CANADIAN FIRST NATIONS SPEAK OUT ON THE TAR SANDS

bristol | community | event notice Friday November 06, 2009 14:23 by jane Trowell - PLATFORM - C Words

Hear three women activists speak out on the impact on their lives and culture of "the most destructive project on earth"

13 NOV 2009, 7pm, Arnolfini auditorium, FREE
On the first leg of their UK campaign tour, as part of the C Words season, powerful speakers Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Heather Milton-Lightening and Melina Laboucan-Massimo of the Athabascan Chipewyan, Lubicon Cree and other indigenous communities tell it how it is. Also specifically, what we in Britain can do about this ongoing monstrous abuse of human rights and the environment.

The activists will give first-hand accounts of the devastating impacts of the massive oil extraction projects on indigenous communities. They will show how we as UK citizens are involved in these projects through companies such as Shell and BP, and the British financial system. Also how we can act to halt the Tar Sands and their impact on First Nations, the global climate and the forests and rivers of Canada.

This event and tour is supported by Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, New Internationalist, Greenpeace, PLATFORM, Rainforest Action Network.