I've just heard that Avaaz - a new online campaigning group that I joined - is running a campaign to keep Iraqi oil in the hands of Iraqis. The US government is pressuring the Iraqi Parliament to pass a National Oil Law that could give control of the majority of Iraqi oil fields to foreign companies.
Over 900,000 people from every corner of the globe have already taken actions on global issues through Avaaz.org. They are able to have a serious impact! This petition will be presented by Iraqi Parliamentarians - Sunni, Shia and Kurd - so that all Iraqi leaders know that the world stands with them in standing up to President Bush.
sign the petition!
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Dear Avaaz supporter,
Amidst rising bloodshed, the Iraqi Parliament has been given til 31st May to pass a flawed oil law that would give unprecedented power to multinational companies to control Iraq’s oil fields for the next three decades. President Bush imposed the deadline, and Big Oil is putting on the pressure. But brave Iraqi leaders are resisting -- and they need our help.
Members of the Iraqi Parliament – including Sunni, Kurdish and Shia leaders – have promised us they'll read out Avaaz's petition of solidarity to their colleagues. Many are wavering, scared to oppose the Bush-backed law. They could find resolve if the world stands with them. So sign the petition today – let's make 100,000 voices heard in Iraq's Parliament before they vote.
Our simple message – we support Iraq’s sovereign right to her own oil, it should be distributed fairly to the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi national parliament should decide this without foreign interference.
Oil contributes 70% of Iraq's GDP. The draft law proposes unprecedented deals for multinational oil companies that are used nowhere else in the Middle East, because they lock up revenues and control for a generation. It even proposes foreign companies should sit on the national council deciding contracts.
Here's what the Head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, Hassan Jum'a Awwad, recently said:
"Iraq is passing through the most difficult of times, because all and sundry are hounding it and covet a share of its riches. Everyone knows that the oil law does not serve the Iraqi people, and that it serves Bush, his supporters and the foreign companies at their expense."
It's a rare sign of hope to see Iraqis coming together on anything, but this law is bad enough to unite many. They're asking for our help -- so let's tell them the world supports their right to set their own future. Sign on and help us reach 100,000 voices before they present the petition to the Parliament:
Click here and sign the petition, please. And it's different from the one below. So please sign both.
In peace,
Ricken, Graziela, Paul and the Avaaz Team
Thank you.
Over 900,000 people from every corner of the globe have already taken actions on global issues through Avaaz.org. They are able to have a serious impact! This petition will be presented by Iraqi Parliamentarians - Sunni, Shia and Kurd - so that all Iraqi leaders know that the world stands with them in standing up to President Bush.
sign the petition!
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Dear Avaaz supporter,
Amidst rising bloodshed, the Iraqi Parliament has been given til 31st May to pass a flawed oil law that would give unprecedented power to multinational companies to control Iraq’s oil fields for the next three decades. President Bush imposed the deadline, and Big Oil is putting on the pressure. But brave Iraqi leaders are resisting -- and they need our help.
Members of the Iraqi Parliament – including Sunni, Kurdish and Shia leaders – have promised us they'll read out Avaaz's petition of solidarity to their colleagues. Many are wavering, scared to oppose the Bush-backed law. They could find resolve if the world stands with them. So sign the petition today – let's make 100,000 voices heard in Iraq's Parliament before they vote.
Our simple message – we support Iraq’s sovereign right to her own oil, it should be distributed fairly to the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi national parliament should decide this without foreign interference.
Oil contributes 70% of Iraq's GDP. The draft law proposes unprecedented deals for multinational oil companies that are used nowhere else in the Middle East, because they lock up revenues and control for a generation. It even proposes foreign companies should sit on the national council deciding contracts.
Here's what the Head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, Hassan Jum'a Awwad, recently said:
"Iraq is passing through the most difficult of times, because all and sundry are hounding it and covet a share of its riches. Everyone knows that the oil law does not serve the Iraqi people, and that it serves Bush, his supporters and the foreign companies at their expense."
It's a rare sign of hope to see Iraqis coming together on anything, but this law is bad enough to unite many. They're asking for our help -- so let's tell them the world supports their right to set their own future. Sign on and help us reach 100,000 voices before they present the petition to the Parliament:
Click here and sign the petition, please. And it's different from the one below. So please sign both.
In peace,
Ricken, Graziela, Paul and the Avaaz Team
Thank you.
