Solidarity with Olympic Dam uranium mine protests

Icon_article Star Published: July 14, 2012 13:16 by dv

Tagged as: anti-nuclear antinuclear anti_nuclear australia environmentalism mining nuclear repression social_struggles solidarity uranium
Neighbourhoods: westminster
Published by group: GroupKick Nuclear

On Friday, Kick Nuclear and London Mining Network took part in two demonstrations in central London - at the Australian High Commission and at the UK headquarters of mining giant BHP Billiton - to show solidarity with The Lizard's Revenge protest festival taking place this weekend in the South Australian desert. The protests, in solidarity with local aboriginal communities, are in opposition to BHP Billiton's planned expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium (plus copper, gold and silver) mine at Roxby Downs, which was recently approved by the Australian Federal Government and the South Australian State Government, and would make it the largest such mine in the world.

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Outside Australian High Commission

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Outside BHP Billiton HQ

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Outside BHP Billiton HQ

Photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/vd2012.pics/OlympicDamSolidarityDemos

Background:

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/07/protest-against-bhp-billitons-olympic-dam-expansion


http://lizardsrevenge.net/5-2

Twitter: @lizardsrevenge

All images are Copyright (c) 2012 Kick Nuclear / London Mining Network, but may be reproduced free of charge for non-commercial use if credited. For larger, high resolution versions, please e-mail vd2012-imc [at] yahoo . co . uk

Links:

Link_go Kick Nuclear

Campaigning against the UK's addiction to nuclear power.

Link_go London Mining Network

Link_go The Lizard's Revenge

Link_go BHP Billiton Watch

Link_go Stop Nuclear Power Network

Link_go Stop New Nuclear

Link_go Boycott EDF

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