Help Tamaquito II Preserve Their Heritage
The Wayuu community of Tamaquito II was forced to relocate by the expansion of the coal open-cast Cerrejón mine owned by Glencore. Since their relocation, the community has been trying to recover its autonomy and to keep alive its cultural wisdom and traditions. In...
Cerrejón—Glencore’s coal mine continues to make unfulfilled promises to the communities it has affected for decades in Colombia. The Roche community speaks up
This is an open letter to Glencore regarding the forced-resettled African-descent community of Roche in La Guajira. After their forced relocation, they lost their rural livelihood based on agriculture and cattle ranching and the consequences of that remain...
Centering Indigenous Sovereignty at COP29: Defining a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future
Oak Flat/Chíchʼil Bił Dagoteel threatened by Rio Tinto/BHP joint venture Resolution Copper. Photo: AZ Mining Reform Coalition. As global demand for minerals like nickel, lithium or copper rises to fuel renewable technologies, so too do the hidden costs: deforestation,...
9th Memorial to the tragedy of Samarco that killed 19 people and the Rio Doce
On 5 November, the communities in Brazil who were affected by the collapse of the Fundão tailing dam marked the 9th anniversary of this disaster which took away 19 lives and caused massive environmental damage, polluting the waters and wildlife of Rio Doce from the...
Communities resisting the effects of multinational companies: Junta Social Pro Reubicacion de Tabaco is celebrating!
Photo: Andrés López. The African-descent community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia, was brutally displaced from its town in 2001 to give way to the Cerrejón mine, the biggest coal open-cast mine in Latin America, owned by Glencore, the Swiss company. In 2001, the...
Brazilian Communities Prepare for Landmark Legal Battle Against BHP in London Over 2015 Mariana Dam Disaster
A month after the collapse of the Fundao Dam, just the roof of a house is showing above the mud in Paracatu de Baixo. Photo: Nilmar Lage. (From LMN 2017 report: “The River is Dead: The impact of the catastrophic failure of the Fundão tailings dam.”) From...
3 steps towards the end of UK coal
Post by Anne Harris (Coal Action Network). Celebrating victory at Kendal! Photo: CAN Smoke filled the sky across the industrial parts of the UK, as coal powered the industrial revolution. First coal brought prosperity and progress, but over decades the smoke stacks...
30 November – Resisting Green Imperialism, Fighting for a Socially Just Transition
Our Work Solidarity Advocacy Community visits Just Transition COP26 Materials Research and reports Reports Research Video Resources Education Education Work Resources & Projects Resisting Mining Bookclub About Who we are Trustees Our vision and values Network...
Take Action: Justice for Tabaco
Twenty-three years after the violent displacement from Tabaco, there is no collective relocation nor collective and individual reparations for members of the Tabaco community. The displacement of the African-descent community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia, gave...
16 August – Tabaco: 23 years of displacement – Territory, Memory, Resistance
Join us for a Spanish/English webinar on Friday 16 August, 9am Colombia, 10am EST, 3pm BST, 4pm CET On 9 August, 2001, the African-descent community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia were brutally evicted, and their homes demolished by hundreds of armed police and...