'The Coconut Revolution' - Film & Chat at Whatever Palace

CANCELLED

CANCELLED

Attend instead the 'Right to Protest' meeting same day - 6pm at Two/Fiftyseven




 

115 Taranaki St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

 7pm Tuesday 25th February 


There's a lot of talk about mining at the moment, so the Freedom Shop thought it's time to show 'The Coconut Revolution' again. This is the story of an eco-revolution: the struggle and win against mining and victory over Western colonial power.
When multi-national mining first went to Bougainville in the 1960s, locals were told that the mine would bring development. They soon realised that this was not true.
In 1988 people of Bougainville rose up in arms against giant mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc - and forcibly closed down the mine. The Papua New Guinea Army were mobilized to put down the rebellion and the newly formed Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) fought back - at first with bows & arrows and sticks & stones, and managed to retain control of most of their island. Realizing they were beaten on the ground, the PNGDF imposed a gunboat blockade around Bougainville but the blockade had little or no effect.
With no shipments getting in or out of the island, within the blockade was an environmental and spiritual revolution. The ruins of the mine were recycled to supply the raw materials for the world's first eco-revolution.


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