SADC Peoples Summit: WHY ARE WE HERE?
In this video, Mercia Andrews from the Rural Women Assembly explains why Farmers, Rural Women and mining impacted communities mobilised to the Bulawayo, for the SADC Peoples Summit.
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Over 1000 people prevented from participating in march to protest of pro-mining conference by Nicaraguan authorities.
While the Nicaraguan government opens its doors to foreign investment through the 1st International Mining Congress, more than 1,000 people from communities affected by mining projects are being detained to prevent them from mobilization to Managua to publicly express their…
REMEMBER MARIKANA – 16 AUGUST
DOWNLOAD MARIKANA NEWSLETTER In August 2012, mine workers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police used live ammunition to suppress the strike, killing 34 and…
Farmers, rural women and mining impacted communities at the 2014 SADC People´s Summit to propose people-based regionalism
Via Campesina, Rural Women Assembly, People´s Dialogue and WoMin Harare, 08 August 2014 – Hundreds of people from grassroots organizations, including small-scale farmers, rural women, farm workers and members of mining impacted communities from Southern African countries will be at…
Regulating Multinationals: The UN Guiding Principles, Civil Society, and International Legalization
John Gerard Ruggie Harvard University – Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) July 30, 2014 Business and Human Rights: Beyond the End of the Beginning, César Rodriguez-Garavito, ed., Forthcoming Abstract: Calls to regulate transnational corporations (TNCs) through a single overarching international treaty…
Farmers, rural women and mining impacted communities at the 2014 SADC People´s Summit to propose people-based regionalism
Harare, 08 August 2014 – Hundreds of people from grassroots organizations, including small-scale farmers, rural women, farm workers and members of mining impacted communities from Southern African countries will be at the 2014 SADC Peoples Summit. The summit takes…
EU Asked to Disclose Information on TTIP Talks
Descargar: MP3 (9 MB) European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, opened two investigations on July 31st targeting the European Commission and the European Council, calling for greater transparency around the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. According to a press release…
Gaza: enough is enough!
A Call to Action launched by the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity On July 8th, the Israeli army launched its third military attack in Gaza in five years. Even if the Israeli government has…
Nigerian government and Shell continue to ignore horrendous pollution in Niger Delta
The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil pollution in the Niger Delta, has been branded “shameful”, by a group of Nigerian and international organizations today. A damning report, released today by…
Organizaciones sociales presentan segundo Amicus Curiae en el caso Pacific Rim contra El Salvador
Literalmente, Amicus curiae significa amigo de la corte o amigo del tribunal, es una expresión latina utilizada para referirse a presentaciones realizadas por terceros ajenos a un litigio, que ofrecen voluntariamente su opinión frente a algún punto de derecho u otro aspecto…
EL MODELO EXTRACTIVO MINERO VULNERA LA DIGNIDAD HUMANA
· La reforma energética profundizará las injusticias socioambientales · La REMA continuará desplegando acciones colectivas contra la minería 22 de junio del 2014 En todo el mundo, el actual «modelo extractivo minero» ha demostrado ser altamente devastador. En México, la amenaza de…
Week of Mobilisation – Geneva
From June 23 to 27, NGOs, social movements, networks and activists gathered in Geneva for a Week of Mobilisation to fight against the corporate power of transnational corporations and demand a world in which there can be justice for the…