Salvadoran Mining Struggles are Pertinent to Wisconsin
by A. David Dahmer,
April 25, 2012
Jan Morrill, of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, is on a national tour talking about ...
Cross-Border Struggles: Anti-Mining Ties between Wisconsin and El Salvador
February, 2012
Versión en Español
The struggle against mining is gaining force in the state of Wisconsin. On Thursday, ...
... It has been shown and continues to be shown, that women have a lot of inventiveness and capacity to join in our struggles.
It was also shown that international pressure, the permanent accompaniment, ...
SIERRA CLUB
John Gibler
In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...
... their water from polluting corporations.
In our travels, we’ve seen these fights up close — they’re harrowing, but also inspiring. As we in the United States face similar struggles, we might take some ...
... other big wins too. The water defenders of El Salvador and their international partners provide a powerful guidebook, poignantly retold by Broad and Cavanagh, of how the struggles for justice in the United ...
... International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) Rights are earned through hard-fought struggles. And for Indigenous Peoples (IP), its fulfillment comes from the ...
... Canadian authorities mean that conflicts like this one will continue to proliferate. However, efforts by organizations and communities to share and disseminate their struggles and experiences as widely ...
... related to land struggles, including Carlos Escaleras, whom the national park is named after. Mr. George believes he is being targeted because of his efforts to accompany the victims and their families. ...
... mining corporations will not deliver a future for the Global South that ensures good food, clean air and water, healthy communities, and planetary survival. However, the health-centered struggles and collective ...
... of political pressure at the international level and the crucial role in leading these local struggles to the countries of origin of the corporations and institutions involved, in this case Pacific Rim ...
Jen Moore - Counter punch
The hard work of protecting water and land from the long-term harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout ...
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During the meeting, taking place in the municipality of Ataco, Ahuachapán, attendees shared experiences with anti-mining activists of Peru who talked about the struggles, policies, social and environmental ...
... laws and decisions protecting indigenous peoples’ rights, the environment, and community health. The companies examined used arbitration particularly where communities are engaged in struggles against ...
... communities of their resources and their territory in favor of the interests of multinational companies. The criminal proceedings, the stigmatization and de-legitimization of the struggles of the communities ...
... watched by social organisations, human rights lawyers and political analysts throughout the country because it could set two legal precedents with implications for many other struggles for indigenous and ...
... for different struggles against the abuse and impunity by corporations.“We must create a political framework that gives visibility and protection to respective social resistance movements, and that is ...
... victory for the struggles in El Salvador and internationally.
It came at the end of several years of international campaigning and would pave the way for the outright ban on mining in the country that ...
... show her audience video footage of Salvadoran community leaders speaking about their ongoing struggles. Bringing the words of community leaders directly to a Canadian audience proved a powerful experience ...
... both in the host and home countries can utilize in their various strategies. A ‘one-stop shop’ for narratives of people’s struggles, scientific and policy researches, legal case documents, and other important ...