by mininginjustice | Oct 11, 2016 | MISN Update
We’ve been waiting seven years for this day to come! The results are finally being released THIS FRIDAY from a never-ending David-and-Goliath “trial” – Canadian-Australian mining company OceanaGold versus an entire country standing its ground against...
by mininginjustice | Sep 30, 2016 | Community Statements, MISN Update, Urgent Action
In an amazing expression of solidarity, hundreds of individuals and organizations signed a letter in solidarity with women land defenders. This letter was sparked by recent and ongoing attacks against women land defenders who, at great personal risk, continue to speak...
by mininginjustice | Aug 22, 2016 | MISN Update, Upcoming Events
When: Thursday Sept. 8, 6pm Where: Beit Zetoun (610 Markham St, Toronto) In 2006, four journalists teamed up with four comic book illustrators to expose the criminal activities of Canadian mining companies. “EXTRACTION! Comix Reportage” is the result: a...
by mininginjustice | Jun 23, 2016 | MISN Update, Urgent Action
We have to take action! Aura Minerals, a Toronto-based mining company, is seeking to dig up and move a 200 year old cemetery near La Unión, Copán, Honduras, because the cemetery is “in the way” of their mining project. We are disgusted by Aura...
by mininginjustice | Jun 16, 2016 | Case Studies, News, Open Letter
This statement was read at a Rally outside the TPP townhall convened by MP Chrystia Freeland at the University of Toronto on June 15. Words by MISN member Jen Mills. I’m a member of the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, a Toronto-based activist group that organizes...