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The Australia-Venezuela Network and the Melbourne Bolivarian Circle, joining the international campaign against "Mercenaries 2", the super-violent videogame that portrays teh invasion of Venezuela and the assassination of the Venezuelan President, announce a series of protests during the upcoming Bono/U2 concerts in Australia and during the G20 Conference in Melbourne.

Please join in speaking out against this clever piece of propaganda sponsored by Bono.

The following (and attached) is a Media Release being sent out by the
Australia VSN and the Melbourne Bolivarian Circle. Please consider
joining the effort by contacting Bono, his investment firm (Elevation
Partners), or Pandemic, the company Bono own's that is producing
"Mercenaries 2" which depicts the invasion of Venezuela (more info.
below).

NOTE: A recent online story in HARP magazine highlighted Bono's actions
(buying Pandemic, moving his corporate headquarters from his home town
(Dublin) to Amsterdam to avoid taxes, purchasing a 40% interest in
Forbes).

 http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=4768

Please spread the word and also send your words of support to our
colleagues in Australia:

 http://www.venezuelasolidarity.org/

If you want to contact Bono or his companies to voice your thoughts, you
can find the contact information by going to this link on the Australia
VSN site:

 http://www.venezuelasolidarity.org/?q=node/181

The Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network is also organizing a
demonstration at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney on November 17.

Melbourne, Australia is the site of the upcoming G20 Conference (November
18-19):

 http://www.g20.org/Public/index.jsp

IndyMedia reports on planned actions and protests against Bono and against
the G20 Conference:

 http://melbourne.indymedia.org/features/anti-corporate/
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MEDIA RELEASE Sunday November 5, 2007
FROM: Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network and Melbourne Bolivarian Circle

Attention Bono: "If you want to help the poor, don't invest in companies
that promote killing them"

Australians have joined the international campaign calling for U2's Bono,
who has appealed to the world for peace and poverty reduction, to apply
those same values to block the manufacture and distribution of a videogame
that promotes the invasion and destruction of Venezuela.

Bono is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of the private equity firm
Elevation Partners, currently investing in Pandemic/Bioware Studios, who
have created a video game about killing poor people in Venezuela, South
America. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, the game created by
Pandemic/Bioware, simulates a mercenary invasion of Venezuela in the year
2007. The game promotes the invasion and destruction of Venezuela in order
to check "a power hungry tyrant" who has "seized control of Venezuela and
her oil supply." Mercenaries 2 promises to leave no part of Venezuela
untouched.

According to Pandemic/Bioware Studios, Bono "has visibility into all
projects at Pandemic and Bioware." Pandemic is a subcontractor for the US
Army and the CIA funded Institute for Creative Technologies, which uses
Hollywood techniques to mount war simulations in California's high desert
in order to conduct military training.

"Here is a simple thing you can do Bono to help poor people. Stop
investing in Pandemic/Bioware."

"How can Bono feel at home talking to President Bush and then support a
game that promotes killing the only president in the world actually doing
something serious about combating poverty, President Hugo Chavez of
Venezuela?"

"Bono, history, like God, is watching what you do."

[Paraphased from Bono's Sermon to the 2006 National Prayer Breakfast.]

The campaign will organise actions outside of U2 concerts in Australia,
asking Bono to take sides with the poor in Venezuela and condemn US
intervention in the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela. Be
there!

Nov. 7: Brisbane (QSAC Stadium). Nov. 10, 11 & 13: Sydney (Telstra
Stadium). Nov. 16: Adelaide (AAMI Stadium). Nov. 18: Melbourne (Telstra
Dome)

Details contact:
Jody Beitzen (Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network) (03) 9639 8622 Jorge
Jorquera (Bolivarian Circle) 0431 720 787

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