Kurdistan will not now, nor in the nearby future become independent. Kurds will not rule themselves for a long time to come. At least not as long as neighboring countries need Kurdistan's water. The water from the Kurdish mountains also is the life line for Israel, and much more expensive than oil.

A handful of Australian activists claim victory in their blockade of a train carrying deadly cyanide.

Never doubt the power of one, or two, three or four. Four or five of us in Urunga, NSW, Australia stopped the cyanide train, with no money, but with candles, cups of tea and home-made banners. See
wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/2007/05/we-stopped-cyanide-train.html
and follow the links.

This is a global call against this mining project called Pascua-Lama elaborated by the Canandian multinational company Barrick Gold. It is located in the third region of Atacama, Chile, and in the San Juan Province, Argentina.

Canadian international mining company Barrick Gold has plans to relocate three glaciers in the mountain range between Argentina and Chile to gain access to 17.6 million oz. of rich gold and silver deposits.

EXPORTS DOWN OVER $150M, 10 TIMES MORE THAN THE INHUMANE SEAL "HUNT" BRINGS IN! CANADA CUTTING OFF ITS NOSE TO SPITE ITS FACE!

This is the statement (open letter) from the Quebec City peace network (commission Paix : www.coalitionsquebec.org ) written for Sept. 24, 2005 in solidarity with the protests across the USA and the world (sorry it took us many days to translate).
Commercial medias did not publish it, but it was posted in French and English to various grassroots medias.

SPECIAL FOOD ISSUE OF THE INDYPENDENT

For two years running, The Indypendent has won more awards for outstanding reporting from the New York Independent Press Association than any other paper. We are soliciting articles around the themes of problems of the global food production network and locally based alternatives.

 
I just wanted to let you all know about the launch of a new website dedicated to addressing environmental issues in Montreal's West Island community.

The aim is to build synergy between environmentalists, academics and concerned citizens in order to share knowledge, initiate contructive dialogue and mobilise grassroots participation in the municipal public consultation process.

The Liberterre collective and Earth First! Montreal are hosting Quebec’s first-ever radical ecology festival from March 26 to 27, 2004 ..

Is water a commodity or a human right? Developing country governments that are under the charmed spell of the pro-privatization World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other multilateral organizations have come around to a consensus that water is a commodity. On the other hand...

Early in the morning of February 8 in Orange Farm (an informal settlement of 1.5 million people south of Johannesburg), 61 year-old Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee (OWCC) and Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) activist Emily Nengolo, was shotdead in her home by two unknown assailants in what appears to be a politically motivated attack. Over the last year, the OWCC has been actively and effectively involved in resisting water and electricity cut-offs and evictions in their community.

America could alter the destiny of the Middle East - and thus also Israel - in a way that probably could not be challenged for decades — not solely by controlling Iraq's oil, but by controlling its water.

Toronto - A group of residents in Grey County, Ontario has won an important victory in a lengthy battle to protect their groundwater. The ruling from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, released today, affirms municipal authority over the use of water, and clarifies that the Ministry of the Environment does not have full control over how water is used in the province.

Letter demanding the release of Max Ntanyana, all other detainees, and an end to repression in South Africa delivered to south african trade office in Toronto - the campaign is building...

Striking workers and IMCers were arrested over the last two days amidst an increasing crackdown on local and international activists in South Africa. 18 are still unlawfully detained, including Anti-Eviction Campaign organiser Max Ntanyana and a filmmaker from IMC Italy.