We, the participants of European organisations present at the Enlazando Alternativas network meeting held on September 7th and 8th, 2013 in Brussels, express our full support and solidarity with the National Agrarian and Popular Strike in Colombia and our solidarity…
Latin America’s mixed feelings about its mineral wealth. Bill Gehlen, an American geologist and vice president of exploration for the Pacific Rim mining company, shows rock samples in El Salvador that were taken during the company’s exploratory drilling. Oscar Leiva…
ON October 1 last year, the Marikana Commission of Inquiry held its first day of hearings into the events of and before August 16 of that year, during which 45 people were killed. The commission’s chairman, Judge Ian Farlam, asked…
People marching to the Union Buildings on Thursday to push for state funding for the counsel of miners wounded and arrested at Marikana hoped to make a “statement” through their protest, the convenor said on Thursday. “We are hoping to…
St Petersburg, 4 September 2013 Social movements and civil society organizations from different parts of the world have met on 3 -4 September 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on the eve of the G20 Summit and in a…
President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been urged by Oilwatch International not to permit the extraction of crude oil from Yasuni-ITT in order to protect the region from environmental damage. Correa In a recent correspondent to Correa,…
To: President of the Republic of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo SosaSecretary of Justice and Human Rights, Ana PinedaJudges of the Department of IntibucáAntonio Calix Hernandez, Magistrate Coordinator of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme CourtThe Public MinistryMinister of Ethnicities, Luis Green:…
“A peaceful march for the Truth and Justice” This briefing deals with three announcements, namely: • The march to the Union Buildings on 12 September 2013; • The formation of the Marikana Dignity Trust as a fundraising instrument and its…
Watch live now Investment and impunity in an era of crisis. Advancing a new regulatory regime for Transnational Corporations and Investment Towards An International Peoples’ Treaty. GUE/NGL initiative. 5.9.2013 Date 05 Sep 13 – Time 15:00 — 18:30 Location Show…
Brussels, 5 September 2013 Civil society groups, trade unions, affected communities and MEP’s, will gather at a conference in Brussels later this week to urge the EU to promote an International People’s Treaty & International Tribunal that regulates transnational…
Social movements and civil society organizations from different parts of the world have met on 3 -4 September 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on the eve of the G20 Summit and in a context of the threat…
«Together, let’s build a better world by tackling the climate crisis!» On October 6, a few days after the publication of the new IPCC report, an ambitious and original day of citizen mobilization will be held in Bayonne…