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FRACK OFF PDAC!
a PDAC Welcoming Committee
Bring your smiles and sarcasm out to our ironic gathering to welcome attendees outside PDAC’s convention on its opening day!
When: Sunday, March 1st, 1 pm
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building (222 Bremner Boulevard)
FB EVENT: here
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will be holding their annual convention in Toronto March 1-4. With approximately 25,000 attendees, this is the largest gathering in the world for the global mineral industry. Thousands of companies take advantage of the convention to plot their next land thefts behind closed doors, while simultaneously bragging about their corporate social responsibility in the convention hall and in public presentations. We need your help to welcome PDAC’s guests with some honest advertising about what these corporate villains are actually up to.
The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network has a long history of supporting communities that have been harmed by some of PDAC's main 2015 sponsors, including Barrick Gold, Goldcorp, HudBay Minerals, and IAMGOLD. In addition to highlighting the human rights and environmental abuses concealed behind these companies’ shiny convention displays, we’ll be supporting allies in their struggle against fracking by telling PDAC to frack off!
Bundle up! Warm drinks and snacks will be provided!
We'll be standing outside the Convention Centre for about an hour. MISN members will be bringing pre-made signs to share and bunches of balloons; but feel free to bring your own messages! This is a kid and pet friendly gathering!
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E-ACTION: Solidarity with La Puya (Guatemala) on the 3rd Anniversary of their Resistance
The La Puya movement began on March 2, 2012, when community members from San Pedro Ayampuc and San Jose del Golfo in Guatemala joined together to form a human blockade, preventing mining machinery from entering the site. Despite the fact that the blockade was nonviolent, participants in the roadblock endured extreme repression — including threats, arrests, and violence — from both employees of the mining company and the Guatemalan government. Yet, even after the blockade was violently broken up by riot police last May and machinery was escorted onto the mine site, members of La Puya continue to maintain a 24-hour presence in moral opposition to the project. 

Please take a moment now to offer a short message of solidarity for community members defending their right to protect our planet from destructive mining practices.
For photos from the action that marked last year's celebration of their 2nd anniversary, see MISN's photo-essay HERE.
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