Exxon vs. the fisherman
I came across this post from the Adbusters Flickr Group.
The photo is of a commercial fisherman. I was walking along one of the commercial fishing docks in Squalicum harbor & this fisherman was being interviewed by a newsman because he was a party to the suit against EXXON that resulted from the Valdez spill in 1989. The recent pro-corporate U.S. Supreme Court decision will leave him with only one tenth of the payment he was due for losses he experienced, for which payment he’s waited almost 20 years.
The fisherman & I do not know each other, but we’ve spoken together pleasantly a few times during the past 4 years at a pub each of us visits from time to time.
In David Sirota’s book The Uprising I read that 27% of a corporation’s stock price can be influenced by outside factors. Well here’s my contribution to lowering Exxon’s stock price for what it’s worth.
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