Photo: The UlsterHerald Gold in the hills: international solidarity flows to community resisting mining in Northern Ireland by Hal Rhoades, Gaia Foundation “A mask of gold hides all deformities”- Thomas Dekker Wind whips across high hills of moor heather and spring...
On 10 April, Secretary of State for Communities, Sajid Javid and his colleagues were greeted with a life-size statue depicting the Secretary of State ‘turning a blind eye’ to the imminent expansion of opencast coal mining in the UK. The statue’s creators, Art Rise Up,...
On Wednesday 8 February, join Coal Action Network, Friends of the Earth and London Mining Network for a creative demonstration to demand an end to coal in the UK now! 12 noon – demonstration 10am-6pm public sculpture-making (drop-in) Department of Business, Energy and...
Thursday 15 December, Action at GCM AGM 10:30–13:00, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ This year marked the tenth anniversary of Phulbari outburst, where three people were shot dead and two hundred injured in a demonstration of 80,000 people in 2006 for opposing plans...
by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network I recently watched two very moving documentaries about the last miners in Britain’s last deep coal mine, Kellingley, which closed a year ago. Their bravery, camaraderie, solidarity and dedication were...