#munkout

New Gold AGM Protest: Stand in Solidarity with Impacted Communities in Mexico and Chile.

Megan Kinch — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:44:36 +0000

Subhead:

Resistance leader from Mexico will address the protest outside!

Tue May 3

city:

Toronto

Venue:

Toronto Board of Trade, West Ballroom

Address:

1 First Canadian Place (nearest entrance from Adelaide Street),

Cost:

FREE

Link:

http://faomontreal.wordpress.com/

New Gold is a Canadian mining company operating gold and silver mines in the United States, Mexico, Australia. The company is also involved in projects and exploration in Canada and Chile.

Protesting Barrick Gold, Gaining Momentum

Megan Kinch — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:14:09 +0000

Locked out of Barrick's annual general meeting, mining injustice activists build a protest movement

Despite predictions of rain, the day was sunny and beautiful for Wednesday's high-energy protest against Barrick Gold's annual shareholder meeting (AGM) . According to some of the 100 or so activists in attendance, Barrick Gold's continuing disregard for human rights, indigenous sovereignty and the environment is the reason the count annual counter-protest to their AGM.

Naylor Nailed on Corporate Contamination

Megan Kinch — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:58:44 +0000

Recent Action from the movement to kick Peter Munk out of U of T

On March 28th, activists from Mining Injustice Solidarity network and the Anti Corporatization coalition from University of Toronto did a banner drop and a flyering blitz in the midst of a guest- lecture by the U of T president, David Naylor in convocation hall.