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New television documentary on Vedanta in Orissa
Tribals fight for their rights Indian television documentary about the struggle against Vedanta and other mining companies in Orissa http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/129855/30-minutes-tribals-fight-for-their-rights.html (Note: one lakh = one hundred thousand; one crore = one hundred lakh, or ten million)
Further reflections on the Vedanta AGM, 28 July 2010
Let’s save the real Avatar Reflections on the Vedanta AGM by Bianca Jagger at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/lets-save-the-real-avatar_b_677094.html. Amnesty UK video on Vedanta AGM at http://vimeo.com/14032664. Video (made for LMN by Mikey Watts) of the protests against Vedanta on the day of its 2010 AGM in London at http://www.vimeo.com/13758175.
Vedanta protests 28 July 2010
For a short video of the protests against Vedanta on the day of its 2010 AGM in London, see http://www.vimeo.com/13758175. The film is by Mikey Watts. Thanks to Stik Person for the ‘hands off Niyamgiri’ banner (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lbqkx27b4Y/TFBr_-IM6oI/AAAAAAAAAkY/6EHDZ1FeTuI/s1600/_7286301.JPG). Other photos available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnali/sets/72157624494257349/with/4844615625/.
British Government’s DfID pushes mining in India
The final part of the Dodgy Development: DFID in India series by Eshwarappa M and Richard Whittell, published by Corporate Watch over the past few months, focuses on the British government’s Department for International Development’s funding of civil society organisations. This part comprises a film and two interviews. The film, False Promises, looks at the [...]
Nuclear news
Apocalypse Now and Next: From Gulf Spill to Nuke Disaster We just ignited a disaster beyond our technical control. Why are we on the brink of doing it again? Like Deepwater Horizon and Fermi, these new nukes could ignite disasters beyond our technological control—and our worst nightmares. Like BP, their builders would enjoy financial liability [...]
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