Targeting
Alcan
April 2005
Several activities are organised by Alcan't in India around Alcan's
2005 AGM. A
panel discussion on the relationship
between mining and violence,
a public event with the participation
of Prof. Vandana Shiva, as well as a successful People's
Assembly and shareholder activism at the AGM in Montreal. Several
movie screenings punctuate the whole month of April, where the documentaries
"From Kalinga to Kashipur", "UAIL
Go Back" and "Alcan't in India"
are shown to a receptive public.
December
16, 2004
Second Montreal Commemoration of the killing of
Damodar, Raghunath and Avhilash
Jhodia, on that day in 2000. A demonstration at Alcan headquarters,
supported by a phone and fax-jam campaign, bring more attention
to Alcan's business in India.
July
7, 2004
Alcan Still Cannot Substantiate Claims and Admits Proposed
Indian Mine Lacks Official Environmental Clearance
April
22, 2004
ALCAN Commits to Releasing Documents Regarding Controversial Indian
Project
April
20, 2004
Message for AGM: Alcan's troubled investments in India
January
21, 2004
Kashipur Activists Target ALCAN at World Social Forum
December
17, 2003
On third anniversary of murders, Alcan drops the ball on Kashipur
Issue:
December 16 demonstration and phone-jam successful in revealing
corporate irresponsibility.
October
28, 2003
ALCAN quietly increases share in controversial project in India
while leaked Government report Gives project green light.
|
