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| Welcome back! After a short
summer break
(and a
fantastic
roadtrip to
the People's
Social Forum)
the Mining
Injustice
Solidarity
Network is
gearing up for
a busy fall.
We already
have protests,
film
screenings, a
visit from
Jethro Tulin
(organizer
from Papua New
Guinea), and a
new member
orientation
planned for
the next few
weeks. We hope
you can join
us! Scroll
down to see
our exciting
September
events.
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Tomorrow
- Protest
OceanaGold/Pacific
Rim
Wed. Sept. 10 @ 12 pm @ First Canadian Place
(100 King Street West)
In October 2013, Canadian/Australian mining company
OceanaGold
acquired
Canadian-based
Pacific Rim, a
company reviled
internationally
for its
involvement in
human rights
violations in El
Salvador and for
suing the small
country for $77
million US. OceanaGold acquired the project and increased the
lawsuit to $301
million. The
case will be
heard by an
investment
dispute tribunal
on September
15th. Join us
tomorrow in the
financial
district to get
OceanaGold out
of El Salvador!
Speakers include Maude Barlow from the Council of
Canadians, Xenia
Marroquin from
El Salvador's
Foro del Agua,
and MISN's own
Monica
Gutierrez.
Musical
performance by
Ruben Esguerra.
See the facebook
page for more
information.
And
whether or not
you can join
us on the
streets..
Take
action by
signing a
petition asking
OceanaGold to
leave El
Salvador! To
sign the petition
click here.
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2
Events on
Thurs. Sept.
18th
- Conversation
with Jethro
Tulin + New
Member
Orientation
5:30-7pm MISN New
Member Orientation
7-7:30pm Dinner
(pay-what-you-can)
7:30-9pm Jethro
Tulin
Sept. 18th @
Harvest Noon
(upstairs) - 16
Bancroft Ave.,
Toronto
Come to the
orientation, or
Jethro's talk, or
both!
New Member
Orientation
Interested
in learning more
about MISN? Join
us at a fun and
interactive
orientation to
the issue of
mining
injustice, MISN,
the work that we
do, and how you
can be involved!
Everyone is
welcome to
attend! Come at
5:30 for snacks,
the orientation
will begin
promptly at 6
pm.
More info at our event page on facebook.
Resistance
to Barrick Gold:
A Conversation
with Jethro
Tulin
Come meet Jethro Tulin, an organizer at the centre
of a campaign
against Barrick
Gold in the
Highlands of
Papua New
Guinea.
Jethro Tulin is
a popular
organizer and
founder of the
Akali Tange
Association
(ATA), a human
rights
organization
documenting
abuses at the
Porgera mine,
owned by
Toronto's
Barrick Gold.
See the facebook
page for more
information.
* Please contact us if you need child care. We will
have art
supplies and a
separate table
in the same room
with a
designated child
minder. We
regret that this
location is not
wheelchair
accessible (up a
flight of
stairs).
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Statement from Philippine
Learning Tour
MISN member Allan
Lissner recently
participated in a
Canadian
delegation in the
Philippines
organized by
Kairos. The
delegates released
the following
press statement
raising concerns
about
mining-related
human rights
violations.
August 6, 2014 - We, the Canadian and Philippine delegates of the
Philippine
Learning Tour,
have journeyed
as partners to
study and
investigate
the impact of
Canadian
mining
operations in
the Zamboanga
peninsula. As
persons
seeking to
promote good
stewardship of
the
environment
and respect of
human rights
for all,
including the
cultural right
of
self-determination
for Indigenous
peoples, we
stand together
to raise a
voice of
concern for
the potential
human rights
and
environmental
impacts of
ongoing and
impending
large-scale
mining
operations in
the region...
For
the rest of the
press statement,
click here.
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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED!
