Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers
(DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor ...
... government, the Catholic church and civil society organizations that have taken their battle back to the streets, suggest that privatization won’t be easy task for ARENA.
The month of June has seen new ...
... and communities without access to this vital liquid, the source of all life, are taking to the streets.
Metal mining is a threat to water due to enormous consumption and contamination with toxic materials, ...
... of Wall Street. Undoubtedly, the most vital component was the determination and organizing acumen of the Riveras, Morales, and their allies in the community groups that anchored La Mesa. Yet other community-based ...
... of rat poison. Then, in December, the operation's laboratory — located across the street and run by a third-party — was hit with a US$16,000 (roughly A$20,500) for its failure to properly manage hazardous ...
... is across the street from the mine and run by a third-party operator, $16,000 for 19 environmental violations. Those violations included a failure to properly manage hazardous material.
The Haile Gold ...
... in the area and private vehicles cannot travel because the street is under repair.
María, a retired teacher, says that her family traditionally produces basic grains because the soil has an abundance ...
... situations in various places and motivating people to undertake street actions demanding truly equitable and high quality water distribution.
As time passed and the water distribution situation grew ...
... told Global Voices via text:
“Water is a rusty subject similar to the pipes that occasionally serve it. The water problem is so deep that despite the street protests that took place in the past, there ...
... over this widely unpopular policy fast-tracking amid the utter failure to effectively respond to the pandemic.
Instead of pouring thousands of health workers into the streets, we are seeing police and ...
... in front of court, government offices, or in city streets to be seen and heard. Even before the pandemic, the lives of water and land protectors have been increasingly at risk from legal persecution or ...
... class families were hawking their valuables on the street. After dark, the most desperate would search through garbage cans for food.
That was Argentina in 2002. In that dark hour, as Argentine officials ...
URGENT ALERT FOR ACTION
April 17, 2020
We in the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) request your support for recent human rights violations directed at Filipino land ...
... Duterte has responded to by mobilizing police and military to the streets rather than health workers—environmental defenders on the ground are left with little hope.
At least nine human rights defenders ...
... communities, who formed the La Puya encampment at the entrance of the mine to block any machinery from arriving to the site.
An hour north of the busy, chaotic, streets of Guatemala City sits the municipality ...
... El Salvador (UES), environmental groups, and labor unions have filled the streets of San Salvador. Protestors have taken over highways and airwaves of public and mainstream news outlets. The recurring ...
... the main streets of San Salvador to make the public launch of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water in El Salvador, as a space for coordinating the popular struggle against the threat ...
... the devastating impact that mining would have on El Salvador´s scarce freshwater resources, took to the streets and marched to the to the Legislative Assembly in support of the bill; and policy decision-makers ...
... spoke to meetings all over Australia and at what was the first rally out front of OceanaGold’s office in Collins Street Melbourne.
Since then we have held over 51 rallies outside their office. At every ...