Toronto, April 26: AN EXAMINATION OF THE CANADIAN MINING INDUSTRY

WHAT: 1 day conference about mining issues within Canada and abroad
WHEN: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 10:00am – 7:30pm
WHERE: Earth Sciences, Room 1050 (ES 1050), University of Toronto, 5 Bancroft Avenue
Moderated by Judy Rebick
$10 (sliding scale) to cover cost of meals; free for students. No registration required. Donations gladly accepted (available seating for 400 in auditorium).
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PERU: Indigenous Occupations End with Victory in Congress

On August 22nd, the Peruvian Congress repealed two legislative decrees at the root of the indigenous demonstrations that paralyzed various roads and energy installations from August 9th through 20th. The indigenous movement of the Amazon, home to 65 different indigenous nations, declared victory.
[note: several of the hyperlinks are to articles and websites in Spanish.]
Background
Peruvian President [...]

PRISON NOTES: They Came First For the Mohawks, and I Didn’t Speak Up Because I Wasn’t Mohawk…

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Indigenous Leaders expose Barrick Gold’s lies at a press conference after Barrick’s Annual General Meeting, by Sakura Saunders, protestbarrick.net

Sakura Saunders is one of the key organizers working to link the indigenous communities affected by Barrick Gold’s mining projects worldwide. She has also been supporting the campaign against Goldcorp. She can be contacted at: sakura.saunders(at)gmail.com
Indigenous Leaders expose Barrick Gold’s lies at a press conference after Barrick’s Annual General Meeting.

By Sakura Saunders, protestbarrick.net
Photograph: [...]

Toronto, May 20: Central Americans and Canadians Protest Goldcorp’s AGM

On May 20th, dozens of protesters gathered outside the King Edward hotel in Toronto, Canada, where Canadian mining company Goldcorp was having its annual general meeting. Along with several supporters, Honduran and Guatemalan community leaders Carlos Amador and Fausto Valiente, both from Goldcorp open pit gold mine affected regions in Honduras and Guatemala respectively, addressed [...]