Our Resisting Mining Book Club puts authors, academics, and activists in conversation with friends and supporters of London Mining Network. At each event, we bring you a presentation and discussion with the author (or editor) of a different book that deals with mining, community resistance, and/or related issues. Every event is free (although we always welcome donations), online, and open to all. Below, you can see the list of past book club events – click the image to see more info.
In most cases, we will be able to email a PDF copy of the book to everyone who registers!
2025 Book Club Series
 | Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Greystone Books, 2023), Christopher Pollon. Watch the recording here |
2024 Book Club Series
 | Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region (Pluto Books, 2024), Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell Recording available here |
 | The Bauxite Strike and the Old Politics, Eusi Kwayana Wednesday 14 March 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |
 | The Burning Forest, Nandini Sundar Wednesday 17 January 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |
2023 Book Club Series
| Vanishing Sands: Losing Beaches to Mining, Orrin Pilkey, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, Norma Longo and Hannah Smith Wednesday 20 September 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| The Bermuda Connection: Profit shifting, inequality and unaffordability at Lonmin 1999-2012, Dick Forslund Wednesday 23 August 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| The Heart of Our Earth, Tom Gatehouse Wednesday 19 July 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| Anglo American and the Rise of Modern South Africa, Dr Andy Higginbottom Wednesday 28 June 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| Black Gold & the Legacy of Ruth First, Asanda Benya Wednesday 17 May 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| Conflict Minerals, Inc: War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo, Christoph Vogel Wednesday 8 March 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
| The Extractive Zone: Social Ecologies and Decolonial Perspectives, Macarena Gómez-Barris Wednesday 18 January 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |  |
2022 Book Club Series
 | Planetary Mine, Martín Arboleda Wednesday 12 January 2022, 18:00-20:00 Recording available here |
 | Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes, Julie Michelle Klinger Thursday 17 March 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |
 | Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide, Damien Short Wednesday 11 May 18:00 – 20:00 Recording available here |
 | Between the Plough and the Pick: Informal, Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in the Contemporary World, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Wednesday 14 September, 18:00 – 20:00 Postponed |
 | Enforcing Ecocide: Power, Policing & Planetary Militarization, Alexander Dunlap and Andrea Brock Wednesday 30 November, 18:00-20:00 Recording available here |
2021 Book Club Series
| Resource Radicals: from petro nationalism to post extractivism in Ecuador Thea Riofancos Wednesday 15 March, 18:00-20:00 Recording available here |  |
| Unearthing Justice: how to protect your community from the mining industry Joan Kuyek 12 May, 18:00-20:00 Recording available here |  |
| Droplet and Wagtail’s Tailings Tale Wednesday 7 July, 18:00-20:00 Recording available here |  |