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Perjalanan Hidup

by Jaka — November 15, 2013 The life of Indonesias travelling workers, who are moving around the country in search of work, and often live in very simple conditions.

Berjuang

by Jaka — November 08, 2016 Music video made with small scale tin miners who are diving below the spillage of offshore tin mining factory ships.

Made in China (Episode 4)

by GlobalDevMatters — February 29, 2008 Meet Wayne and Li. After the local mine shut down, most of Wayne's friends left home. Li Jieli left home too to work in a factory. Her family counts on her weekly paychecks. Wayne found a way to stay employed by learning a new profession. Li found a way to support her family but had to leave home. Both have made sacrifices. Wayne and Li don't know each other. But the global economy affects them both. And it connects us all.

How do you solve a problem like Maria’s?

by GlobalDevMatters — March 16, 2008 Meet Maria. She dreams of starting her own business to make a better life for her family. From one of the poorest areas of Bolivia with a husband too sick to work, Maria faces a deck stacked against her. How do you solve a problem like Maria’s? Microcredit loans may be one answer to help her get on her way.

Di Balik Pasir (Beyond the Sand)

by Luluk Uliyah — August 17, 2010 Keselamatan harus diperjuangkan, itu yang ingin disampaikan warga pesisir barat Bengkulu lewat film Di Balik Pasir, yang diputar perdana pada hari terakhir StoS Film Festival, 24 Januari 2010. Film ini bercerita pontang-pantingnya warga beberapa kampung pesisir Penago Kabupaten Seluma Bengkulu, sejak perusahaan tambang bijih besi masuk. Pemerintah menawarkan kesejahteraan lewat pengerukan pasir besi, tapi warga malah memilih laut, ladang dan kebun. (Safety of people must be unsure, that was the message the Western coastal community members in Bengkulu are saying in the premiere of "Di Balik Pasir" in the last day of the South to South (StoS) Film Festival on January 24, 2010. The film also tells how hard lives are for the people in Penago, Sub-district of Seluma, Bengkulu, in South Sumatra, since the exploration of iron ore mining. The government offered welfare for the villagers by suggesting they tale part in the exploration, however they prefer working in the sea, farms and crops.)

Wiradjuri Elder exposes Barrick Gold's mine pit collapse at Lake Cowal

by Natalie Lowrey — April 05, 2008 Neville 'Chappy' Williams, Wiradjuri Traditional Owner of the Lake Cowal area, recently took an aerial flight over Barrick's gold mine in Lake Cowal. He describes his feelings as he witnesses the destruction and desecration of his Peoples sacred sites by the world's largest gold mining company.

Anco A

by Jaka — May 25, 2013 This video shows the small scale tin workers at sea around Bangka island.

Lagu Sumbang (An Out of Tuned Song)

by Jaka — February 28, 2012 Music video made by illegal lead miners from a village in the Bangka Islands, Sumatra. These workers are regularly punished by the police. Meanwhile, big companies continue exploiting the lake and lands because they can afford to buy licenses and own the exclusive rights for exploration. The song describes the social injustice the workers feel.

Kenangan Kerja (Memory of Work)

by Jaka — February 22, 2012 Music video made by illegal lead miners from a village in the Bangka Islands, Sumatra. These workers are regularly punished by the police. Meanwhile, big companies continue exploiting the lake and lands because they can afford to buy licenses and own the exclusive rights for exploration. The song describes the social injustice the workers feel.

Growing Ecological Perspective in Movements with WALHI Jatim

by Pitra Hutomo — October 16, 2018 In July 2018, EngageMedia had the opportunity to join one of the movement’s initiative involving the residents of coastal village in Banyuwangi, a regency located at the easternmost tip of Java.

Berondong Tua di Ti

by Jaka — May 06, 2014 This video shows in the form of a music clip the unconventional tin mining on Bangka.

Om Tatoo

by Jaka — November 20, 2014 A music video made by friends together, while working in the offshore tin mine of their village.

Swine River

by Yindjibarndi Channel — April 22, 2011 A TV play by David Milroy and directed by Rick Brayford and set in the Pilbara of Western Australia, Swine River is the story of an Aboriginal group’s bitter experience dealing with an iron ore company that wants to mine its country at any cost.

