Shutting Down War
by shutting down the war machine
Protesting Bechtel, War Profiteer
in San Francisco, CA, 5 June 2003

Pictures and commentary by Joseph Woodard
See Coverage of other SF Bay Area protests
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Greedy Bechtel

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For ongoing news of the mobilization to stop the war machine, see also Direct Action to Stop War, (DASW), Corp Watch, Global Exchange, and Public Citizen

Please use these descriptions and images to inform others that the citizens of the United States oppose the war and the immoral waste created by the military-industrial complex. Citizens refuse to cooperate with the war machinery and will resist companies who make money from blood.

Why would Bechtel, an engineering company that booked new work in 2002 totaling $12.7 billion with gross revenues of $11.6 billion, have to defend itself against ordinary people in the streets?

Protesting Bechtel's ruthless empire

On June Fifth, Bechtel employees circulated among protestors blocking its San Francisco building and handed out leaflets. The sheets explained how the company is safe, helps disaster victims, cleans up hazardous waste at Superfund sites and nuclear power plants, and works with Iraquis to rebuild their country. Why would anyone protest a company like that when the U.S. government has just awarded it a $680 million contract to rebuild Iraq?

Bechtel knows that we can succeed in the long run only if we meet real human needs. Bechtel has become a world leader in engineering and construction over the past 105 year by living up to that standard. It is easy to tear down, hard to build. Bechtel is proud of being a builder.

See www.bechtel.com

Bechtel Tower, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco

Empire = Lies, Poverty, Repression, and Terrorism

Bechtel has a shameful track record of reaping human, environmental and financial devastation in communities throughout the world - from Boston to Bulgaria to Bolivia. Rather than begin rewarded for such behavior with control over many of Iraq's most valuable public resources, Bechtel should be held accountable for its past and current destructive practices and condemned by citizens of the world.

Bechtel, Profiting from Destruction,
collaborative report by
CorpWatch, GlobalExchange, and Public Citizen

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