Public Campaign To Stop “Mercenaries 2: World in Flames”
Read the latest Press
Release
Read some news coverage of the campaign:
Activists
ask Bono to help shoot down video game, March
21, 2007
Read
the letter in French
How it all began...
On July 5th 2006, the Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN)
launched a public campaign to stop the distribution of the
video game “Mercenaries 2: World in Flames”,
the game that depicts the virtual invasion of Venezuela,
the overthrow of the government, the destruction of major
Venezuelan cities and rural areas, and the takeover of the
oil industry.
The public campaign was launched after there was no response
from the game producer (Pandemic Studios) or from Bono of
U2 and his investment company, Elevation Partners, the company
that has invested $300 million in Pandemic Studios.
Venezuela
Solidarity Emergency Response Network
U.S. government officials and other high-profile
individuals repeatedly portray the overwhelmingly popular
and democratically-elected government of Hugo Chavez as
a dictatorship and a "negative force in the region".
The U.S. government has even attempted to overthrow the
Chavez government. At each provocation, the workers, peasants,
and poor of Venezuela have mobilized by the millions to
defend themselves. The Venezuelan people have a sovereign
right to determine their own destiny without foreign interference.
By joining the Emergency Response Network, you pledge to
take solidarity action with the people of Venezuela in the
event of further provocations.
By signing up for the Emergency Response
Network you will receive email alerts with suggested actions
in the face of egregious US government actions toward Venezuela.
The Venezuela Solidarity Network
asked grassroots organizations around the country to support
Venezula’s democracy by holding community meetings
during the third week of October, 2006. These meetings brought
communities together to formulate local Emergency
Response Action Plans in the event of a critical intervention
by the US against Venezuela. Each community developed a
local plan of action, and chose a representative to help
consolidate these plans into a National Emergency Response
Plan. Get involved in your community’s ERN!
Find a community
action near you:
Local
Emergency Response Action Plans
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