Archive for 'Colombian Blood Coal'
Opposition to Canada-Colombia free trade continues
On Friday, December 4th, over 80 people rallied in front of the Wolfville, NS, office of Scott Brison, MP for Kings-Hants. Brison, the Liberal International Trade Critic, was targeted because of his support of Bill C-23 – an Act to implement the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). The rally also came only days after the [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2009 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Oil & Gas.
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Appalachia and Colombia: The People Behind the Coal
An interview with Aviva Chomsky on mountain top coal mining in Kentucky and coal mining in Colombia.
Posted: June 29th, 2009 under Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Oil & Gas.
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Colombian president clashes with NDP, Bloc MPs
The president of Colombia clashed with NDP and Bloc Quebecois MPs, who questioned the South American country’s human-rights record.
Posted: June 11th, 2009 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence.
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The human price of coal mining
To walk among these posts filled me with an intense feeling of sadness of lives being slowly suffocated as the mine creeps forward. To live among these posts, with the whines of mine machinery playing over the sound of the wildlife, appears to me like psychological torture for the remaining 17 families.
Posted: June 4th, 2009 under Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Oil & Gas.
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ACTION ALERT: Week of Action on Colombia-Canada FTA
MPS must defend human rights before trade
April 24 marks the beginning of a week of action against the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement, with special focus on convincing Liberal MPs that whether or not they support free trade, this is a bad agreement that can only worsen human rights violations, increase violence against labour and civil [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2009 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence.
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Tara’s reflection on the Mining the Connections Forum
Reflection on the Mining the Connections Forum, Tatamagouche NS, November 2008.
Excerpt: In view of this, I was absolutely shocked and appalled at how little legislation there is in Canada regarding mining, and how little protection there is for the environment and surrounding communities. What was most distressing to me was learning about how the [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence, Environment, Mining, Oil & Gas, Uranium.
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Beyond Bogota
Garry Leech, independent journalist and lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Cape Breton University, has spent the last eight years working in the most remote and dangerous regions of Colombia, uncovering the unofficial stories of people living in conflict zones. Beyond Bogotá is framed around the eleven hours that Leech was held captive [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Drugs, Economic Violence, Indigenous Rights.
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Colombian Coal and New Brunswick Power: A Case of Environmental Racism
A case of environmental racism in New Brunswick concerns the coal extracted from mines in Colombia that is then exported to our province for power generation. Coal from Colombia has been dubbed “Colombian blood coal” because of violent displacement of communities and assassinations of union leaders at the country’s coal mines.
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence, Environment, Racism, Workers.
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Legalizing Terror: The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Toronto, December 7, 2008.
Featuring:
• Jesús Erazo, union leader with Sintracarbon, Colombia, talking about working conditions and their opposition to the Colombia-Canada Free Trade Agreement.
Posted: December 14th, 2008 under Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence, Mining, Oil & Gas, Workers.
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No free trade with Colombia without a guarantee of human rights
“The Colombian government needs to guarantee the human rights of all peoples before Canada considers moving forward with this trade deal.” Brother Omar Fernandez, Franciscan member of the Colombian Social Movements Coalition (COMOSOC), recently in Canada to meet with KAIROS network members and Parliamentarians.
Posted: December 3rd, 2008 under Canada, Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal, Economic Violence.
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