Την Τετάρτη 17 Απριλίου, Ελβετοί πολίτες διαδήλωσαν έξω από το Gold Forum που έγινε στη Ζυρίχη της Ελβετίας (16-18/4/13). Ανάμεσα τους και Ελβετοί πολίτες με πανώ αλληλεγγύης για τους κατοίκους της Χαλκιδικής.
European Gold Forum Protest 17.4.2013
From the 16.-18. April 2013 gold mining companies and investors from all over the world will meet in Zurich. What might seem harmless at first sight, is in reality a commerce based on the most brutal exploitation of humans and nature. Displacement and oppression of the local population, toxic poisoning are an integral part of this dirty business. In search of ever new possibilities for the accumulation of capital, ecological and human catastrophes are consciously taken as a ‘collateral damage’.
That this meeting happens in Zurich is not by chance. A large part of the global gold commerce is done from here. Until the end of the 1990ies, Zurich was undisputed trading place number one for gold, and still more than a third of global gold production is traded in Zurich. While Switzerland is also an crucial trading hub for other commodities, in the case of gold, more that 50% of all traded gold is also physically transported through Switzerland. Fife of the most important gold refineries are located here. (more…)
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