Stanciova and the Price of Gold

Това не е на разположение на български For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. After vising Atelier DIY in Timisoara, we made the short afternoon cycle 35km along a busy dual road, but luckily it was flat and with some kind of bikepath, of which the main features of the landscape were gigantic crucifixes in the distance. As we turned off for the last 10km it became vineyards, rolling hills, and the setting sun. We…

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Biketour supports struggles against Gold Mine in Rosia Montana

Това не е на разположение на български For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. In the last few weeks, a huge wave of protests has hit all parts of Romania (and beyond) since September as people fight against a catastrophic gold mining project in Rosia Montana, close to Cluj.  This project has been initiated by the Canadian-owned Rosia Montana Gold Corporation and would be the largest gold mine in Europe. The project would use cyanide-mining…

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Biketour supports Worker Run Factory Struggle: Jugoremedija

Това не е на разположение на български For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. In Zrenjanin we met up with some of the ex workers from a long standing worker owned factory struggle at Jugoremedija, that has been under threat of Privatization since 2000. Serbian politicians and investors fear this kind of organising, despite being sucessful, will “bring us back to the dark days of self-management”. You can read an English write up of the…

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Every Day Action at Inex Film: Beograd

Това не е на разположение на български For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. On entering Belgrade (8th September) we met up with some of the local Critical Mass crew along the Danube, led by a Serbian Biketour veteran, who showed us some of the problems for cyclists that are squeezed off the roads by heavy car and summer pedestrian traffic. Our mini Critical Mass ended on the outskirts of Belgrade, at the ex cinematography…

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