Today in Labor History March 7, 1996: A crowd of 3,000 workers destroyed the Freeport copper mine facilities in Tamika, Irian Jaya (West Papua). They took this action after a company security guard ran over a member of the Dani clan. Protesters kept operations shut down and demanded an end to human rights violations, eco-terrorism and cultural genocide by the company. Overnight, the international price of copper jumped from $15 per ton to $2580 per ton.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #CorporateViolence #copper #mining #IrianJaya #ecoterrorism #genocide #papua #police #policebrutality #humanrights

The Corporate Origins of #Colonialism: The #EastIndiaCompany

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #WilliamDalrymple, author of #TheAnarchy: The East India Company, #CorporateViolence, and the Pillage of an Empire

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-may-7-2025/

#India #ColonialIndia #BritishEmpire #colonialViolence #charteredCompanies #books @histodons @bookstodon

Today in Labor History March 7, 1996: A crowd of 3,000 workers destroyed the Freeport copper mine facilities in Tamika, Irian Jaya (West Papua). They took this action after a company security guard ran over a member of the Dani clan. Protesters kept operations shut down and demanded an end to human rights violations, eco-terrorism and cultural genocide by the company. Overnight, the international price of copper jumped from $15 per ton to $2580 per ton.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #CorporateViolence #copper #mining #IrianJaya #ecoterrorism #genocide #papua #police #policebrutality #humanrights

Corporate Media: Telling you one side of the story... the side that won't piss off the advertising dollars...

They want him to condemn one "murder" and ignore the murders that are ongoing that triggered it.

He goes on to say the anger is justified and he'd like to pour gasoline on it, and he condemns the healthcare industry and every politician who takes their money.

#michaelmoore #healthcare #healthinsurance #luigimangione #corporateviolence

Today in Labor History March 7, 1996: A crowd of 3,000 workers destroyed the Freeport copper mine facilities in Tamika, Irian Jaya (West Papua). They took this action after a company security guard ran over a member of the Dani clan. Protesters kept operations shut down and demanded an end to human rights violations, eco-terrorism and cultural genocide by the company. Overnight, the international price of copper jumped from $15 per ton to $2580 per ton.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #CorporateViolence #copper #mining #IrianJaya #ecoterrorism #genocide #papua #police #policebrutality #humanrights

Today in Labor History March 7, 1996: A crowd of 3,000 workers destroyed the Freeport copper mine facilities in Tamika, Irian Jaya (West Papua). They took this action after a company security guard ran over a member of the Dani clan. Protesters kept operations shut down and demanded an end to human rights violations, eco-terrorism and cultural genocide by the company. Overnight, the international price of copper jumped from $15 per ton to $2580 per ton.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CorporateViolence #copper #mining #IrianJaya #ecoterrorism #genocide