2005-08-19
Hi all,
I received inquiries about my current Terminate The Seal Hunt
Campaign Tour West, which started on May 13, and will conclude on
August 5. I have held meetings with the leaders of the grassroots
groups in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas,
Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles and
San Francisco (where I currently am), including the Circle of
Compassion, In Defense of Animals and Last Chance for Animals, and
will hold meetings with groups in Portland and Seattle. A
preliminary Anti-Seal-Hunt Grassroots Coalition has been formed. All
these groups have agreed upon a new strategy toward defeating the
seal hunt, which is different from that currently being used by most
groups.
We all know about the anti-Canadian-seafood boycott. Why the
boycott? Because the Canadian government cannot be moved by
compassion. They can be moved only by economic leverage. Thus the
boycott.
So far, we have been using compassion to try to move Red Lobster, in
vain. Why? Red Lobster boils alive lobsters by the thousands every
day. How much compassion does it have? We must now use the same
economic leverage against Red Lobster, i.e. a boycott.
Following is an example.
Portland will be holding a demo in front to Red Lobster on July 30,
Saturday, in which I will participate. This time, instead of holding
signs saying "RED LOBSTER, PLEASE JOIN THE BOYCOTT AGAINST CANADIAN
CRUELTY", which draws sneers from the management, this time, the signs
will say,
"RED LOBSTER SUPPORTS CANADIAN CRUELTY. BOYCOTT RED LOBSTER!" And I
will personally go inside the restaurant to speak with the manager.
If we do this cross the continent, Red Lobster will get the message
and capitulate.
Anthony Marr
www.HOPE-CARE.org
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