Today is Earth Overshoot Day (#earthovershootday). I am suspecting you may not have known that, as it seems fairly unreported outside of a small group of activists and campaign groups (which admittedly if you are reading this, you may be a part of, so may actually be...
The following is a personal reflection on Vedanta’s recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) by Andy Whitmore Like strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, or stories of seagulls stealing chips in Brighton, it seems that protests focussed on Vedanta’s AGM in London...
If a mining company and its biggest investor won’t so much as accept a petition challenging their business practices, what can a community and its supporters do to ensure accountability? “Even the Chinese Embassy will accept a petition,” my mate tells me...
By Liam Barrington-Bush Is the Responsible Extractives Summit, headlined by Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Barrick Gold and others, a cynical PR move or an indication of ‘the ethical best’ an inherently-destructive industry has to offer? ‘It must be a joke,’ I...
There was a lively presence outside the building from 10am until the meeting began at 11am. Protests were organised by Action Aid, War on Want and London Mining Network, working in close co-operation. Phillipos Dolo and MP Giyose of Jubilee South Africa were...
