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Caterpillar clothing boycott begins

mini mouse | 13.04.2005 16:20 | London

Campaigners today launched a boycott of Caterpillar clothing products in light of the company's complicity in human rights abuses in Palestine. Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with bulldozers in the certain knowledge that they are used to destroy Palestinian farms, orchards and housing.

Rachel Corrie's mother at John Lewis
Rachel Corrie's mother at John Lewis

Cindy Corrie hands over War On Want "Company Report"
Cindy Corrie hands over War On Want "Company Report"


Cindy Corrie, mother of Rachel Corrie - killed by a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer whilst protesting against house demolitions in Gaza - handed copies of "Caterpillar - The Alternative Company Report" to representatives of John Lewis and Clarks on Oxford Street, both major stockists of Caterpillar clothing.

It was timed to coincide with the firm's AGM in Chicago, where Caterpillar Corporation shareholders will vote on a groundbreaking resolution calling on CAT to investigate whether its sale of bulldozers to Israel violates its own Worldwide Code of Business Conduct.

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Mother of Rachel Corrie Campaigning.

13.04.2005 18:14


Hello, Friends,

Thanks for words & photos of Rachel Corrie's mother, with the 'Company Report'. We are
having a Motorcade Campaign, on Saturday, here in Birmingham, followed by a demonstration at Victoria Square. It is hoped that the local Caterpillar firm will take some serious notice.

Greetings,

Bert Gedin.

Bert Gedin.
mail e-mail: gedinbert@hotmail.com


Caterpillar Chicago action

14.04.2005 11:10

Here's a link to the simultaneous actions at the CAT AGM in Chicago

 http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/55892/index.php

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