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Canada’s PM only has time for one colour of suicide

26 Apr 2013 2 minute read

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Canada’s PM only has time for one colour of suicide

Stephen Harper has played into the hands of a biased media as he fails to tackle the issues faced by young First Nations...

Bringing Colombian coal mining back home to London

9 Apr 2013 3 minute read

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Bringing Colombian coal mining back home to London

Miriam Ross speaks to campaigner Tatiana Roa Avendaño about the Cerrejón mine, displacing people and...

Rio Tinto and the Oyu Tolgoi mine

4 Apr 2013 2 minute read

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Rio Tinto and the Oyu Tolgoi mine

Richard Harkinson and Richard Solly from London Mining Network on the project threatening...

Venezuela: the Yukpa struggle continues

27 Mar 2013 3 minute read

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Venezuela: the Yukpa struggle continues

Glevys Rondón tells the story of Zenaida Romero, a proud young leader from a family of...

Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

7 Feb 2013 4 minute read

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Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

Chloe Ferguson reports from an East London ‘teach-in’ on the relationship between the Canadian...

Peruvian protesters face increased police brutality

25 Jan 2013 2 minute read

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Peruvian protesters face increased police brutality

Stephanie Boyd says new laws are a reminder that, in mining zones, foreign corporations get more protection...

Is this the end of the world?

21 Dec 2012 2 minute read

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Is this the end of the world?

Anna-Claire Bevan says 21 December Doomsday hype could cause tension between the Guatemalan government and...

21 Nov 2012 7 minute read

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‘Life yes, gold no!’

Peru’s gold rush threatens indigenous communities’ right to water. Roxana Olivera meets one of the faces...

Frankglenstrata: the birth of a mining monster?

20 Nov 2012 3 minute read

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Frankglenstrata: the birth of a mining monster?

The takeover of Xstrata by the equally monstrous Glencore is bad news for human and environmental rights, says Richard...

Jharkhand – an <em>adivasi</em> extravaganza

13 Nov 2012 3 minute read

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Jharkhand – an <em>adivasi</em> extravaganza

The diversity and cultural richness of India’s indigenous groups leaves Mari Marcel Thekaekara stunned after...

British connection to Amazon atrocities

22 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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British connection to Amazon atrocities

David Hill says the centenary of the Putumayo massacre is a reminder of why ‘progress’ gets such a bad name...

The fight’s not over yet, say Peru’s dam busters

18 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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The fight’s not over yet, say Peru’s dam busters

Asháninka communities are locked in a cold war with the government and their neighbours says Izzi Myers.

A tarred reputation

16 Oct 2012 5 minute read

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A tarred reputation

Danny Chivers on how the UK Tar Sands Network got a room of influential delegates to laugh at the Canadian...

You can’t replace a forest

21 Sep 2012 4 minute read

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You can’t replace a forest

Calling a plantation a ‘forest’ is like branding a big swimming pool a ‘lake’ says Friends of the Earth’s Isaac Rojas...

Lessons of the past for young Adivasi

14 Sep 2012 3 minute read

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Lessons of the past for young Adivasi

In her latest post from India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara explains how a group of local indigenous children...

13 Sep 2012 4 minute read

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Western Sahara’s waiting game

The struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Africa’s last colony is long - and largely ignored, writes filmmaker Dominic...

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