Tomorrow will be Chevron's 11th shareholder meeting since it lost a historic $9.5 billion judgement for deliberately polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Since then, many more Ecuadorians have gotten sick and died awaiting justice. Chevron has spent well over a billion dollars on lawyers and PR firms to attack its victims and their lawyers, and not a cent to clean up its mess.

The 16 billion gallons of toxic pollution Chevron admitted to deliberately dumping remains in the Amazon rainforest, leeching poison into rivers and streams every day. During its meeting tomorrow, there is no doubt that Chevron CEO Mike Wirth will again try to brush aside calls for justice in Ecuador by hiding behind a deceptive RICO decision.

Last Friday, affected communities from around the world organized the 8th Annual Global Anti-Chevron Day to demand action in defense of their families, communities, and our climate. In the U.S., Chevron is widely seen as a threat not only to the environment but to the political process and justice system. Denouncing the attacks and criminalization of those who fight back – most specifically human rights lawyer Steven Donziger – has become a rallying call across the movement.