Oil Change USA is dedicated to exposing and countering Big Oil influence in our government.

WHO IS OC USA?

Steve Kretzmann, Executive Director
Veteran oil campaigner and direct action communications specialist Steve Kretzmann arrived in Seattle direct from solidarity work with communities in Colombia and Nigeria. After speaking at several fora drawing the connections between these struggles and the multinational powers that be gathered in Seattle, he hit the streets to help with communications. Arrested in the mass free-speech free zone on Dec 1st, he spent 5 days in jail that remain among the happiest of his life.

Nadine Bloch, Organizing Director
Longtime activist, puppet maker, trainer and artist Nadine Bloch worked with the Direct Action Network (DAN) and the Ruckus Society in organizing the WTO protests. In Seattle for the Ruckus Action Camp in Sept 1999, and then for a month prior to the actions, Nadine facilitated workshops, spokecouncils & trainings, production of puppets & props ( the famously gagged giant puppet was part of that work), and action coordination from marches to blockades, comms to tactical support. Arrested in the mass free-speech free zone on Dec 1st, she spent 5 days in jail with the best of them.

STOP BIG OIL CAMPAIGN

The resistance to the WTO did not begin and end in Seattle in 1999; in fact, the fight started years before & continues on many fronts; against war and warming and corporate control of our political systems and for a transition to a just, green and peaceful future.

The only way to bring on more victories for the people, to address the most critical issues of our time - war & warming - is if YOU jump on in! Oil Change USA and the Separate Oil & State campaign are poised on the brink of pushing real change targeting Big Oil money in our so-called democracy: with your help, we can tie this up too!

The Hollywood Battle asks the question "Who Controls the World?" and we here at Oil Change have some idea of who wants to: BIG OIL.

The barriers to a clean energy future are political, not technical ~ and they are made mostly of Oil Dollars! Almost four times more oil money is taken by Members of Congress who vote in favor of Big Oil than those who vote with the people for clean energy, climate initiatives, and for an end to the war in Iraq. Let's clean up this Oil spill in our Democracy:

Take Action to Help End the Tyranny of Big Oil!

• EDUCATE. Visit www.priceofoil.org to get the real story on oil.

• ACT. Go to FollowTheOilMoney.org or oilchangeusa.org and use our Oil Dollar ATM to find out how much money your senators, congressional representative, or presidential candidates have taken from Big Oil and how they voted on key war, climate, and energy bills.

• ENGAGE. Join the movement to clean up our democracy, sign the Separate Oil & State pledge on oilchangeusa.org.