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Date: Apr 27, 2007 7:49 AM
Subject: Days of Action: May Day to Cinco de Mayo
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DAYS OF ACTION: MAY DAY TO CINCO DE MAYO
Root Force is calling for Days of Action against La Parota Dam from May 1 to
May 5, May Day to Cinco de Mayo. This comes in response to increased push by
the Mexican government for the construction of the dam, marked by increased
repression of resisters and a new loan from the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB).
Root Force is calling upon groups and individuals around the world to take
action against the holdings of Carlos Slim, owner of holdings corporation
Grupo Carso and the second richest person in the world. Slim's connections
in the U.S. include the retailers CompUSA, Sears and Kmart, as well as other
companies including Tracfone and Condumex (see complete list at
www.rootforce.org).
A variety of Grupo Carso companies are considered favorites to win the
bidding to build the dam. Root Force is demanding Slim's public renunciation
of any involvement in La Parota.
La Parota is a planned hydroelectric dam in southern Mexico that would
devastate a rare tropical forest ecosystem and destroy the land of 75,000
indigenous subsistence farmers. Nearly four years of blockades and other
resistance by the affected communities have prevented its construction, but
the Mexican government is now making a renewed push to force the project
through.
On April 27, police arrested Rodolfo Cha'vez Galindo, a spokesperson for the
communities opposed to the dam, and announced the existence of warrants for
other community leaders. The resisters are facing bogus charges of
kidnapping a government engineer in 2004. This new wave of repression came
days after a Mexican court dealt another setback to the government's
attempts to expropriate land for the dam's construction.
At the same time, La Jornada has reported a new loan of $2.5 billion from
the IDB ("the World Bank of Latin America") for the construction of
infrastructure megaprojects in Mexico, with La Parota specifically
mentioned.
Now is the time for us to demonstrate that no collaboration in the
destruction of native land will be tolerated. May Day is a historic day for
celebrating both the Earth's bounty and struggles for people's liberation.
In recent years, it has been increasingly tied to the plight of those who
are forced from their homes south of the U.S. border to seek low-wage work
in the North for the benefit of multinational corporations.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the defeat of foreign imperial forces that sought
to overthrow the Mexican government in 1861. In the modern day, when
imperialism often comes in the form of U.S.-backed IDB loans, those of us in
the Empire's core are needed to step up and strike back in genuine and
effective solidarity.
So get together a group of people as small or as large as appropriate and
take action on one or more days between May 1 and May 5. These are the days
to flood Slim's companies with e-mails, faxes and phone calls, to create
havoc at their stores, or to take any other action that your heart moves you
to.
As part of its Stomp CompUSA campaign, Root Force is encouraging people to
focus their actions on that particular retailer. But if you're lucky enough
to live in a place where CompUSA is already going out of business, check the
Root Force web site for a list of other Slim holdings.
Six campesinos have already been murdered as part of the struggle to stop La
Parota, and 75,000 more stand to lose everything if the dam goes through.
Let's demonstrate, on May 1 to May 5, that there is no profit to be found in
getting involved with this genocidal project. Stomp CompUSA, Stop Slim, and
Unplug La Parota!
Root Force is a strategic campaign designed to help take down the system by
forcing the cancellation of certain critical infrastructure projects in
Latin America. For more information, visit www.rootforce.org.
Send action reports to info (at) rootforce (dot) org.
Contact information for Slim's US connections:
http://rootforce.org/english/index.php?optioncom_content&taskview&id4&Itemid6#parota
List of Slim holdings worldwide:
http://rootforce.org/english/index.php?optioncom_content&taskview&id35&Itemid20
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Date: Apr 27, 2007 7:49 AM
Subject: Days of Action: May Day to Cinco de Mayo
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DAYS OF ACTION: MAY DAY TO CINCO DE MAYO
Root Force is calling for Days of Action against La Parota Dam from May 1 to
May 5, May Day to Cinco de Mayo. This comes in response to increased push by
the Mexican government for the construction of the dam, marked by increased
repression of resisters and a new loan from the Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB).
Root Force is calling upon groups and individuals around the world to take
action against the holdings of Carlos Slim, owner of holdings corporation Grupo
Carso and the second richest person in the world. Slim's connections in the
U.S. include the retailers CompUSA, Sears and Kmart, as well as other companies
including Tracfone and Condumex (see complete list at www.rootforce.org
(http://www.rootforce.org) ).
A variety of Grupo Carso companies are considered favorites to win the bidding
to build the dam. Root Force is demanding Slim's public renunciation of any
involvement in La Parota.
La Parota is a planned hydroelectric dam in southern Mexico that would
devastate a rare tropical forest ecosystem and destroy the land of 75,000
indigenous subsistence farmers. Nearly four years of blockades and other
resistance by the affected communities have prevented its construction, but the
Mexican government is now making a renewed push to force the project through.
On April 27, police arrested Rodolfo Cha'vez Galindo, a spokesperson for the
communities opposed to the dam, and announced the existence of warrants for
other community leaders. The resisters are facing bogus charges of kidnapping a
government engineer in 2004. This new wave of repression came days after a
Mexican court dealt another setback to the government's attempts to expropriate
land for the dam's construction.
At the same time, La Jornada has reported a new loan of $2.5 billion from the
IDB ("the World Bank of Latin America") for the construction of infrastructure
megaprojects in Mexico, with La Parota specifically mentioned.
Now is the time for us to demonstrate that no collaboration in the destruction
of native land will be tolerated. May Day is a historic day for celebrating
both the Earth's bounty and struggles for people's liberation. In recent years,
it has been increasingly tied to the plight of those who are forced from their
homes south of the
U.S. border to seek low-wage work in the North for the benefit of multinational
corporations.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the defeat of foreign imperial forces that sought to
overthrow the Mexican government in 1861. In the modern day, when imperialism
often comes in the form of
U.S.-backed IDB loans, those of us in the Empire's core are needed to step up
and strike back in genuine and effective solidarity.
So get together a group of people as small or as large as appropriate and take
action on one or more days between May 1 and May 5. These are the days to flood
Slim's companies with e-mails, faxes and phone calls, to create havoc at their
stores, or to take any other action that your heart moves you to.
As part of its Stomp CompUSA campaign, Root Force is encouraging people to
focus their actions on that particular retailer. But if you're lucky enough to
live in a place where CompUSA is already going out of business, check the Root
Force web site for a list of other Slim holdings.
Six campesinos have already been murdered as part of the struggle to stop La
Parota, and 75,000 more stand to lose everything if the dam goes through. Let's
demonstrate, on May 1 to May 5, that there is no profit to be found in getting
involved with this genocidal project. Stomp CompUSA, Stop Slim, and Unplug La
Parota!
Root Force is a strategic campaign designed to help take down the system by
forcing the cancellation of certain critical infrastructure projects in Latin
America. For more information, visit
www.rootforce.org (http://www.rootforce.org) .
Send action reports to info (at) rootforce (dot) org.
Contact information for Slim's US connections:
http://rootforce.org/english/index.php?optioncom_content&taskview&id4&Itemid6#parota
(http://rootforce.org/english/index.php)
List of Slim holdings worldwide:
http://rootforce.org/english/index.php?optioncom_content&taskview&id35&Itemid20
(http://rootforce.org/english/index.php)
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