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Mining
How to Stop a Coal Train in its Tracks
The action marked the culmination of months of preparation, as organizers in Montana decided on the best way to bring direct action against coal transportation to a new level.
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Mexican Communities Resist Environmentally Destructive Canadian Mining Companies
Indigenous Mexicans are being pushed out of their country by global corporate forces, says David Bacon, in
The Super-Special Commission for Rosia Montana Ignores the Protesters’ Message and Announces Fake Meetings
Tens of thousands of people took the streets on Sunday for the 22nd consecutive day demanding the rejection of the special law that would allow the destruction of Rosia …
Paraguay’s Bitter Harvest: Monsanto and Rio Tinto Reap Benefits From Coup Government
Paraguay's new president Federico Franco fast-tracked negotiations with the mining giant Rio Tinto for a $4 billion aluminum plant on the banks of a river there.
We Live in the Biggest Company Town on Earth
Sound familiar? It is an old and cruel tactic in any company town. Reduce wages and benefits to subsistence level. Break unions. Gut social assistance programs. Buy and sell …
Growing Calls to Investigate Assassinations of Anti-Mining Activists in El Salvador
This past weekend in El Salvador, leaders of the National Coalition Against Metallic Mining, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and members of the FMLN - the country's majority political …