Finding hope in protests
Dear friends, Very best wishes of the season to all of you! After a very busy period with the BHP AGM, the COP26 talks, a visit to London by friends from Save Our Sperrins in Northern Ireland, and a process of hiring two new part-time workers, we are ending the year...
REPORT: Speculative mining in Spain
Read a new report by Spanish grassroots organisation Ecologistas en Accion, Speculative mining in Spain. In the last five years Spain has seen a large increase of new open pit mining projects. This acceleration has been justified by the need for minerals and scarce...
Two activists at the AGM of a 'Junior' mining company: a 'Dud' and a 'Borderline Fruitcake'
Art work: Clara Atkinson, artist-activist Back in the summer, friends of ours from organisations in Spain attended the London AGM of Atalaya. Elena Solis, from Ecologistas en Accion, has written some reflections on the experience – which was not a pleasant one!...