Power plants in Canada – including NB Power’s Belledune plant – and elsewhere get coal for their power plants from one Colombian mine, the Cerrejón mine. This video report shows how coal consumption is contributing to negative consequences for the people living in the area.
The Danish NGO – DanWatch – has put pressure on their power plant to investigate and respond.
The Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN) was formed in 1981 with the objective of improving coordination of Atlantic Canadian work in solidarity with the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.
2012 ARSN AGM
November 9th to 11th.
For more information or to register, please contact Brian O'Neill at oneillnatural(at)gmail.com. More information about this year's AGM here.
Objectives
The objective of ARSN is to maintain a dialogue between groups in Atlantic Canada who work in solidarity with the people of Latin America and the Caribbean according to:
- The wishes and needs of Latin American and Caribbean people in the struggle for self-determination, peace and justice.
- The most effective ways of working for changes in Canada which will be beneficial to that struggle.
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Now Available Books
by friends of ARSN
Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia
by James Brittain
The Failure of Capitalism
by Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech
Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia
by Garry Leech
The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals, and Human Rights
Edited by Aviva Chomsky, Garry Leech and Steve Striffler
Colombian Theatre in the Vortex
Edited by Judith Weiss
Links
by Catherine Hughes