Η εξόρυξη χρυσού φέρνει καταστροφές που δεν γνωρίζουν σύνορα
Στην Τουρκία υπάρχουν 22 ορυχεία χρυσού, εκ των οποίων τα 19 είναι ενεργά. Σε όλα ο χρυσός εξάγεται με χρήση κυανίου. Τουλάχιστον 20 νέα ορυχεία χρυσού έχουν σχεδιαστεί, αδειοδοτηθεί και πρόκειται να λειτουργήσουν. Μόλις πριν από λίγους μήνες (13 Φεβρουαρίου 2024), κατέρρευσε η δεξαμενή τελμάτων κυανίου στο ορυχείο χρυσού Erzincan İliç Çöpler (ιδιοκτησία της καναδικής εταιρείας Anagold). Εννιά εργάτες παγιδεύτηκαν κάτω από αυτό και το κυάνιο χύθηκε στον ποταμό Ευφράτη, ο οποίος ρέει μέσω του Ιράκ και της Συρίας.
Η Eldorado Gold έχει δύο ορυχεία χρυσού στην Τουρκία: το Uşak Kışladağ και το İzmir Efemçukuru. Το 2006, 1500 άνθρωποι δηλητηριάστηκαν στο Uşak Kışladağ λόγω διαρροής κυανίου, αλλά δεν μπορέσαμε να το αποδείξουμε γιατί τα δείγματα αίματος κλάπηκαν. Δεν μπορούμε επίσης να αποδείξουμε και τα άλλα εγκλήματα αυτών των πολυεθνικών εταιρειών γιατί έχουν νομική ασυλία. Αλλά γνωρίζουμε ότι στην Τουρκία, ο χρυσός θεωρείται πιο πολύτιμος από τη ζωή ανθρώπων και ζώων, τις εκπομπές άνθρακα, τα πολιτιστικά αγαθά, τα μέσα επιβίωσης των ανθρώπων. Γι' αυτό πολεμάμε ενάντια στην εξόρυξη χρυσού.
Στην Ελλάδα, η Eldorado Gold εκμεταλλεύτηκε την οικονομική κρίση για να πετύχει μια αποικιακή σύμβαση, έχοντας την υποστήριξη της αστυνομίας και της δικαιοσύνης. Χρησιμοποίησε επίσης μέρος του εργατικού δυναμικού της για να επιτεθεί σε όσους/ες αντιστεκόταν εναντίον της. Έχει κατασκευάσει ένα ανοιχτό ορυχείο στις Σκουριές Χαλκιδικής, που θα εκλύει εκατομμύρια τόνους τοξικής σκόνης γεμάτης αμίαντο. Έχει καταστρέψει μια τεράστια ορεινή δασική περιοχή, έχει ρυπάνει και έχει προκαλέσει ελλείψεις και μόλυνση του νερού καθώς και την καταστροφή αρχαιολογικών χώρων.
In
Turkey, there are 22 gold mines, 19 of which are active. In all of
these, gold is extracted by cyanide leaching. At least 20 gold mines
have been designed, licensed and are waiting to be activated.
Just
two months ago (February 13th, 2024), the cyanide dam collapsed in the
Erzincan İliç Çöpler Gold Mine (owned by the Canadian company Anagold), 9
workers were trapped underneath it and the cyanide was washed into the
Euphrates River, which flows through Iraq and Syria.
Eldorado
Gold has two gold mines in Turkey: Uşak Kışladağ and İzmir Efemçukuru.
In 2006, 1500 people were poisoned in Kışladağ in Uşak due to cyanide
leakage, but we couldn't prove it because the blood samples were stolen.
We also cannot prove the other crimes of these multinational companies
because they are immune from the law. But we know that in Turkey, gold
is considered more valuable than human and animal life, carbon
emissions, cultural assets, people's subsistence economy. That’s why we
are fighting against gold mining.
In
Greece, Eldorado Gold took advantage of the economic crisis to achieve a
colonial contract, having the backing of the police and the judiciary.
It also used part of its workforce in order to attack the resistance.
