[van-announce] Updated Call for Picket of Finning, Thursday, April 24th

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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 06:49:21 -0000
From: palsolidarity <palsolidarity at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: psg-van-info-owner at yahoogroups.com
To: psg-van-info at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [psg-van-info] Updated Call for Picket of Finning, Thursday,
     April 24th

The Palestine Solidarity Group is organizing a picket of the Annual
General Meeting of Finning International Inc. this Thursday, April
24th, at 11 a.m. at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel at Canada Place.

Finning, in Canada and in most of the world, is the exclusive dealer
of Caterpillar products. Caterpillar prides itself on its products
being 'flexible': easily convertible from civilian to military uses.
For example, the Israeli Defence Forces uses modified D9 bulldozers
to monthly demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes, often killing
innocent residents at the same time and, recently, killing ISM
activist Rachel Corrie as she tried to prevent such a home
demolition. We are bringing the following demands:

-Stop dealing with war criminals
-Stop distributing Caterpillar to the IDF
-Reparations for Palestinians whose homes have been destroyed by
Caterpillar machinery

The picket has been endorsed by StopWar.ca, Vancouver's anti-war
coalition.  For information on all upcoming anti-war activities in
the city, check their website.

Gather at 11:00 am outside Ballroom C at The Fairmont Waterfront
Hotel, 900 Canada Place.

Palestine Solidarity Group (Vancouver)
www.palsolidaritygrp.org
palsolidarity at yahoo.ca