The Canadian
International
Institute for the
Extractive
Industries and
Development – the
CIIEID – is a
federal
government-commissioned,
university-hosted think
tank to support
the competitive
advantage of
mining, oil, and
gas companies
based in Canada,
mandated to
meddle in
developing
countries’
policies,
legislation, and
regulatory
implementation. A
group of UBC and
SFU students,
mining justice
activists,
environmentalists,
and members of
various Vancouver
diaspora
communities are
raising critical
concerns about the
new extractive
industries
development
institute (the CIIEID).
Learn more that
the new website: StopTheInstitute.ca
And consider
signing their
important
petition to
close the CIIEID.
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Related events in Toronto this month
Minga for
Lucha Indigena
and Hugo
Blanco
Hosted by
LACSN
Sat. Sept. 13
@ 1pm
193 Dowling
Ave., Parkdale
The annual LACSN end of summer community dinner! A
BBQ fundraiser
in support of
a Minga that
is being
organized to
raise funds
for ‘Lucha
Indigena,’ a
ten-year-running
publication by
Peruvian
political
figure and
leader of the
Confederacion Campesina de Peru Hugo Blango Galdos.
More info on facebook
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These
Walls Will
Fall!
Protest-Concert
for
#MigrantStrike
Hosted by No
One is Illegal
Wed. Sept. 17
@ 8pm
Cloud Gardens,
14 Temperance
St., Toronto
Massive outdoor free protest concert to celebrate
the courageous
1-year long
resistance of
immigration
detainees on
strike in
Ontario. Indigenous & PoC Artists from Across Turtle
Island inc.
Shining
Soul, ¡ALAS!,
Lido Pimienta,
Test their
Logik, and
many more!
More info on facebook
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Canadian
Premiere of
Marmato
Hosted by Hot
Docs
Wed. Oct. 1 @
6:30pm and
9:15pm, and
Thurs. Oct. 2
@ 6:45pm
Bloor Hot Docs
Cinema, 506
Bloor St.
West, Toronto
Doc
Soup Toronto's
2014-15 season
will open with
the Canadian
premiere of
MARMATO.It is
the vivid
story of the
residents of
Marmato, a
historic
Colombian
mining town,
who must
confront the
Canadian
mining company
that wants the
$20 billion in
gold beneath
their homes.
Director
Mark Grieco
will be in
attendance to
introduce the
film and
answer
questions
following the
screenings.
For tickets
and more info,
see www.hotdocs.ca
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Barrick
Gold News
Police have
been called in
again to burn
down the homes
of so-called
"illegal
miners" in
Papua New
Guinea next to
Barrick's
Porgera
Mine. This
isn't the first
time that
security
forces have
burnt down
hundreds of
houses next to
Barrick's
mine, and this
recent violent
episode
underscores
the need to
meet the
community's demand to
be resettled
away from the
dangerous mine
site. Take
action to
tell Canadian
representatives
and the PNG
Prime Minister
that the
people of
Porgera, Papua
New Guinea
have gone
through too
much red tape,
and the time
to resettle
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STATEMENT: The
Diaguita
Huascoaltinos
Remain Against
Barrick's
Pascua Lama
Project
In
light of news
of a potential
negotiated
agreement that
would put an
end to the
social and
environmental
conflicts
generated by
the Pascua
Lama project
in the
ancestral
territory of
the
Agricultural
Community of
Diaguitas
Huascoaltinos,
we declare
that this only
deepens the
relationship
of
confrontation
that Barrick
Gold has
imposed in its
relationship
with the
Community that
owns the
communal
property of
Diaguita. read
more >>
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| The
Mining Injustice
Solidarity Network
(MISN) is a
grassroots,
volunteer-run
group that works
to bring the
voices and
experiences of
communities
impacted by
extractive
industries to
Toronto, Canada, a
country where over
75% of global
mining businesses
are based. As
Canada is a leader
within the
international
mining industry,
we recognize the
necessity for a
movement within
Canada to demand
accountability in
this sector. read
more
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