They are planning an open-pit mine in Chalkidiki, which will release
millions of tons of toxic dust filled with asbestos. They razed down a
huge forest and mountain area, leading to a contamination and lack of
water, and the destruction of archeological sites.
Eldorado has also set up a tax avoidance scheme through the Netherlands and the Barbados Islands.
The
recent catastrophic floods in Greece proved that the gigantic waste
dams that Eldorado is going to build can easily crumble. Moreover, it is
crazy to build such huge toxic dams in an earthquake-prone area.
Eldorado
managed to gather some local support exploiting the need of workers for
a job in an area with high unemployment levels. Now that the company
got all the permits it needed, it is attacking miners demanding a
12-hour working day!
We
believe that the wealth of our land is its nature and its people.
Eldorado is destroying both. That’s why we fight to kick Eldorado out,
restore the area and turn it away from mining, in a direction which does
not put profits above people and nature.
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We fight against mining, which pollutes and destroys not only local
ecosystems but also wider areas, damages the health of workers and
residents as well, and also significantly contributes to the climate
crisis. What is more, due to the intensification of extreme weather
conditions, caused by the climate crisis, entire areas where mining
takes place are at risk of major ‘natural’ disasters (floods, etc.).
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At the same time, we denounce our governments which, on the altar of
profit, “development” and “investment”, are handing over entire regions
to mining companies on colonial terms, while allowing them to operate
unchecked, with virtually no control even over basic measures of
protection of the environment and workers.
–
We stand in solidarity with all the militant movements that oppose
mining and are subjected to harsh repression orchestrated through close
collaboration between governments, corporations, the police and the
judiciary.
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The struggle against mining is also a struggle against war. The
deepening economic crisis is exacerbating geopolitical rivalries, the
struggle for domination over energy resources and raw materials, the
arms race and the intensification of nationalist confrontations. More
and more regions are experiencing the horrors of war while we are on the
verge of a general period of intensification of military conflicts
throughout the world. The peoples who share the land, sea and air in our
region are not enemies, we have nothing to divide, nor do we want to
fight and become cannon fodder. Solidarity and the common struggle of
the peoples against the interests of the capitalists and their
governments is our weapon!
Signatures
-Struggle Committee of Thessaloniki against gold mining
-Struggle Committee of Megali Panagia
-Μας σκάβουν τον λάκκο (the greek coordination of the joint initiative against extractions and war in Turkey-Greece-Cyprus)
-EGEÇEP
-Kazma Birak (the turkish coordination of the joint initiative against extractions and war in Turkey-Greece-Cyprus)
-Climate Justice Coalition Turkey
Altın Madenciliği Sınır Tanımayan Felaketler Getiriyor
Türkiye'de
19’u aktif, 22 altın madeni bulunmaktadır. Bu madenlerin tümünde altın,
siyanür liçi yöntemiyle çıkarılmaktadır. En az 20 altın madeni ise
projelendirilmiş, lisanslanmış ve faaliyete geçmeyi beklemektedir.
Sadece iki ay önce, 13 Şubat 2024’te, Kanadalı Anagold şirketine ait
Erzincan İliç Çöpler Altın Madeni'nde siyanür barajı çöktü, 9 işçi enkaz
altında kaldı ve siyanür Irak ve Suriye’den de geçen Fırat Nehri'ne
karıştı. Eldorado Gold'un Türkiye'de iki altın madeni bulunuyor: Uşak
Kışladağ ve İzmir Efemçukuru. 2006 yılında Uşak'taki Kışladağ'da siyanür
sızıntısı nedeniyle 1500 kişi zehirlendi, ancak kan örnekleri çalındığı
için bunu kanıtlayamadık. Nedense bu çok uluslu şirketlerin diğer
suçlarını da kanıtlayamıyoruz çünkü yasalardan muaf tutuluyorlar. Ancak
Türkiye'de altının, insan ve hayvan hayatından, karbon emisyonlarından,
kültürel değerlerden, insanların geçim ekonomisinden daha değerli
olduğunu biliyoruz. Bu yüzden altın madenciliğine karşı savaşıyoruz.
