   industry's average.

2. BP ranks as the largest polluter in Ohio, the 4th largest
   polluter in the United States, and the 3rd largest polluter
   of toxic waste on Earth.

3. BP is leading the charge to open up the Arctic National
   Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling.

4. BP is the 2nd largest oil company fueling the Apartheid
   government in South Africa.

5. BP is the majority owner of Alyeska, the consortium of oil
   companies responsible for the botched cleanup of the Exxon
   Valdez oil spill.

6. BP fueled the Persian Gulf War.

7. BP refuses to comply with the MacBride principles, which
   assure fair hiring practices of Irish workers in Ireland.

8. In Brazil, BP has been criticized for destroying several
   thousand acres of rainforest.  BP has also been charged with
   rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia.

The campaign has been growing and now several groups around
the country have shown interest in expanding the Boycott to
a National scale.  In response, Ohio SEAC is organizing Toxic
Tuesday on November 10 as a Day of Action on which grassroots
environmental groups can join the Boycott with actions such as
station pickets.  All that is needed to participate in Toxic
Tuesday is a free afternoon, some facts sheets, and the desire
to bring Corporate America's pollution habits into the
spotlight.

SUGGESTED ACTIONS FOR TOXIC TUESDAY:

-BP station pickets 
-Teach-ins
-Guerrilla Theater (toxic suits)
-Go carless
-Have a local politician pledge to boycott BP
-Cut up a BP credit card.  Send the leftovers to BP and tell them what
  you think
-Invent your own toxic tuesday actions.


More information is available, including the history of the
boycott, BP's actions toward Ohio SEAC, and information packets
and flyers.  If any of you SEACers out there DO want more
information, PLEASE CONTACT:

Ohio U. SEAC
57 1/2 N. Court St.
Athens, OH. 45701
614-59-GREEN


            THANKS and HAVE FUN!


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