Comments on: Mining for bling http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/ Black liberation news and views Thu, 24 May 2012 07:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ann Garrison http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/comment-page-1/#comment-4508 Ann Garrison Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:10:02 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=1288#comment-4508 Jewelers of America is no worried about an upcoming CBS special on gold mining. I sent this note to this e-address: e-address: info@jewelers.org. Note: Regarding the upcoming CBS special on gold mining, consider the Vanguard/Current TV special, "Mining for Bling," which rose to one of the most read stories on the DIGG news aggregator, and was also published on the San Francisco Bay View, National Black Newspaper: Mining or bling http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/njn/content_display/fashion/jewelry-fashion-reports/e3i86ae90f312299762cf8f38a71c86949e Do something about it. Something besides PR and window dressing. I don't know anyone who would want to own a diamond anymore, after learning of African diamond miners whose hands have been cut off to make sure they won't steal the diamonds. Jewelers of America is no worried about an upcoming CBS special on gold mining. I sent this note to this e-address:

e-address: info@jewelers.org.

Note:

Regarding the upcoming CBS special on gold mining, consider the Vanguard/Current TV special, “Mining for Bling,” which rose to one of the most read stories on the DIGG news aggregator, and was also published on the San Francisco Bay View, National Black Newspaper:

Mining or bling
http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/njn/content_display/fashion/jewelry-fashion-reports/e3i86ae90f312299762cf8f38a71c86949e

Do something about it. Something besides PR and window dressing. I don’t know anyone who would want to own a diamond anymore, after learning of African diamond miners whose hands have been cut off to make sure they won’t steal the diamonds.

]]> By: Ann Garrison http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Ann Garrison Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:41:18 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=1288#comment-592 Twenty tons of waste for a single gold ring. I couldn't remember any statistics about this, but I knew Carrie Dann and the Western Shoshone were facing something like this at their sacred, healing Mt. Tenabo, which Barrick Gold is in the process of destroying with a cyanide leach mine. Twenty tons of waste for a single gold ring. I couldn’t remember any statistics about this, but I knew Carrie Dann and the Western Shoshone were facing something like this at their sacred, healing Mt. Tenabo, which Barrick Gold is in the process of destroying with a cyanide leach mine.

]]> By: Meghan http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Meghan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:55:12 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=1288#comment-500 A single gold ring results in more than 20 tons of waste and metal mining is the largest toxic polluter in the United States. C5 company (based in the SF Bay Area) offers beautiful fine jewelry made exclusively from recycled metals. www.C5company.com Wear Your Commitment. A single gold ring results in more than 20 tons of waste and metal mining is the largest toxic polluter in the United States.

C5 company (based in the SF Bay Area) offers beautiful fine jewelry made exclusively from recycled metals.

http://www.C5company.com

Wear Your Commitment.

]]> By: Tom Foremski http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Tom Foremski Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:42:55 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=1288#comment-473 The GAP advert "Winter Wonderland" that comes after this report is totally out of place! It is almost insulting. The GAP advert “Winter Wonderland” that comes after this report is totally out of place! It is almost insulting.

]]> By: Ann Garrison http://sfbayview.com/2008/mining-for-bling/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Ann Garrison Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:27:53 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=1288#comment-469 Barrick Gold, an infamous Bush family investment, is among the worst corporate predators in Congo, under cover of civil war, which is really imperial resource war. "The main gold exploration ventures in Congo are those of Banro, a Canadian company cited for violations by the UN Security Council, and the Anglo-American/Barrick joint venture." http://www.greenleft.org.au/2003/545/29981 Barrick Gold, an infamous Bush family investment, is among the worst corporate predators in Congo, under cover of civil war, which is really imperial resource war. “The main gold exploration ventures in Congo are those of Banro, a Canadian company cited for violations by the UN Security Council, and the Anglo-American/Barrick joint venture.”
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2003/545/29981

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