We are all the Rio Doce People!
We are all the Rio Doce People! Solidarity with those affected by the Samarco Vale/BHP crime and the March “1 Ano de Lama e Luta” as part of the Continental Journey for democracy and against Neoliberalism …
Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Conclusions of the Global Campaign on the UNHRC 2nd Session of OEIGWG
PRESS RELEASE Conclusions of the Global Campaign on the UNHRC 2nd Session of the “Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights” (OEIGWG) concluding on 28th October 2016 Geneva,…
El Salvador wins arbitration against Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim mining company
Today, the General Attorney of the Republic of El Salvador offered a press conference in Washington D.C. to share the results of the arbitration, about which he had been notified by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes…
Southern Africa Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Transnational Corporations
The Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, as part of the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (stopcorporateimpunity.org), is organising the Southern Africa Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Transnational Corporations. The first…
Coca-Cola’s Second Largest Plant Shuts Production in India
Plant Flouts Environmental Laws, Operating Without Licenses New Delhi: Coca-Cola’s second largest bottling plant in India has shut production due to pollution violations, the India Resource Center can confirm after a visit to the plant yesterday. The…
Via Campesina will join 2016 World Social Forum to strengthen and advance food sovereignty and peasants’ rights
Several delegates comprising women, men, youth, and representing peasants and migrant agricultural and rural workers from several regions of La Via Campesina, will carry messages of global solidarity and food sovereignty at the 2016 World Social Forum this…
Protest Letter on the visas – WSF
To the International Council of the WSF,To the WSF Montreal local Organizing Committee,To all organizers, media-makers and activist who are invested in the integrity of the WSF Dear all, We see with great concern that…
SOUTHERN AFRICA TRIBUNAL ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
The Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power is holding its first session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Transnational Corporations on 16 & 17 August in Manzini, Swaziland. [SEE FULL PRESS RELEASE] During the 2-day session,…
LVC Declaration on Trade, Markets and Development
LVC Declaration on Trade, Markets and Development in the context of UNCTAD 2016, Nairobi, Kenya “Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to…
MESSAGE TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION BY THE NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEES IN TOLIMA
On 3 June in the department of Tolima over 120,000 people mobilised for the 8th Great Carnival March. In the departments of Caquetá and Quindío there were also cultural demonstrations against large scale mining projects (part of the Colombian…
Solidarity with the Minga Nacional Campesina, Agraria, Étnica y Popular
Please share check at this link the contacts of the Colombian Government and send to them the letter below o a similar one Sir, Juan Manuel Santos – President of the Republic of Colombia Sir, Luis Perez Gutierrez – Governor of Antioquia…
Against the ratification of judicial decision on Mariana: Brazilian (In)Justice has decided in favour of Vale/Samarco/BHP
On November 5th, 2015, Brazilians have been victims of the worst environmental crime in the country’s history with the collapse of the mining dam operated by Vale The millions of cubic meters of contaminated mud that overflowed the Doce riverbed…