Tanzanian Police Shoot Dead villager Muhono Marwa at Barrick's North Mara Mine On the morning of January 21, the paramilitary police units that were brought by the hundreds after last month's uprising by the local communities met a group of youth in an area where villagers' homes come right into the mine fence. Apparently, the paramilitaries started to chase the youth and in the process opened fire, killing Muhono Marwa Gibare and wounding Nyakebayi Chacha Nyakebayi and Maswi Bokobora. Muhono Marwa was shot in the back while running away from the police. He died instantly. This latest killing brings to two villagers who have died violently in that mine since last month and eight since Barrick apparently adopted their shoot-to-kill strategy in July of 2005. | ||
Worst Companies in the World: US, Monsanto, Peabody and Barrick The United States was voted the Worst Company in the World, followed by Monsanto, Peabody Energy Corp. and Barrick Gold.Read More » | ||
Civilian Uprising against Barrick Gold in Tanzania BACKGROUND AND IMMEDIATE CONTEXT: Mine security shoots young man, villagers respond by destroying $7 million in equipmentRead More » | ||
Tanzanian journalist uncovers truth about mining industry ProtestBarrick.net supporter and investigative journalist, Evans Rubara speaks about the exploitation of Tanzanian land and people by multinational mining industries in a speaking tour in the US.Read More » | ||
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Thousands raid Barrick's North Mara mine, destroy $15 million in equipment In what appears to be a spontaneous civilian movement against Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold miner, thousands of people invaded Barrick`s North Mara Gold Mine this week in Tarime District and destroyed equipment worth $15 million. One villager, identified as Mang�weina Mwita Mang�weina, died in the confrontation.
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Fundraising Dinner, Art show and Storytelling Show Friday Dec. 12 in New York City featuring photojournalist Allan Cedillo Lissner, Tanzanian Human Rights Activist Evans Rubara, and the Beehive CollectiveCome for a night of good food and conversation, linking corporate globalization and colonization. WHEN: | ||
New Audio Documentary: Path of Destruction: Canadian Mining Companies Around the World The first of this documentary series features Jethro Tulin (Akali Tange Association) and Mark Ekepa (Chairman, Porgera Landowners Association) from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, where Barrick has its Porgera Mine. Canada is the world's leading mining
nation. Sixty percent of all public mining companies are listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange. About half of all mining capital is raised in
Canada. Many Canadian mining companies have become notorious for
damaging communities and the environment and fueling wars and
repression all over the world. The Canadian government has refused to
hold these corporations accountable leading to international criticism
of Canada. | ||
Shoshone Indians Sue to Stop Barrick's Nevada Gold Mine Five tribal and public interest parties filed a lawsuit in Nevada Federal Court on Thursday, seeking an immediate injunction to stop one of the largest open pit cyanide heap leach gold mines in the United States - the Cortez Hills Expansion Project on Mt. Tenabo.Read More » | ||
Dangerous Duty in Papua New Guinea Community members get "the opposite of what was promised" from Barrick GoldRead More » | ||
AFRICA FILES: Special issue on Canadian role in mining in Canada The issue includes case studies from the DR Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, as well as a report on Canadian civil society efforts to get regulations passed by the government to make company activities more favourable to African peoples� interests.Read More » | ||
All is not quiet on the western front.
For the Western Shoshone, an indigenous nation with an unceded Treaty covering a large swath of 60 million acres of ancestral territory stretching across Nevada, California, Idaho and Utah, their traditional homeland is better described as a war zone. | ||
"Someone Else's Treasure" Photo Exhibit Home to fifty-seven percent of the world's mining companies, Canada leads the way in the global mining industry. But people the world over are raising complaints describing the mining industry as Canada's number one contribution to global injustice. Complaints include the displacement of indigenous communities, families being torn apart, destroyed livelihoods, ruined ecosystems and the erosion of ancient indigenous cultures. Please join Toronto based photographer Allan Cedillo Lissner to discuss Someone Else's Treasure, an ongoing documentary project shedding light on the experiences of people around the world � including the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Chile, and Canada � whose lives have been impacted by the global mining industry. View Allan's photo's online at SomeoneElsesTreasure.blogspot.com. See a review of Allan's show, written by Paul York. Read More » | ||
TAKE ACTION: Save spiritual site Mt. Tenabo Please write a letter or email to the BLM expressing your opposition to the Cortez Hills Expansion ProjectRead More » | ||
Cleric grieves for victims of mining abuses Emotions ran high during the release of a religious leaders' report on mining yesterday, with Anglican Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa held back tears when viewing a documentary on the life of communities evicted from their land to pave the way for large scale mining activities.Read More » | ||
MINING SACRED GROUNDS: Indigenous Leaders Share Their Stories of Resistance 7pm Wednesday 22 October 2008Friends of the Earth 312 Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne Speakers: Jethro Tulin, Ipili, Papua New Guinea Neville �Chappy� Williams, Wiradjuri, Australia Read More » | ||
Would you mine for gold in the National Cathedral? Stop the destruction of sacred Shoshone lands in Nevada This Columbus Day, sacred sites are threatened by gold mining Canadian Barrick Gold wants to expand the Cortez gold mine in Nevada onto Mt. Tenabo, a site sacred to the Western Shoshone nation. | ||
Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines The Diaguita indigenous community in Huasco Alto, surrounded by rich gold, silver and copper deposits in the northern Chilean region of Atacama, are engaged in a struggle to prevent mining projects from infringing on their territory and destroying their way of life and ancestral identity. Read More » | ||
Killing of local boy at Barrick Gold Porgera mine creates crisis On the evening of July 22nd, Barrick security guards open fired on the local villages using high powered assault raffles, M16 and shot guns on the harmless villages. The reckless use of excessive force resulted in instant death of the late Gipson Umbi. In the last few weeks, three more locals have died under mysteries circumstances at the mine site. For more photos/captions, contact: sakura.saunders[at]gmail.com
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Exposing Barrick's founder & chairman, Peter Munk Peter Munk interview at Indigo goes awry due to rowdy audience memberMeeting Crashers: Anti-mining activists confront shareholders at AGMRead More » | ||
ProtestBarrick launches a new blog Read More » |