Come to the Halliburton Shareholder's meeting and bring your creative, vigorous resistance.

As part of May 19 Halliburton Shareholder's Meeting Mobilization , the newly formed Stop the War Profiteers Collective is calling for independent and autonomous actions around Houston on Wednesday, May 19th. Nonviolent Direct Action has a long history of bringing submerged issues to the surface. With our bodies and commitment, we can bring the war profiteers issue to the foreground of downtown Houston in anticipation for the Halliburton shareholder's meeting, Wednesday, May 19th.

To maximize our collective impact we suggest you discuss and plan your actions before arriving. Nonviolent Direct Action doesn't necessarily mean that the action has to end in an arrest scenario. Form an affinity group. Please take time to figure out what kind of actions you are excited about and come with some of your preparations done.

Additional preparations and trainings will be happening on Sunday, May 16th beginning at 10 am at the Non-Violent Direct Action Workshops (see www.houstonglobalawareness.org for details). Affinity Group Formation Meetings will be scheduled at those trainings. There will be local people from Houston who can offer input, as well as lawyers and other people with experience navigating the legal system to help with risk assessment.

SOME IDEAS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIONS

- Street Theatre, die-ins and fake-executions in front of the entrances and inside Halliburton headquarters at McKinney and Austin and the Four Seasons located at 1300 Lamar.

-Plant crosses with the names of victims of the Iraq war in the green areas around Halliburton headquarters and the Four Seasons.

- Chalk body outlines on the sidewalks and in the streets around the Four Seasons and Halliburton HQ.

- Banner drops and wheat-pasting.

- People with letter signs in front of the May 19th Halliburton Shareholder's meeting, spelling out

STOP THE WAR PROFITEERS!!!

Here are some helpful resources--

Tactics and resources http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_resources.html

Form an affinity group http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_affinity.html

What are affinity groups http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_affinityhowto.html

Direct action roles for affintity groups http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_roles.html

Jail solidarity http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_jail.html

Direct action "to do" List http://www.m27coalition.org/directaction_prepare.html



Many of the inspiring actions we have seen have been ideas that affinity groups have brought with them and have included a framework for other people to participate in various roles. If you are coming alone, or do not have an affinity group, please reflect on how you would like to participate in the various kinds of nonviolent direct action that might be occurring.

Please contact houston_da@yahoo.com or houston_da@riseup.net for more info.

See you in the streets!