Why we occupied a Barclays bank
Last Friday, People & Planet, The Wretched of the Earth, Move Your Money, Fossil Free UCL and London Mining Network shut down Barclays flagship bank branch in Piccadilly Circus, in solidarity with those fighting the front line impacts of the bank’s fossil...
It's all kicking off at Cerrejon Coal
Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly) By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Julia Lagoutte We have just received news that many families from three of the communities displaced by Cerrejon Coal...
London's mining history, from colonialism to apartheid: Why Rhodes Must Fall
From Cape to Cairo – Rhodes` vision of the conquest of Africa. He got as far as Northen Rhodesia , modern day Zambia, and through his agent and companies influenced mining development as far as Katanga now in DRC.by Kerima Mohideen and Richard Harkinson One Sided...
Beowulf wants dialogue with Sami but won't take no for an answer!
2013 protest against Beowulf Mining By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network It was standing room only at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Beowulf Mining plc in London this morning. Mind you, it was a very small room. There were only fifteen...