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- NoBusinessAsUsual
April 29,1985
In Canada, and throughout tile world, countless lives, human
and non-human alike, are led under the spectre of corporate
domination. For the huge multinational corporations, these few
that control so many, business as usual means escalation of arms
production, active support for fascist regimes in the Third
world, cruel and pointless vivisection and factory farmimg, the
poisoning and industrialized rape of our Mother Earth, the
opression of humans by humans, and the list continues.
We and others believe that at the root of these atrocities
lies a general stilling of self-respect, mutual respect, and
personal responsibility, which accompanies the existence of any
form of external government. As an antidote, we suggest direct
action as a means oi protest. The best way to counteract our
opression Is to act individually and collectively for solutions
to common problems.
April 29, 1985 has been agreed upon as as international day
of non-violent interference with the day to day activities of the
corporations and governments that threaten our lives. This idea
was developed from the "War Chest Tours" that originated In San
Francisco, and the "Stop The City" days that have immobilized
corporate activities in London, England for the last few years.
Similar events have taken place at the Democratic Party
Convention in San Francisco, and at the Republican National
Convention in Dallas in 1984, and in various locations across
Europe.
A group of us plan to work together on this day. We invite
you to act either individually, In groups of your own, or to join
us in action against opression on April 29.
The "War Chest Tours" involved going
from corporate office to corporate office,
getting inside if possible, reading and
passing out information about the various
crimes they are committing, disrupting their
normal business procedures, and damaging
their property when possible. Many
corporations have hundreds of subsidiaries
or branches, especially banks and military
financers which provide a variety of
convenient targets in your neighborhoods.
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