Yunanistan'da
Eldorado Gold, ekonomik krizi fırsat bilerek sömürgeci bir sözleşme
elde etti, polis ve yargı desteğine sahipti. Ayrıca iş gücünün bir
kısmını direnişi bastırmak için kullandı. Halkidiki'de milyonlarca ton
asbest içeren toksik toz salacak bir açık maden planlıyorlar. Büyük bir
orman ve dağ alanını yok ederek su kirliliği ve su kaybına ve arkeolojik
sit alanlarının yok olmasına neden oldular. Eldorado, ayrıca Hollanda
ve Barbados Adaları üzerinden bir vergi kaçırma düzeni kurdu.
Yunanistan'daki son felaket sel baskınları, Eldorado'nun inşa edeceği
devasa atık barajlarının kolayca çökebileceğini kanıtladı. Ayrıca,
deprem bölgesinde bu kadar büyük toksik barajlar inşa etmek
çılgınlıktır. Şirket, işsizlik oranının yüksek olduğu bir bölgede
işçilere iş ihtiyacını sömürerek bazı yerel destekler topladı. Şimdi tüm
izinleri aldıktan sonra, madencilerden 12 saatlik çalışma günü talep
ederek saldırıya geçti! Toprağımızın zenginliği doğası ve insanlarıdır.
Eldorado her ikisini de yok ediyor. Bu yüzden Eldorado'yu kovmak,
bölgeyi restore etmek ve madencilikten uzak, insanları ve doğayı kârın
üstünde tutan bir yön çizmek için mücadele ediyoruz.
Bizler Eldorado Gold’a ve tüm diğer maden şirketlerine karşıyız.
Yerel
ekosistemleri ve devasa alanları kirleten ve yok eden, çalışanların ve
yerel halkın sağlığını tehlikeye atan ve aynı zamanda iklim krizine
önemli ölçüde katkıda bulunan madenciliğe karşı savaşıyoruz. Üstelik
iklim krizinin şiddetlendirdiği aşırı hava koşulları nedeniyle,
madencilik yapılan tüm alanlar büyük 'doğal' felaketler (seller vb.)
riski altında.
Kâr, "gelişim" ve "yatırım" adına tüm bölgeleri
madencilik şirketlerine sömürge şartlarında teslim eden ve çevre ile
işçi koruma önlemleri üzerinde neredeyse hiç kontrol sağlamayan
hükümetlerimizi kınıyoruz.
Hükümetler, şirketler, polis ve
yargı arasındaki yakın işbirliği aracılığıyla sert baskılara maruz kalan
tüm militan hareketlerle dayanışma içindeyiz.
Madencilikle
mücadele aynı zamanda savaşa karşı bir mücadeledir. Derinleşen ekonomik
kriz, enerji kaynakları ve ham maddeler üzerinde egemenlik mücadelesi,
silahlanma yarışı ve milliyetçi çatışmaların şiddetlenmesi gibi
jeopolitik rekabetleri körüklüyor. Bugün gittikçe daha fazla bölge
savaşın dehşetini yaşıyor ve dünya genelinde askeri çatışmaların
yoğunlaşacağı genel bir dönemin eşiğindeyiz. Toprağı, denizi ve havayı
paylaşan halklar düşman değil, bölünecek için hiçbir şeyimiz yok,
savaşmak ve silahlara yem olmak istemiyoruz.
Halkların ortak mücadelesi ve dayanışması, kapitalistlerin ve hükümetlerinin çıkarlarına karşı bizim silahımızdır!
İmzalar
Selanik Altın Madenciliğine Karşı Mücadele Komitesi
Megali Panagia Mücadele Komitesi
Μας σκάβουν τον λάκκο (Madencilik ve Savaşa Karşı Yunanistan-Türkiye-Kıbrıs Kazma Bırak Kampanyası Uluslararası Koordinasyonu)
EGEÇEP
Kazma Birak (Madencilik ve Savaşa Karşı Yunanistan-Türkiye-Kıbrıs Kazma Bırak Kampanyası Türkiye Koordinasyonu
Türkiye İklim Adaleti Koalisyonu
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