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Burma Solidarity Actions

IMC | 03.10.2007 15:04

Around 30 activists blockaded a Total petrol station to protest against the company's heavy involvement with the military junta in Burma which is responsible for the deaths of several protesters in just the last few days.

Total is in a joint venture with the Burmese dictatorship in the Yadana gas project, which earns the regime hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Aung Sun Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of the Burmese government under house arrest, says: “Total has become the main supporter of the military regime”.

A mix of students and locals stood, sat or drummed across both entrances to the forecourt for an hour and a half. Holding a banner reading "Totalitarian Oil-Fuelling Oppression in Burma" they leafleted and spoke to passers-by and motorists. Staff at the petrol station threatened protesters with sticks, car and lorry drivers attempted to run over protesters, but despite this things remained peaceful.

Later in the day, students at the University of Bradford passed an emergency motion to mandate the Student Union to support the Burmese monks and investigate alternative suppliers since they currently use Total for fuelling their minibuses.

See also the original newswire posts, photos and video.



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regime Change, Sanctions, franchised revolutions and low intensity democracy

03.10.2007 23:26

“The overwhelmingly greatest enemy of Myanmar is not any regime, past or present, but US and Western European imperialism, and those attached to it.”
 http://www.bazabaza.blogspot.com

Why the sudden interest in Burma?  http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/3813

Bread and Butter Issues behind Myanmar Protests  http://gowans.wordpress.com/category/myanmar/

For the Decisive Victory of Myanmar against Imperialism  http://nacazai.org/

Stop the New york money peoples war on China and Chinas weapons of mass production
US Industry/Think Tank blue print and talking points for the war on china.
 http://www.steel.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Events1&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=20061

China Approves Oil Pipeline to Burma  http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2006-04/2006-04-17-voa5.cfm
"Cuba opposed foreign interference in Myanmar's affairs."
 http://tvscripts.edt.reuters.com/2007-09-18/36a2ff08.html

Burmese FM blames 'opportunists'
He said "neo-colonialism has reared its ugly head" by trying to spread disinformation about human rights abuses in Burma. "The situation would not have deteriorated had the initial protest of a small group of activists against the rise in fuel prices had not been exploited by political opportunists," he said. "They sought to turn the situation into a political showdown aided and abetted by some powerful countries.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7023205.stm


"One of the first and best known cyber campaigns confronting the Rangoon government is Burmanet, an e-mail service that distributes news about the country. A mainstay for activists and journalists covering the country, Burmanet is sponsored in part by the financier George Soros.... Collecting information about human rights abuses and delivering them to Internet-enabled offices along the Thai border is now one of the group's priority operations."
 http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/10/08/rwar.t.php?page=2

Soros internet overthrows explained: (Low intensity democracy)
 http://rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1382/MR1382.ch5.pdf

Junta , Thugs or Soros: The Soros Threat To Democracy  http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=275526219598836

Billioniare George soros also funded Tienemman square to destabilize China and seize control of Chinas economy.
 http://books.google.com/books?id=jaP_2ARAsIIC&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=soros+wired&source=web&ots=YIk8YiIr8a&sig=hOz2fQMH_d2DFNh0R4-zEhJ7Z-4#PPA342,M1

"billionaire George Soros"
 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22jewish+billionaire+George+soros%22&btnG=Search

What the "Junta" wants: His Excellency U Nyan Win Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar
 http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/60/statements/mya050921eng.pdf

krosty


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