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1. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and activist who directed a cultural center in his rural hometown of San Isidro. The authors recount these dramatic setbacks and how the movement responded to them, extracting lessons that might apply ...; Created on 23 April 2021
2. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Robin Broad & John Cavanagh : inequality.org In a tale of people power over corporate power, a tribunal has ruled against a global company in a case over mining rights. Now we need to block trade deals ...; Created on 10 November 2016
3. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The Nation CAROLYN FORCHÉ’S POWERFUL RECKONING Suzy Hansen Among the most intriguing lessons comes from La Mesa’s pursuit of seemingly unlikely allies. The water defenders recognized this to be less ...; Created on 05 April 2021
4. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... mining executives. The Water Defenders demands that we examine our assumptions about progress and prosperity, while providing valuable lessons for other communities and allies fighting against destructive ...; Created on 14 January 2021
5. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... great lessons: That we can never forget how important powerful stories are rooted in local realities, and how they defend the most basic and important things for life, as water is, it is a powerful and ...; Created on 15 July 2020
6. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... not to pass this.” More than 30,000 people from all over the country, including many clergy, participated in a massive march led by the archbishop. What lessons can international activists learn ...; Created on 07 May 2018
7. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of this historic moment and of our victory. Surely, he took back home important lessons from our struggle, but he also left us amazing gifts: his knowledge, his wisdom, his solidarity and his contagious ...; Created on 26 June 2017
8. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... have been winning most of the lawsuits in these so-called “investor-state” tribunals, but here again El Salvador prevailed. How? Why? What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build ...; Created on 26 June 2017
9. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... deeply involved in this titan effort to reflect on what they achieved and how, and the lessons that they have learned in the process. Our interviewees were Vidalina Morales from the Economic and Social ...; Created on 23 June 2017
10. EL SALVADOR’S WIN AGAINST THE US MINING COMPANY PACIFIC RIM: A VERY NUANCED VICTORY: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... against a company’s interests. Despite the negative impacts described above, over the last seven years there have also been some positive lessons. The first is how important social organisation ...; Created on 28 December 2016
11. Media Coverage: Victory of El Salvador Vs Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... World Bank disputes body over El Salvador arbitration The Nation: El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated Truth Out: El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight EcoAmericas: ICSID ...; Created on 09 November 2016
12. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... Tribunals: Lessons for the Trans-Pacific Partnership” (Available in English and Spanish) “After Decades of Struggle, Salvadoran Communities Declare Territory Free of Mining” (Available in English) “Water ...; Created on 07 May 2015
13. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); ... that are not being met”. The case holds lessons for Australia. As John Passant previously noted (“Keeping us in the dark on free trade”, Red Flag #12), if Australia signs on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, ...; Created on 03 December 2013
14. The Mesa Pressures Candidates, Dec 2011: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... of our country and national leaders haven’t learned the lessons that could avoid deaths more caused by natural disasters and the millions of dollars of damage to infrastructure. As members of the environmental ...; Created on 14 February 2012

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