#illegalminers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #illegalminers, aggregated by home.social.
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In this news story of the thousands of zama zamas (illegal miners) trapped underground in the North West province of South Africa I (an anarchist) caught myself siding with the police and government who are refusing to help them as it is part of an attempt to “smoke them out”. Curious indeed. Pretty good article explaining the whole situation:
https://www.bona.co.za/entertainment/the-curious-case-of-the-zama-zamas-what-should-the-south-african-government-do/ #SouthAfrica #ZamaZamas #illegalMining #illegalMiners #OperationValaUmgodi -
In this news story of the thousands of zama zamas (illegal miners) trapped underground in the North West province of South Africa I (an anarchist) caught myself siding with the police and government who are refusing to help them as it is part of an attempt to “smoke them out”. Curious indeed. Pretty good article explaining the whole situation:
https://www.bona.co.za/entertainment/the-curious-case-of-the-zama-zamas-what-should-the-south-african-government-do/ #SouthAfrica #ZamaZamas #illegalMining #illegalMiners #OperationValaUmgodi -
Roraima state, Brazil
An inspector from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources gives water to an illegal miner while he and his group are detained during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous landPhotograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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Roraima state, Brazil
An inspector from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources gives water to an illegal miner while he and his group are detained during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous landPhotograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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Elections matter.
Democracy has never mattered more.#SavingThePlanet is impossible without multilateral democratic responsibility.
Thank you, Lula.
"…the government has penalised land grabbers, mounted paramilitary operations to drive out #illegalminers, demarcated more #indigenousland and created more conservation areas…"