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Meet the Resistance: A Speaking Tour of Affected Indigenous Communities
Over 3,000 people are attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) over the next two weeks in New York, including Indigenous Nations, UN bodies, Governments and NGO's. Three Indigenous communities present at the forum are voicing their concern against the worlds largest gold mining company, Canadian owned Barrick Gold.
Five side events to the UNPFII will be held with Wiradjuri (Australia), Ipili (Papua New Guinea), Western Shoshone (Nevada, USA) and Human Rights Activists from Tanzania. These affected commnities will be talking about the desecration and destruction of their lands and fundamental by Barrick Gold. These events will include a rally at the New York State Pension Fund (invest over $100 million dollars in Barrick Gold) and a night with investigative journalist, Greg Palast and Tanzanian Human Rights Lawyer, Tundu Lissu.
These events have been supported by Friends of the Earth Australia, ProtestBarrick.net, Western Shoshone Defence Project, Mineral Policy Institute, Save Lake Cowal, Norwegian Church Aid Tanzania and Akali Tange Association.
Over 3,000 people are attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) over the next two weeks in New York, including Indigenous Nations, UN bodies, Governments and NGO's. Three Indigenous communities present at the forum are voicing their concern against the worlds largest gold mining company, Canadian owned Barrick Gold.
Five side events to the UNPFII will be held with Wiradjuri (Australia), Ipili (Papua New Guinea), Western Shoshone (Nevada, USA) and Human Rights Activists from Tanzania. These affected commnities will be talking about the desecration and destruction of their lands and fundamental by Barrick Gold. These events will include a rally at the New York State Pension Fund (invest over $100 million dollars in Barrick Gold) and a night with investigative journalist, Greg Palast and Tanzanian Human Rights Lawyer, Tundu Lissu.
These events have been supported by Friends of the Earth Australia, ProtestBarrick.net, Western Shoshone Defence Project, Mineral Policy Institute, Save Lake Cowal, Norwegian Church Aid Tanzania and Akali Tange Association.
View UNPFII Recommendation papers:
Thursday 24th April @ 7.30pm
American Indian Community Center
11 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York
American Indian Community Center
11 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York
Indigenous Resistance to Gold Mining
Our guests will make presentations, show short films and answer
questions about gold mining on their lands.
questions about gold mining on their lands.
- Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone (Nevada, USA)
- Neville ‘Chappy’ Williams, Wiradjuri (Australia)
- Jethro Tulin, Executive Officer Akali Tange Association, Ipili (Papua New Guinea
Friday 25th April @ 12pm
633, 3rd Avenue (at 41st)
633, 3rd Avenue (at 41st)
NO PUBLIC FUNDS FOR MINING ON INDIGENOUS LANDS
Support the Wiradjuri (AUS), Ipili (PNG), and Western Shoshone (U.S.) in delivering a complaint from the New York State Pension fund, which has almost $100 million invested in Barrick Gold, the company responsible for human rights abuses and the environmental devastation of their land.
Sunday 27th April @ 7.00pm Bluestocking’s BookStore 172 Allen Street btw Stanton and Riverington Lower East Side, Manhattan
Films and Speakers from Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Neville ‘Chappy’ Williams, Wiradjuri (Australia)
- Jethro Tulin, Executive Officer Akali Tange Association, Ipili (Papua New Guinea)
- Jethro Tulin, Executive Officer Akali Tange Association, Ipili (Papua New Guinea)
Indigenous Struggles from Australia and Papua New Guinea
Wednesday 31st April @ 7pm
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street btw Suffolk and Clinton Streets
Lower East Side, Manhattan
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street btw Suffolk and Clinton Streets
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Greg Palast Interviews Indigenous Voices Against Mining
Thursday 1st May @ 5pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
Greg Palast will interview Indigenous People who are fighting Barrick Gold's operations on their lands.
The night will include an interview with Human Rights Defenders working on the Bulyanhulu massacre in Tanzania. The Bulyanhulu mine is owned and operated by Barrick Gold, the largest gold mining company in the world.
For more information, please contact:
Techa Beaumont
Workphone: +61 2 9557 9019
Mobile: +61 409 318 406
Created: 29 Apr 2008 | Last updated: 29 Apr 2008
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