May 6, 2020
Barrick Gold AGM faces continued failure on human rights
As Barrick Gold executives once again face their shareholders, investors should be asking themselves why this company is continuously embroiled in conflict.
mining
Apr 14, 2020
How to protect your community from the mining industry
Talking Radical Radio
Joan Kuyek talks about her decades of involvement in struggles related to mining and about her book, "Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry."
Apr 1, 2020
COVID-19: mining companies putting workers and communities at greater risk
In not acting quickly to curtail or halt operations in light of COVID-19, mining companies are putting workers and communities at greater risk.
Mar 3, 2020
New map by environmental justice atlas reveals patterns of abuse at Canadian company Pan American Silver's mines
Civil society groups from North and South America today launched an online map illustrating the harm done to communities at the sites of eight massive mines.
Aug 14, 2019
Indigenous Shuar Government in Ecuador ratifies anti-mining position against Solaris Copper’s Warintza Project
Solaris’ copper-molybdenum project is in advanced-exploration phase and its concessions overlap with Indigenous Shuar territory.
Jul 11, 2019
New book challenges mainstream understandings of violence in Latin America
Brent Patterson
"Organized Violence" is rigorous in its research, scholarly while still being accessible, hard-hitting, and emotionally powerful.
Jul 3, 2019
We need a global perspective for a just green energy transition
Amelia Berot-Burns
The Pact for a Green New Deal must also be a social justice pact for the global south.
May 12, 2019
100,000 march in Colombia to protect drinking water from mining company
Brent Patterson
A massive march recently took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Given that all of the media coverage is in Spanish, what was the protest about?
May 10, 2019
Why mining justice must be central to the Green New Deal
Brent Patterson
Given that coal drove the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, we need to guard against the abuses that could come with the mining of rare earth minerals for the green industrial revolution.
May 8, 2019
When Pan American Silver bought the Escobal mine, it bought a legacy of violence
Valerie Croft
The Xinka Parliament calls on Pan American Silver to cease all interference in the consultation process that will determine the future of the Escobal mine in Guatemala.
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