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PROTEST GOLDCORP – APRIL 26

CRASH THE GOLDCORP BASH: HELP MAKE GOLDCORP’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD FRONT PAGE NEWS!!!! WHAT: PROTEST AND MARCH/RALLY WHERE:   130 ADELAIDE WEST (Goldcorp’s Toronto office – North of King between University and Bay) to Dundas Square pedestrian scramble...

CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD! May 2 Annual General Meeting Protest

Once a year, the board of Directors of the world's most powerful gold mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. Join us and representatives from mining-impacted communities to... CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD! WHAT: Shareholders meeting protest WHEN: May 2, 2012...

Mining “trends” exposed as Risky, Costly, and Violent

  More photos available here and youtube video available here Mining Injustice Solidarity Network press release: March 6, 2012 Mining "trends" exposed as Risky, Costly, and Violent   Fashionistas from the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) gathered...

IMPUNITY BY DESIGN FASHION SHOW

WHAT: PROTEST/FASHION SHOW WHERE: 255 FRONT STREET, METRO CONVENTION CENTRE WHEN: Tuesday March 6th, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM RSVP via FB Join us as we showcase the latest fads in "corporate social responsibility" featuring designs by Barrick Gold, Caterpillar, Pacific...

Community Activist Panel on Bill C-323 (Promotion of Human Rights)

When: Thursday February 9th, 2012 at 7 p.m. Where: Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen Street West, 2nd floor While many Canadian corporations and their subsidiaries have acted unethically and unlawfully in developing countries, they have been able to commit crimes abroad...

Cry of the Andes Film Screening

Journey to the heart of the Andes Mountains where ‘Pascua Lama’ is poised to become the world’s largest open pit mine. However, for the indigenous people and farmers living in the valley below, Pascua Lama threatens their only source of water in one of the driest...

Popular Consulta to be held against IAMGOLD’s operation in Ecuador

October the 2, 2011 will be a crucial day for all those that have been struggling with mining issues in Latin America.  The indigenous and mestizo peoples of the rural parishes of Victoria del Portete and Tarqui (Kichwa) county of Cuenca, Ecuador, are going to vote...

New Members Meeting – All Are Welcome!

DATE: July 13th, 2011 TIME: 7 PM LOCATION: TBD Mining Injustice Solidarity Network cordially invites you to attend a meeting for new members. The meeting seeks to introduce members of the public to the work conducted by MISN and its members and to allow those...

Video of Tanzania-Toronto Solidarity

Approximately 70 people gathered today at a commemoration held for the seven individuals killed in Tanzania at African Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine. Public outcry over this violence has been amplified by recent reports that local security/police forces employed by...