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Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 11d

On World Rivers Day, we reflect on how critical river systems are for our planet, wildlife and communities, raise awareness of the threats they face, and aim to inspire action to protect them! Alongside @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social today we want to spotlight the Ajkwa River, #WestPapua.

Picture of the Ajkwa River - Text reads: World rivers day: spotlight on The
Grasberg mine’s profound harms to the Ajkwa river and West Papua’s Indigenous communities

The Grasberg mine in West Papua is one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines.

The environmental and human harms caused by the mine are jaw-dropping. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mining waste (called tailings) are dumped into the local Ajkwa river systems every single day.

This devastates the ancestral lands and way of life of Indigenous communities, such as the Amungme and Kamoro peoples.

Vital water sources are completely polluted with heavy metals and dangerous mining waste, causing huge health impacts to communities that rely on them as well as devastating the delicate aquatic ecosystem.

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 13d

📣Communities around the world have mobilised to expose Glencore for fuelling genocide through its coal exports to Israel.

In Argentina, South Africa & Colombia, people raised their voices about how Glencore's mines have devastated their communities and in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 14d

“We’re living in a sacrifice zone. Anglo American has polluted the water and the air we breathe.”

Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

www.theguardian.com

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 14d

This week 📣

Join us at LSBU for a 2-day symposium which will expose the violence and injustices unfolding in lithium frontiers across Latin America, Africa & Europe.

We'll be exploring how to strengthen community struggles against extractivism.

Register: liquitvoices.org/en/en-intern...

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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 16d

Anglo American accused of causing:

human illness
animal deaths
contamination of air and water

& drilling under glaciers

My report from Chile

@clascam.bsky.social @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social

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Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

www.theguardian.com

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 21d

🙅‍♀️On Monday the Science Museum hosted a private cocktail reception for its sponsor Adani - a coal-mining conglomerate which partners with Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems.

✊Join us tomorrow to hear about the Science Museum Boycott: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

cultureunstained.org/2025/09/16/s...

Science Museum slammed for hosting secret event for genocide profiteers mired in bribery scandal

The Science Museum in London has sparked outrage after it hosted a private cocktails and canapés reception for its corporate sponsor Adani on Monday evening, a conglomerate involved in large-scale …

cultureunstained.org

Resisting Mining Book Club: "Subjects of the Sun" with Myles Lennon (10 September, 6pm) - London Mining Network

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

Coming up this Thursday!

Find out how you can be part of the movement to end fossil fuel sponsorship at the Science Museum.

You'll hear why parents, educators, arts & cultural workers have all joined the Science Museum Boycott.

Join us: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@cultureunstained.bsky.social

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Registration is now open for the next instalment of our Deadline or Death Sentence webinar series with @indinsaf.bsky.social

📆 22 September: Weaponising Land and Forest Legal Regimes for Sabotaging Indigenous (Adivasi) Land Rights in India

✍️ Sign up: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/09/weap...

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 28d

Still time to register for our Resisting Mining Book Club this evening!

📚 6-8pm on Zoom

We'll be discussing a book by Myles Lennon which examines how solar power is just as likely to exploit marginalised communities as dirtier forms of energy.

Register now: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/08/resi...

London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account

Martial Mining (2020) - London Mining Network

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 29d

The scientific consensus is clear on the causes of global heating. So why does the Science Museum continue to accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies?

Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 29d

Tomorrow! 📚

Come along to our Resisting Mining Book Club with Myles Lennon to discuss "Subjects of the Sun", in which he draws on ethnographic research to explore the shadows of exploitation & extractivism that underlie solar power technologies.

Register: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/08/resi...

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 5

The struggles for the planet and against militarism couldn't be more intertwined.

Find out more about the martial mining cycle in this report: londonminingnetwork.org/project/mart...

Session 4: The State as an Agent of Corporate Capitalism in India

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 5

Huge thanks to everyone who came down to our workshop outside the DSEI arms fair.

We had a great discussion about how mining supplies the resources used to make the weapons shamefully on exhibit now in London, which go on to be used to suppress resistance to mining worldwide.
#StopTheArmsFair

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 5

ICYMI: The State as an Agent of Corporate Capitalism in India

Full webinar with @indinsaf.bsky.social is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZj8...

You'll be able to find all past and future webinars in our 12-part Deadline or Death Sentence series via the YouTube playlist.

YouTube video by InSAF India

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Instead of curating increased demands for critical minerals and focusing so closely on recycling, the ADB must first ensure that real energy needs are met through meaningful consultations and collaborations with [affected] communities"

thediplomat.com/2025/09/the-...

The Asian Development Bank’s Critical Mining Agenda Should Stop Going in Circles

Civil society groups have documented the environmental and social costs that are exacted across the lifecycle of “clean energy” technologies.

thediplomat.com

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 3

The mining and weapons industries are interdependent. They destroy lives, futures and environments worldwide.

Tomorrow we'll be speaking as part of the No Ecocide, No Genocide day of action outside the arms fair.

Join us at 4:30pm to hear how we can resist war and extractivism together ✊

caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · Sep 3

More weapons entering the ExceL Centre in Newham ready to be displayed at DSEI.

This monstrosity must be shut down.

Head down to the peace camp at DSEI! (more info: stopthearmsfair.org.uk)

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 28

Taster of our last book club on "Crude Capitalism" with Adam Hanieh 📚

Join us for the next one on 10 Sept, where we'll be welcoming Myles Lennon to discuss his book, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism".

Register now: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/08/resi...

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tomorrow!

Join us and @indinsaf.bsky.social for a webinar exploring state violence, corporate capitalism and Indigenous resistance to militarism and extractivism in the Bastar region of India.

Register to attend: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/08/the-...

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · Jun 19

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect workers, not billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Friday 29 August: The State as an Agent of Capitalism

Join us for the next instalment of our webinar series with @indinsaf.bsky.social - Deadline or Death Sentence: State Violence and Indigenous (Adivasi) Peoples' Resistance in India.

Register now: londonminingnetwork-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Resisting Mining Book Club: "Subjects of the Sun" with Myles Lennon (10 September, 6pm) - London Mining Network

London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join us for the next instalment of our Resisting Mining Book Club! 📣

📆 10 September | 6-8pm | via Zoom

We'll be welcoming Myles Lennon to discuss his new book, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism".

Register now: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/08/resi...

London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account

Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some sound arguments asking why #DeepSeaMining is necessary, & explaining why it is not.

There has to be a case for why we want to build an entire new industry in a relatively untouched environment, and also why it has to be rushed more quickly than the science.

news.mongabay.com/2025/08/deep...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our li...

news.mongabay.com

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great news! Court halts Resolution Copper's takeover of Oak Flat, Arizona, thanks to tireless work by communities and campaigners.

This temporary delay must be made permanent to protect the area's water, wetlands and religious significance from harmful mining.
eu.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Appeals court blocks Oak Flat land swap, giving copper mine opponents a late reprieve

Hours before a disputed land swap was to take effect, an appeals court halted the process, giving copper mine opponents more time.

eu.azcentral.com

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Friday 29 August: The State as an Agent of Capitalism

Join us for the next instalment of our webinar series with @indinsaf.bsky.social - Deadline or Death Sentence: State Violence and Indigenous (Adivasi) Peoples' Resistance in India.

Register now: londonminingnetwork-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...