London activists expose corporate greed Last week, some 200 demonstrators marched in a funeral procession through London, aimed at highlighting human rights abuses by the minerals industry against communities and workers, and the killing of anti-mining activists. Among the London demonstrators’ targets were Rio Tinto, Vedanta, Glencore, Anglo American and Xstrata. Those participating included a number of people from different migrant groups, including D.R. Congo, Nigeria, West Papua, Peru, Colombia & the Philippines.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11766.
See also http://www.demotix.com/news/1278346/carnival-mourns-mining-companies-victims-london
Video footage of the march (video of speeches and reading of victims names etc can be found on same website): http://bambuser.com/v/2750067
See photos at:
http://www.carnivalofdirt.org/flagallery/the-carniva/
http://www.demotix.com/news/1278192/carnival-dirt-london
http://www.demotix.com/news/1277858/carnival-dirt-takes-place-city-london
http://www.demotix.com/news/1278976/carnival-dirt-protest-sheds-light-coal-mining-issues-london
The Carnival’s website is at http://www.carnivalofdirt.org/join-the-carnival-of-dirt/about-the-carnival/.