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 | The Globe and Mail as Corporate Apologists by Sakura Saunders, protestbarrick.net February 15th, 2013 Last week, a remediation program proposed by Barrick Gold was criticized by Mining Watch Canada and other human rights organizations for forcing victims of gang rape to sign away their rights to sue the company in exchange for receiving redress. Barrick's offer came two years after a 2011 Human Rights Watch report exposed a "pattern of violent abuses, including horrifying acts of gang rape". Mining Watch's report also criticized the fact that Barrick was offering no compensation to women who were gang raped by PNG Police, despite the fact that the police were housed, supplied and fed by Barrick during their time in Porgera. |
| Barrick again revises Pascua Lama Project capex to $8bn-$8.5bn:
Barrick's third-quarter 2012 earnings fell 55% as mining costs increased and production declined, resulting in the company missing analysts' expectations. by Dorothy Kosich , Mine Web November 2nd, 2012 For the second time this year,Barrick has raised its capital cost estimates for the Pascua-Lama project. |
 | CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD! Annual General Meeting Protest Once a year, the board of Directors of the world's most powerful gold mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. Join us and representatives from mining-impacted communities to... CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD! WHAT: Shareholders meeting protest WHEN: May 2, 2012 10:30am WHERE: Metro Convention Centre 255 Front St, Toronto |
| Cry of the Andes Film Screening in Toronto (free) January 10th, 2012 Journey to the heart of the Andes Mountains where �Pascua Lama� is poised to become the world�s largest open pit mine. However, for the indigenous people and farmers living in the valley below, Pascua Lama threatens their only source of water in one of the driest places on earth. In a war between corporate and social values two men are leading a fight to defend their valley and way of life. Now, one election will ultimately determine the true price of gold. |
| Foreign Aid to Mining Firms by Gwendolyn Schulman, Roberto Nieto, The Dominion Paper (Canada) December 19th, 2011 The Harper government recently announced a publicly funded agreement between three of Canada�s mining giants and three of Canada�s leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The agreement, which marks a significant shift in how mining and politics mix, elicited little more than a yawn from the media. But a closer look reveals this partnership is transforming Canada�s aid landscape�with disturbing implications. |
| Foreign Aid to Mining Firms by Gwendolyn Schulman, Roberto Nieto, The Dominion Paper (Canada) December 19th, 2011 The Harper government recently announced a publicly funded agreement between three of Canada�s mining giants and three of Canada�s leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The agreement, which marks a significant shift in how mining and politics mix, elicited little more than a yawn from the media. But a closer look reveals this partnership is transforming Canada�s aid landscape�with disturbing implications. |
| Code of Silence: An academic book, a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, and a question: is Canadian law failing free speech? by CANDICE VALLANTIN, The Walrus Magazine October 27th, 2011 In 2008, Les �ditions �cosoci�t�, a tiny Montreal publishing house, released a 348-page treatise on human rights and environmental violations by Canadian mining companies overseas. Noir Canada: Pillage, corruption, et criminalit� en Afrique (Black Canada: Plundering, Corruption, and Crime in Africa) presents evidence for Barrick Gold�s alleged complicity in the deaths of fifty-two miners in Tanzania, and for Banro Corporation�s fueling of violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The book, based on previously published accounts from the international press and UN reports, was intended as a study, not a bestseller. �We were expecting to sell 700 copies at $34 each,� says Elodie Comtois, �cosoci�t�s head of communications. Immediately after the book�s launch, Barrick Gold sued �cosoci�t� and the three authors � Alain Deneault, Delphine Abadie, and William Sacher � for a cool $5 million in damages to its reputation and $1 million for malicious intent. Banro followed suit six weeks later, citing $5 million for libel (both companies claim the allegations are false). Significantly, as this goes to press, at least one of the trials is under way in Quebec. |
| End of the Barrick Gold Lawsuit: �cosoci�t� Settles Out of Court http://www.freespeechatrisk.ca October 20th, 2011 At the conclusion of a judicial struggle that has lasted three and a half years, �ditions �cosoci�t� has arrived at an out-of-court agreement with the multinational Barrick Gold. In order to put an end to the proceedings that Barrick Gold instituted against it in April 2008 for the sum of 6 million dollars, and for this reason only, �ditions �cosoci�t� is ceasing the publication of the book Noir Canada and made a payment to Barrick through their insurer. |
