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November 1997, volume 4, number 9 Members of the British Columbia Chapter's Lower Mainland Group tried to get a reaction from passing motorists during a protest in front of a Shell gas station in Vancouver. The group joined other environmental and human-rights organizations to form the Ogoni Solidarity Network, which staged protests at a Shell station every week for the past year. Shell officials have informally asked the group what they can do to stop the boycott. See Grassroots Activists Tackle Global Issues for details. In This Issue Feature: Sierra Club International Campaigns Reaching Beyond Our Borders By Dr. Edgar Wayburn Why the Club Says No to NAFTA Expansion How the World Trade Organization Struck a Blow Against Family Banana Farms -- and Other Cautionary Tales From the Free Trade Front by John Byrne Barry What on earth is the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and why should I care about it? Club Champions Rights of Persecuted Activists by Sarah Fallon Grassroots Activists Tackle Global Issues by Jenny Coyle Sierra Club International Committee Contacts Stories Skeletons in the Dumpster Right-to-Know-Nothing Laws Boom to Polluters by Jenny Coyle Talk for the Animals by Mary-Beth Baptista Texas Activists Protest Logging in California by Mary-Beth Baptista Pro-Environment Candidates Deserve Support 'Local Control' a Smokescreen for Logging by Delbert Williams Different Image, Same Laws A comparison of the 104th and 105th Congress http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/199710/ Up to Top