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Sleepwalking with the enemy - or waking to the truth?

Resource document for seminar "communities confronting mining corporations"

by Roger Moody

(Presented in draft at the London Mining Seminar May 2001 and updated July 2001]

Part One - this part - covers the joint & business-led initiatives

Part Two covers the response of various NGOs

Author’s Note: I am indebted to numerous sources for the information in this document. In particular I recommend readers to George Draffan’s "The Corporate Consensus: A Guide to the Institutions of Global Power" published by the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project., Oregon, in November 2000 and available for free download from: www.endgame.org.

The Mines and Communities website (www.minesandcommunities.org), formally launched at the London meeting mentioned above, is pledged to keep track of many of the organisations covered below.