anti-oil-activities in Germany

[AKNigeria@aol.com]

  Dear friends,
  
  The "Arbeitskreis Nigeria / Aktion Ogoni Hamburg" as well as the organizers
  of Germany's 1997 Ken Saro-Wiwa Week call for a participation of German
  groups to participate in the 100 days campaign against oil consumption.
  
  We are proposing a national day of action on November 8, motto: "Die Welt
  erstickt am Oel" (The world suffocates from oil). The groups tackling the
  Nigeria issue should join in picketing at Shell stations all over the country
  during morning hours. Other groups could join with activities concerning
  their respective targets. For the afternoon of that day we're calling for a
  national protest rally in Hamburg marching to the seat of the German
  Association of the Oil Industry.
  
  Our activities will be part of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial Week that will be
  centered in Hamburg this year. It is organized together with us by MOSOP,
  "The Nigerian Common Cause" and the "United Democratic Front of
  Nigeria"/German section.
  
  The schedule at the moment is the following:
  
  Thursday, Nov. 6: "Does Nigeria Face Another Civil War?", Discussion
  Friday, Nov., 7: Literary evening and theatre performance
  Saturday, Nov. 8: National day of action "The World Suffocates from Oil"
  morning: Nigeria activists picket at Shell stations
  afternoon: protest rally "The World Suffocates from Oil" through downtown
  Hamburg
  evening: concert for solidarity with the struggles of the Ogoni and Nigerian
  democrats
  Sunday, Nov.9: German-African memorial service for the Ogoni Nine
  Monday, Nov.10: "Nigeria Two Years After", addresses by Olisa Agbakoba (CLO)
  and Bariture Kpuinen (MOSOP) plus "Can the Truth be Purchased? - Shell,
  Nigeria and the German Press", discussion
  
  The Ken Saro Wiwa Week is supported by:
  Afrika-Initiative, Hannover
  Aktionsbuendnis Nigeria, Berlin
  Buendnis 90/DIE GRUeNEN - LAG Frieden und Internat. Politik Hamburg
  Gesellschaft fuer bedrohte Voelker (Society for Threatened Peoples)
  Hamburger Stiftung fuer politisch Verfolgte
  Initiative Pro-Afrika e.V.
  MediaWatch (Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung/Dritte-Welt-Journalisten-Netz)
  Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) - German Section
  
  Thomas Moesch, Arbeitskreis Nigeria Hamburg