India: POSCO land acquisition halted by naked protest threat

…threat” from the women of Gobindpur village. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12183. See also Killings and repression but anti-Posco struggle remains defiant, http://www.foilvedanta.org/uncategorized/killings-and-repression-but-anti-posco-struggle-remains-defiant/. (British-based investors in South Korean company Posco include Barclays, Alliance…

Mining causes poverty through the logic of the Resource Curse

…places on earth, or bauxite mines and aluminium factories, one finds an appalling level of poverty and abuse that no amount of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ can hide. See http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/mining-causes-poverty-through-the-logic-of-the-resource-curse/.  …