[IPSM] Fwd: THIS SUN: ProtestBarrick Speaking Tour goes to Montreal

[Dru Oja Jay]

Rare chance to hear from community reps from Papua New Guinea and their
fight with Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold. Less rare but still valuable
chance to meet anti-mining organizer extraordinaire Sakura Saunders.

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From: ProtestBarrick.net <protestbarrick at gmail.com>

*PLS FORWARD!*

It is shareholder's season once again, and for mining-impacted communities
all over the world that means it is time to confront their corporate  at
these companies' annual general meetings. It also means that impacted
communities are converging in Canada to share their truth and make alliances
to help them hold these corporations accountable!

Join us for the...

*IMPACTED COMMUNITIES SPEAKING TOUR*
Show your support with impacted communities from Barrick Gold.

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*WHEN: *Sunday, May 15th* *4pm
*WHERE:*  2110 Centre, 2110 Mackay
*WHO: *Bios below!

If interested in meeting up with tour participants, e-mail
protestbarrick at gmail.com

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JOIN THE RESISTANCE TO END CORPORATE IMPUNITY!*
*WHO IS BARRICK GOLD?* Barrick Gold is the world's largest gold mining
company, founded and chaired by Peter Munk. With a former Prime Minister on
their board and former executives sitting on the board of the Canadian
Pension Plan, Barrick enjoys government funding and diplomatic support.

*WHY PROTEST BARRICK? *Barrick Gold takes advantage of inadequate and poorly
enforced regulatory controls to rob Indigenous Peoples and communities of
their land and livelihoods, destroying sensitive ecosystems, supporting
brutal military and security operations, and suing anyone who dares to
report on it. Impacted communities are coming to Toronto to confront
Barrick, sharing their own undeniable perspectives and shedding light on the
ongoing corporate impunity.

*MAKE THE TRANSFORMATION AWAY FROM GOLD EXTRACTION!*
*WHY? *With the majority of gold used for jewelry or to store wealth and the
majority of gold extraction destruction on Indigenous lands around the
world. It is time to question humans ongoing obsession with gold.
*HOW? *Through reduction, recycling and reuse of gold there can be a halt on
new and expanding gold mining explorations and operations around the world.
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Information about presenters:*
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**Jethro Tulin: *Jethro has been organizing within and outside the Barrick’s
Porgera mine since its inception (then owned by Placer Dome). In 1989, he
registered Porgera’s first mine workers union and became its first
secretary. Years later, Tulin returned to Porgera to find the situation
worse and thus founded the Akali Tange Association (ATA), a human rights
organization documenting abuses at the Porgera mine in Papa New Guinea –  a
mine owned by Toronto’s Barrick Gold.

*Mark Ekepa: *Mark is the chairman of the Porgera Alliance and the Porgera
Landowners Association, which represents the original people of the land
that is now occupied by Barrick's Porgera Gold Ming in Papua New Guinea.
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Sakura Saunders: *Sakura Saunders is an organizer for ProtestBarrick.net, an
all-volunteer online network of groups researching and organizing around
mining issues, particularly involving Barrick Gold. It contains news
articles, testimonies, and backgrounders about Barrick’s operations
worldwide. Ms. Saunders came to Protest Barrick as an independent journalist
and activist, whose radio/tv work has appeared on Democracy Now! and Sprouts
radio and whose writing is published regularly on CorpWatch.org and The
Dominion paper in Canada. Every year, Sakura organizes a tour of impacted
communities in Canada, to learn from each other’s campaigns as well as bring
their stories to Barrick’s shareholders, Parliament, the public and the UN.
Sakura also co-founded the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network in Toronto
which focuses on creating a platform for mining-impacted communities to
share their stories in Toronto.* Sakura will be showing video and providing
background for other communities that were not able to join this tour due to
having their visas repeatedly denied.*

More info: http://protestbarrick.net/
M 647-838-8455 :: E protestbarrick at gmail.com

JOIN US on our social networks:
http://facebook.com/protestbarrick
http://twitter.com/stopbarrick
http://youtube/waysofseeing

SUPPORTED BY:
http://protestbarrick.net/ :: http://porgeraalliance.net/ ::
http://savelakecowal.org/ :: http://munkoutofuoft.wordpress/ ::
http://foei.org/ :: http://leat.or.tz/ :: http://foe.org.au/ ::
http://macec4marinduque.multiply.com/ :: http://lrcksk.org/ ::
http://solidarityresponse.net/ :: http://ejtoronto.wordpress.com/ ::
http://cupe.on.ca/doc.php?subject_id=253


-- 
Sakura Saunders
editor, protestbarrick.net
member, solidarityresponse.net
skype: sakurasaunders
US: 415-287-3737

Follow ProtestBarrick.net :: facebook.com/protestbarrick ::
twitter.com/stopbarrick :: youtube.com/waysofseeing


"We are attacked continuously and we are attacked often by a very noisy and
very articulate opposition," Peter Munk, Barrick Annual General Meeting,
2010
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