Mining Resistance: Spring into Action! + films this week!

[Stewart in Colombia]

Use this area to offer a short teaser of your email's content. Text here will show in the preview area of some email clients. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. THIS WEEK: Mining Justice Film Screenings TONIGHT: Join us when we screen the powerful documentary about Barrick�Gold's mining practices in Argentina by legendary filmmaker Fernando E. Solanas. See you on Tuesday, April 2, for the Toronto premiere of�LAND IN REVOLT:�IMPURE�GOLD. � LAND IN REVOLT:�IMPURE�GOLD A breathtaking road trip exposing the power and greed of Canadian mining companies Goldcorp and Barrick�Gold�in Argentina. FERNANDO E. SOLANAS / AR / 2009 / 92 ' / SPANISH / S.T. ENGLISH WHAT:�Screening of�LAND IN REVOLT:�IMPURE�GOLD�with guest speakers.� WHERE:�Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West� WHEN:�Tuesday, April 2, 6:45 pm� COST:�Suggested donation $2-5� INFO:�cinemapolitica.org/bloor� SOCIAL MEDIA:�Facebook event This special screening is co-presented with the�Mining Injustice Solidarity Network�and is part of�Toronto's Latin American Solidarity Month. Special guest speakers Sakura Saunders and Roxana Olivera will be in attendance. SHORT SYNOPSIS:�Impure�Gold�is the first instalment of the environmental project by the ever-activist Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas tackling the plundering of underground resources and the ensuing contamination ending with Black�Gold. Portraying stark reality full of scams, miseries, and corruption, Solanas targets the mining industry and open-air cyanide or explosives extraction of minerals and metals at the northeast of Argentina, and observes the reaction of the local public. The extraction of resources is not the only loot �royalties and taxes create another unjust wealth.�Impure�Gold�is a film told by its protagonists: engineers, farmers, indigenes, environmentalists, inhabitants who resist. Click this link to view the trailer for the film and read more. --------------------------- WED: Tambogrande: Mango, Murders, Mining Presented by the Environmental Justice Club at George Brown College in collaboration with Mining Injustice Solidarity Network WHEN: Wed, 6pm WHERE:�George Brown College (St. James Campus), 200 King St. E, Career Centre Room B155 WHAT: Film Screening plus discussion with special guests! SOCIAL MEDIA: facebook event The story: In 1999, the residents of Tambogrande, a small town in northern Peru, learned that the government had secretly granted mining concessions on their land to a multi-national corporation. The residents of Tambogrande organized The Defense Front to protect their town. The directors follow the Tambogrande residents' five-year-long struggle to thwart the Peruvian government's�connivance with corporate plans that would despoil their land and destroy their livelihoods. The film traces the history of the region, including the pioneering efforts of mango farmer Godofredo Garcia Baca, the leader of the protest movement who, beginning in the mid-Sixties, had helped transform Peru's northern desert into an important agricultural region. Tambogrande also chronicles the changing nature of the protest movement, from its early, often violent protests and confrontations with police, to the rechanneling of their efforts into peaceful protest and political action, using popular culture and technology - everything from dance and music to the Internet - to publicize their cause and to force the government to allow a referendum on the issue.� Film by: Ernesto Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd Speaker and Discussion (Q & A) to follow film. *Light snack and beverages will be served* Admission: By donation ��*All proceeds will go to Ulises Garcia founder of the grassroots not-for-profit NGO 'Tropico Seco' (Peru) and their work with mining affected communities in Latin/South America. MINING RESISTANCE: Spring into Action Calendar To have your event included, e-mail: miningi...@gmail.com. More information at mininginjusticesn.wordpress.com. April 7: Art Build April 16: Peter Munk, Barrick Gold, and the U of T: a teach-in April 19:�Transnational Mining and the Repression of Human Rights in�Peru�(film screening with special guest Roxana Olivera) April 23: Digging Up the Dirt: How Canadian Foreign Aid Supports the Mining�Industry�(panel discussion with special guests) April 24: Confront Barrick Gold! AGM protest April 27: Council of Canadians Toronto Water Forum May 1: MayDay! May 2: Goldcorp AGM protest May 10: Hudbay AGM protest May 11: Allies in Mining Resistance: Gathering and�Strategic�Planning� MISN on Youtube Whether it is testimonials from the People's Health Tribunal or videos from our annual Mining Injustice conference, you will find a ton of great content on our youtube channel! Check it out!�http://www.youtube.com/user/MiningInjustice MISN Solidarity Statement with Idle No More READ MISN's Solidarity Statement with Idle No More!�http://www.solidarityresponse.net/misn-expresses-solidarity-with-the-idle-no-more-movement/ Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend � MINING RESISTANCE: Spring into Action The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) has been working hard to plan for the next few months, which has traditionally been our busiest season for engaging the public�in�resisting mining injustices. Instead of the weekend-long conference we've held for the past several years, we've decided to spread a series of events and�actions�over the course of a month. Mining Resistance:�Spring�Into�Action�will run from mid-April to mid-May and will include events ranging from panels, film screenings, and art exhibits to direct�actions, creative protests, and outdoor teach-ins. We have a new site up and running specifically centred on this initiative, and that lists some of what we and partners are planning. If you would like to get involved by volunteering, hosting an event, or having your event listed in our Spring into Action calendar of events, e-mail: miningi...@gmail.com. read more: mininginjusticesn.wordpress.com VIDEO: Barrick Gold CEO gets called out at Toronto mining convention� ProtestBarrick editor Sakura Saunders confronts Barrick's CEO at the floor of the world's largest mining convention. see video here:�http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf0wX0FcybM � � ABOUT MISN� 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. 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