Contents: I. Overview and Goals • 1. Selective Purchasing • A. Boston • B. Bay Area • C. New York City • D. New Orleans • E. Seattle • F. Los Angeles • G. Chicago • H. Other authorities • I. State • 2. Shareholder Initiatives • 3. Media Campaign • 4. Legislation • 5. Other Strategies • A. Endorsements • B. Incorporate Shell Boycott into Jobs with Justice Campaign • C. Themes • II. How to Implement Shell Boycott Campaign • 1. Coalition-Building • 2. Obstacles • 3. Resources • 4. National and Local Boycott Coordination • 5. Press Work • 6. National Coordinated Actions •...
Contents: I. Overview and Goals • 1. Selective Purchasing • A. Boston • B. Bay Area • C. New York City • D. New Orleans • E. Seattle • F. Los Angeles • G. Chicago • H. Other authorities • I. State • 2. Shareholder Initiatives • 3. Media Campaign • 4. Legislation • 5. Other Strategies • A. Endorsements • B. Incorporate Shell Boycott into Jobs with Justice Campaign • C. Themes • II. How to Implement Shell Boycott Campaign • 1. Coalition-Building • 2. Obstacles • 3. Resources • 4. National and Local Boycott Coordination • 5. Press Work • 6. National Coordinated Actions • a) Week of Actions Against Shell • b) Pentecost to Soweto • c) Human Rights Day • The minutes say the Selective Purchasing effort is aimed at severing bulk purchases of Shell on municipal level; it can take the form of an executive order or an ordinance prohibiting the purchase of Shell products or a resolution or proclamation declaring a municipality "Shell-Free." The minutes say Mayor Raymond Flynn issued an executive order on December 13, 1988 prohibiting the purchase of Shell products. The minutes say Berkeley city council declared the city "Shell-Free" in December 1988; Richmond is Shell-Free but awaiting press opportunity and mayoral proclamation; Oakland and San Francisco need to issue an executive order to include Shell in existing selective purchasing legislation. The minutes say New York City previously passed selective purchasing legislation, which, however, includes several loopholes; New legislation has been introduced in the city council to strengthen the ordinance. The minutes say in New Orleans the city council and school board have passed comprehensive selective purchasing ordinances, which include Shell; next will try to get both to declare themselves Shell-Free. The minutes say in Seattle the city council passed resolution supporting Mayors' Call for Shell to Leave South Africa in 1988. The minutes say Los Angeles has selective purchasing ordinance, which includes Shell. The minutes say in Chicago and ordinance was introduced to prohibit purchasing from all oil companies in South Africa. The minutes say N.J. Turnpike has all Shell stations; we should see how to get these contracts severed. The minutes say Gov. Dukakis is issuing an executive order to prohibit the state from purchasing from all companies in South Africa. The minutes say in Boston, Charles Laquidara, DJ on radio station WBCN, Boston's top commercial station, conducted four month long Shellshock campaign, asking listeners to send in cut-up credit cards. Nationally, Shell Boycott radio spots have been taped by Ed Asner, Tyne Daly, Danny Glover, Tom Hamilton and Steve Tyler of Aerosrnith, Jesse Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Torn Scholz of Boston, Ken Linesman of the Boston Bruins, Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven), Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, Nancy Wilson of Heart, and Jackson Browne; these radio psa's have been distributed to college, community, alternative, and black format stations all across the country. The minutes say obstacles include the problem of black-operated Shell stations, especially in Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago. The minutes say local groups need to keep national Shell Boycott office better informed, preferably monthly updates with press clippings so that national can inform everyone. The minutes discuss companies that continue doing business in South Africa through licensing and franchise agreements, Mayor Bradley, Missionaries Benefit Board of the American Baptist Churches U.S.A, the Comptroller of the City of New York, Royal Dutch Petroleum, Royal Dutch/Shell, sanctions, Young Democrats, labor rights, the Sharpeville Massacre, Owen Bieber, UAW (United Auto Workers), Richard Trumka, UMWA (United Mineworkers of America), Arie Brouwer, NCC (National Council of Churches), Randall Robinson, and TransAfrica.
