[Peace] Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting Protest in Chicago, Wed. 6/10

[Niloofar Shambayati]

Greetings,

I've been thinking  of going up to Chicago for this event.  If anyone is
interested, may be we can carpool or rent a mini van?  Please let me know.

Niloofar



On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Via IL Coalition for Justice, Peace & the Environment (to which AWARE
> belongs):
>
> The Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
> is organizing a demonstration at Caterpillar's stockholder meeting
> in Chicago on Wed. June 10th.  ...
>
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> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:56:01 -0500
> From: ICJPE <admin_icjpe at npjep.org>
> Subject: New Action (ICJPE) - Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting Protest
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> ACTION NAME: Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting Protest
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> DATES: Jun  10, 2009 through Jun  10, 2009
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> ORGANIZATION: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
>
> MORE INFO: www.endtheoccupation.org
>
> DESCRIPTION: Protest at Caterpillar Shareholder Meeting
>
> Wednesday, June 10, 12:30 PM
> Northern Trust Bank – 50 South La Salle Street Chicago
> International Day of Action Against Caterpillar, Inc.
> Mobilization at the Caterpillar Shareholder’s Meeting
>
>
> Caterpillar bulldozers are a symbol of the destruction that military
> occupation
> has brought to Palestine and Israel. Caterpillar sells armor plated D-9 and
> D-11
> bulldozers to the Israeli government. These machines are used to demolish
> Palestinian homes, uproot olive trees, build illegal settlements and the
> apartheid wall.
>
> Since 1967, Caterpillar bulldozers have destroyed 12,000 civilian homes in
> the
> Palestinian Occupied Territories, leaving over 50,000 men, women and
> children homeless. The bulldozers have crushed several people to death
> including Washington state native Rachel Corrie.
>
> Human rights organizations, members of the Office of the UN High
> Commissioner
> for Human Rights,
> religious and social justice organizations and the victims themselves have
> called on Caterpillar to investigate the ethics of selling
> bulldozers that are used to commit human rights abuses. This not only
> violates
> international law but Caterpillar’s own corporate code of ethics.
>
> On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, Caterpillar shareholders will meet again in
> Chicago. Join human rights advocates across the country in using
> Caterpillar's annual shareholder meeting to draw attention to Cat's crimes
> in
> Palestine/Israel and call for corporate accountability!
>
> Ask the shareholders to vote YES on resolution 5.
> For more information www.endtheoccupation.org
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