“In the time of Covid-19, with entire populations under lockdown and economies falling apart, mining companies have also hopped on the pandemic profiteering bandwagon. […] Mining-affected people are up against multiple pandemics — health, economic, violence, militarization, and corporate capture. These are all getting worse as the Covid-19 pandemic intersects with the predatory mining industry in Latin America and other parts of the world.”
(Jen Moore)
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We may be wearing masks but our eyes are wide open saying NO to Megamining
March 4, 2020, Esquel, Argentina. Credit: Nicolas Palacios.
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Rights Action’s COVID-19 Response Fund
Rights Action continues to prioritize getting emergency funds to partner groups - including mining-harmed communities - in Guatemala and Honduras. Their Covid19 response work is about saving lives. The funds we are sending are drops in a bucket, and they are important.
Our work is also to contribute to discussion and hopefully empower political activism premised on the basic notion that: We are not “all in this together” / There should be no “getting back to normal”.
COVID funding report (Updated: May 5, 2020)
https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/rights-action-covid19-response-fund-update
Tax-Deductible Donations (Canada & U.S.)
Make check to "Rights Action" and mail to:
- U.S.: Box 50887, Washington DC, 20091-0887
- Canada: (Box 552) 351 Queen St. E, Toronto ON, M5A-1T8
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