Barrick Gold's mine in Lake Cowal, the 'Sacred Heartland of the Wiradjuri Nation'

by Natalie Lowrey — April 26, 2011 Three supporters of the Save Lake Cowal campaign took the journey to the lake on Monday 18 April. Waking up on Tuesday morning on the edge of Lake Cowal to the sounds of birds, water lapping at it's shores and the constant drone of Barrick's mine, Nat, Damian and Ryan explored the lake by foot and then set off from Forbes in a Cessna to take photos and video from the air. These photos clearly show the stupidity of building a mine in a lake bed.

All Mining is Dangerous (Taring Padi pt2.)

by Karen Eliot — July 01, 2011 A short interview with Mohamad Yusuf as Ucup about collaboration between Indonesian artist collective Taring Padi and US based artist collective, Justseeds Artists. Ucup describes the woodcut produced by Taring Padi artists.

Killer Kane

by Yindjibarndi Channel — April 22, 2011 Written by acclaimed Australian playwright David Milroy and directed by Rick Brayford, this remarkable piece of theatre tells the story of two brothers set against each other over interests of family, country and native title.

Es-Esel Ja Eparas (Participatory Video)

by Insight Share — May 28, 2009 Participatory Video created by members of various indigenous communities in Itogon, Philippines, tracking the impacts of large-scale mining and now climate change on their environment and culture.

Commercial Tin Mining on Bangka Island

by Jaka — November 15, 2013 Commercial tin mining on Bangka is carried out by the state owned PT Timah company. And the story of a private smelter, one of the many who PT Timah wants to shut down.

The Last Stand for The Alangan

by Knut-Erik Helle — August 20, 2009 The Alangan forest people on the Philippine island of Mindoro are frightened. The sound of test drilling can be heard several places in the jungle they are dependent on. The land they have inherited from their ancestors is threatened by Norwegian mining operations.

Shut Them Down: No Uranium in Our Country

by Kim Stewart — June 19, 2008 In 2008 Franklin and Rob from Friends of the Earth Brisbane travelled to far north Queensland to speak to indigenous elders about their views on uranium mining and corporate desecration of their sovreign lands.

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

by Kim Stewart — December 08, 2008 Uranium mining is set to expand in Australia unless we actively oppose it. BHP Billiton wants approval to treble it's production at the Olympic Dam mine near Roxby Downs in South Australia, and plan for more uranium mines are underway in Australia.

Panguna Mine Dilemna

by traverser11 — November 30, 2009 Bouganville Copper Ltd, subsidiary of Rio Tinto plans to reopen the worlds largest open cut mine at Panguna, against the wishes of local landholders and the majority of Bouganvillians. The exploitation of Bouganvilles resources by BCL, which caused a war of independence from PNG, must not recommence.

Uranium - is it a country?

by NUKING THE CLIMATE — September 07, 2009 In Europe nuclear energy is more and more often celebrated as saving the climate. Most nuclear power stations run on uranium. Our aim is to comprehensively illustrate the opportunities and risks posed by nuclear energy, whilst paying particular attention to uranium mining.

BHP Billiton Action, Perth, Western Australia

by Uranium Free — November 24, 2009 On Thursday 29 October 30 people protested outside BHP Billiton's Head Office in Perth. The action took place to highlight the concerns around BHP Billiton's proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine in the Mid West of Western Australia as well as the ongoing 'radioactive racisim' that has existed since the military and civilian arms of the nuclear industry began in Australia. The action also took place at the same time as BHP Billiton's AGM in London in solidarity with Colombian community who were attending the meeting to voice their concerns around BHP Billitons Cerrejon Coal Mine on their lands. For more info: http://protestbhpbilliton.wordpress.com http://bhpbillitonwatch.wordpress.com

Atomic Footprints

by Pip Starr — September 21, 2007 Australia is on the verge of the largest expansion on its nuclear industry. Booting John Howard and the Liberal government out of office might not in itself be enough to stop all of it, but it would be a good start.

Hidup di Selam (Living in the Dive)

by Jaka — February 28, 2012 Music video made by illegal lead miners from a village in the Bangka Islands, Sumatra. These workers are regularly punished by the police. Meanwhile, big companies continue exploiting the lake and lands because they can afford to buy licenses and own the exclusive rights for exploration. The song describes the social injustice the workers feel.

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