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SUMMARY:BOYCOTT CHEVRON: a rolling dance protest
CONTACT:NakedHearts:PDX (Molly leads)
DESCRIPTION:DID YA HEAR? September 23-27 is an internationally coordinated
  week of action against Chevron. We’re keeping the action against Chevron 
 going into October with a lively protest ride where we’ll roll around town
  and stop at different Chevron gas stations. At each stop we’ll dance out 
 some of our angry energy (big oil makes us big mad)\, do some karaoke 
 (Chevron.... my life had juuust begun... and NOW YOU'VE GONE AND THROWN IT
  ALL AWAAAyyyy...)\, and persuade passersby to come sign a pledge to 
 boycott Chevron. \n\nKeffiyehs\, Palestinian flags and protest signs 
 encouraged! Be advised that your clothes may get dirty in the event of an 
 (optional) die-in.\n\nThe ride will about 9 miles with 4 Chevron stops. 
 There will be a few rough patches through old town/nw (cobblestones\, 
 tracks\, etc) but we'll keep the pace easy and look out for each other. 
 There will be one (non-Chevron) store stop. \n\nWHY ARE WE BOYCOTTING 
 CHEVRON? (Aside from the fact that they’re an inarguably bad and evil 
 corporation for every possible reason?)\n\nChevron has been identified by 
 the BDS (Boycott\, Divest\, Sanction) movement as a consumer boycott 
 target because of their major role in the genocide in Gaza.\n\nChevron 
 makes billions from their operations in occupied Palestine\, and 
 Palestinian sovereignty is a serious threat to their lucrative oil 
 contracts. This is why Chevron supplies Israel’s military with fuel and 
 spends millions annually lobbying US politicians to peddle propaganda and 
 continue sending more arms and bombs to Israel. That’s more bombs to kill 
 tens of thousands of innocent people. More bombs to release a supervolcano
  worth of Co2 into our atmosphere\, in the midst of a climate catastrophe.
  More bombs to displace an entire civilian population whose right to self-
 determination could undermine Chevron’s profits.\n\nFrom BDSmovement.net: 
 \n"During the struggle against apartheid in South Africa\, a movement to 
 boycott Shell oil for its complicity in apartheid gained worldwide 
 momentum\, with supporters taking part in gas/petrol station pickets and 
 major divestment campaigns from the fossil fuel company. Inspired by the 
 South African liberation struggle\, the Palestinian-led BDS movement aims 
 to build pressure on Chevron until it no longer conducts business that 
 gravely violates our human rights and benefits Israel’s genocidal 
 apartheid regime."\n\nThe BDS movement is calling on people around the 
 world to boycott Chevron and pressure institutions to divest. Sign the 
 pledge to boycott Chevron at 
 https://actionnetwork.org/letters/boycottchevron\, and then come join us 
 on our ride!\n\nLearn more about Chevron and the BDS movement at 
 https://bdsmovement.net/news/bds-movement-calls-for-consumer-boycott-
 chevron-branded-gas-stations or on instagram 
 https://www.instagram.com/p/DAQyyb1Cl3v/?hl=en\nMeet at 6:30\, Ride around
  7\nEnds at Ladds\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-20266
LOCATION:Gorges Beer Co.\n2705 SE Ankeny St.
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTSTAMP:20240924T151140Z
SEQUENCE:10
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