Sunday, July 24, 2005

The Burma Total campaign in the UK
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php

It's a good campaign, started in the Netherlands too

Total is one of the largest investors in Burma
The campaign basically says, leave Burma or do something to improve the situation there!

Total is making much profit there
The government of Burma also earns much money
Total probably prefers to keep the situation as it is right now,
always easier doing business with dictators than with democracies...
and of course the generals of Burma also prefer that matters remain as they are

Under pressure, under a boycott, perhaps Total will take some action
They CAN and they should!!
No matter what their contract says!!!
(can you believe it, there's a clause that they are not allowed to interfere in politics at all and they signed it??!!)
They are in part financing this dictatorship.

I hope this leads to something better
At least the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
At last...

More to read on Total and Burma, here:
http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/total_report.html

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