We have received the news of another tragedy instigated by Vale mining company with profound indignation. This afternoon (January 25, 2019) two tailings dams located in the Corrego de Feijao community, in Brumadinho, metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte [state…
The Movement of People Affected by Dams – MAB affirms solidarity with the people affected by the rupture of the mining tailings dam Mina Córrego do Feijão, owned by the Vale company. The rupture occurred earlier this morning (Friday…
Davos, Switzerland | Embargoed Until 23.01.2019 | Stop ISDS Coalition Campaigners dressed as corporate wolves will invade the streets of Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF), to protest the rights of corporations to…
Public conference Tuesday 29th January 2019, 7 pm – 9 pm CNCD 11.11.11. (Quai du Commerce 9, Brussels) Speakers: Pablo Fajardo, UDAPT – Union of those Affected by the oil operations of Texaco (now Chevron)…
The latest hearing in the case of the Zambian communities consistently polluted by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of British miner Vedanta, was heard at the British Supreme Court on 15th and 16th January 2019. A vigil organised by solidarity organisation…
By OPSur, Neuquen, Argentina.- German photojournalist Stefan Borghardt was detained and beaten and had his equipment confiscated by police because of taking photographs of the Treater oil waste treatment plant in the town of Añelo. Borghardt was reporting on…
Such a treaty could enable Palestinians to hold transnational corporations accountable for their involvement in Israel’s apartheid regime Seven decades ago, on 10 December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights –…
Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Now that the declaration…
(via MST – Landless Workers Movement) Orlando and Rodrigo Celestiano were camp leaders, which suggests political motives for the crime. On the night of Saturday (12/8), two activists from the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) were assassinated…
On the night of December 8th we’re informed of the brutal killing of two comrades. Around seven o’clock at night four men invaded the encamped at the municipality of Alhandra in the state of Paraíba and killed two activists of…
A short documentary of the sad situation of the communities in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, affected by the gas exploration
We see it when the sun rises and sets; pink skies from toxic particles of pollution from burning coal. Everyday we have no choice but to breathe in polluted air which experts say is making us sick [1]. Private…