Crude awakening.

See "ChevronTexaco on Trial, "January/February 2004, p. 10, and "Vision Quest: Who Will Control the Future of the Amazon?, this issue, p. 22

Crude Awakening The new film "Crude," which opened in September, documents the progress of the 16-year-old class-action lawsuit against ChevronTexaco on behalf of 30,000 rainforest dwellers fighting oil extraction in Ecuador.

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