| Once again a SLAPP against Noir Canada! by Dominique Caouette, Catherine Dorion, Louis Dumont, Francis Dupuis-D�ri, Jean-Marc Larouche, Lucie Lemonde, Normand Mousseau, Christian Nadeau, Pierre Noreau, Marcelo Otero, �ric Pineault, Michel Seymour, Sid Ahmed Soussi, Pierre Trudel et Daniel Turp, Free Speech at Risk After three years of lobbying by the mining company Barrick Gold against the authors of Noir Canada and the publisher �cosoci�t�, and pending a trial that was the culmination of a SLAPP, Barrick Gold has signed an out of court settlement with the authors and the publisher. |
| Pay Dirt? by Michelle Slater, Castlemaine Independent July 27th, 2011 Can gold ever be ethical? |
| Tanzanians Killed at Barrick�s North Mara Mine Not Forgotten Munk OUT of UofT campaign Approximately 70 people gathered today at a commemoration held for the seven individuals killed in Tanzania at African Barrick Gold�s North Mara Mine. Public outcry over this violence has been amplified by recent reports that local security/police forces employed by the mine have attempted to ban a memorial ceremony for the deceased. To the horror of many local families, these security forces also stole 5 of the 7 peoples� bodies from the mortuary. |
| Toronto Star reporter arrested, deported for investigating North Mara murders by Jocelyn Edwards, The Star.com: CANADIAN PRESS May 28th, 2011 Engaging in journalism activities without permission: Journalist, Jocelyn Edwards' account of being arrested and detained in Tanzania trying to investigate recent killings at Barrick Gold's North Mara mine. |
| Controlling the damage to gold mining�s gritty image by Lisa Wright, The Star May 21st, 2011 Two words instantly come to mind in cynical business circles when a tragedy occurs under a big company�s watch: damage control. |
| Anatomy of a Hack Job by Colin Fleming, Blood Underground The number of journalists are falling whilst public relations people for corporations like Barrick Gold have multiplied at an even faster rate ... |
| IMPACTED COMMUNITIES SPEAKING TOUR May 7th, 2011 It is shareholder's season once again, and for mining-impacted communities all over the world that means it is time to confront their corporate at these companies' annual general meetings. It also means that impacted communities are converging in Canada to share their truth and make alliances to help them hold these corporations accountable! |
| Informe narrativo: Manifestaci�n contra reuni�n de accionistas de la Barrick, movilizando en apoyo a comunidades afectadas El equipo ProtestBarrick.net est� actualmente en Toronto, Canad�, para la reuni�n anual general de la Barrick Gold y nuestra quinta gira con comunidades afectadas. Este a�o participan representantes de comunidades de Papua Nueva Guinea, y esperamos (si logren sus visas) que se sumar�n desde Tanzania y las Filipinas tambi�n. |
 | Barrrick Gold confronted by angry protesters For the fifth year in a row, Sakura Saunders shows up for the Barrick annual shareholders� meeting in Toronto. But once again, she is turned back by police and Barrick�s head of security despite the fact that she�s a shareholder. |
| REPORT BACK: Barrick shareholder protest, mobilising in support of impacted communities The ProtestBarrick.net team is currently in Toronto, Canada for the Barrick Gold's Annual General Meeting (AGM) and our 5th speaking tour with Barrick mining impacted communities. This year we are joined by Papua New Guinean community and hopefully (visas permitting) community from Tanzania and the Philippines. |
| Protesting Barrick Gold, Gaining Momentum:
Locked out of Barrick's annual general meeting, mining injustice activists build a protest movement by Megan Kinch , Toronto Media Co-op Despite calls for rain, the day was sunny and beautiful for Wednesday's high energy protest against Barrick Gold's annual shareholder meeting (AGM) . According to some of the 100 or so activists in attendance, Barrick Gold's continuing disregard for human rights, indigenous sovereignty and the environment is the reason the count annual counter-protest to their AGM. They point out how earlier this year, Barrick Gold president Peter Munk excused the arrests of his security guards for raping women living near the Porgera mine site in Papua New Guniea by saying "Gang rape is a cultural habit" (see a response from the community here). Meanwhile, at the University of Toronto, Munk donations are used to divert public money away from social sciences and humanities and towards right-wing think tanks and branded institutes for "global studies' . |
| PHOTOS: Activist Protest Against Barrick Gold On Wednesday, over 100 activists protested against Barrick Gold outside the Metro Convention Centre, where Barrick Gold was holding its annual shareholders' meeting. |
