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Statement of protest against the reprisals against the protesting miners to the Greek Parliament

The International Coordination of Mineworkers hereby protests against the massive repression of the peaceful protest of the miners of Kozani through violence, beatings and chemicals. The area where Prime Minister Mitsotakis met with representatives of the mines was cordoned off like a G7 meeting, 5 km around the meeting place everything was surrounded by police and the miners were attacked with violence, police batons and chemicals.

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Declaration of solidarity with the Bosnian miners

To the protesting and striking miners As a former miner in the German coal industry and as the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination, you have my support and solidarity. The experience in Germany with the closure of the German coal industry has shown that waiting for negotiations has mostly brought nothing. Experience has shown that it is never too late to fight! Only those who fight can lose, but they can also win!

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Solidarity greetings to the striking miners in Bosnia

To all struggling miners of the state-owned mining company Elektroprivreda and their families; To the Independent Trade Union of Mine Workers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dear colleagues, On behalf of the European Coordination of ICOR we send you our warm and solidarity greetings on the occasion of your strike.

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Declaration of solidarity with the Greek miners

Happy comrades, I heard about your strike from our friend Jordanis and on behalf of the International Miners' Coordination I would like to express my solidarity from the bottom of my heart in the fight against Edorado Gold. My name is Andreas Tadysiak and I spent 40 years in the German coal mining industry, about 35 of them as an electrician underground. You have our full support.

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Declaration of solidarity to the Siberian miners

Hello miners, relatives and friends, As a former miner in the German coal industry and as the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination, you have my sympathy and solidarity. We learned about the horrific accident in your mine in Kemerovo through the media. But we also feel anger and indignation that such an accident is happening in this day and age. There have long been methods and modern techniques at the highest level to protect the safety of miners and also the people living around a mine from such damage.

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Bosnia: from the press on the strike

Thousands of miners protested in front of a government building in Sarajevo over plans for job and wage cuts. The demonstration follows government plans to restructure indebted coal mines as part of a programme to switch to renewable energy sources. The plans involve job and wage cuts. Employees from seven of the 11 coal mines in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina stopped working and took part in the demonstration on Tuesday ( Reuters November 23).

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Call for the International Day of Struggle against Fascism and War!

The competition for influence and supremacy in the world between the leading imperialist powers USA, China, Russia and the EU is visibly increasing. Proxy wars like in Syria, Libya, Ukraine or in the Sahel zone can become a direct military clash of the imperialist great powers. The danger of a third world war is increasing dramatically. Many people are rightly concerned about this.

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Declaration of solidarity to the workers of the Prodeco Group in Colombia

Dear friends, dear relatives, dear Igor Diaz. On behalf of the International Mineworkers' Coordination, I would like to express my heartfelt solidarity with you in the struggle against the Prodeco Group and the multinational Glencore as the sole shareholder of the Prodeco Group. You are fighting for your jobs and for the income on which your families have to live. The International Mineworkers' Coordination's Programme of Struggle states: "Today, a few international corporations control the world's extraction, processing and trade in raw materials.

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Chile: Workers at Escondida mine approach strike

Workers at the Escondida mine in Chile are edging closer to strike action after rejecting BHP's final wage offer threatening the global supply chain. (In 2020, Chile’s copper mine production was estimated at 5.7 million metric tons of metal content, representing 28.5 percent of the global copper production that year.) Workers at the Escondida mine in Chile have rejected owner BHP Group’s final wage offer.

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Declaration of solidarity and protest with Stefan Engel

Dear Stefan Engel and MLPD, You have our fullest support in the struggle against state despotism and attack on democratic rights. It is an outrageous act and attack on democratic rights that Stefan Engel and other comrades associated with the MLPD were declared a dangerous person in 2018. We think it is exactly right that you Stefan Engel accuse the operators - Seehofer and Co - because of your danger speech!

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  3. Proposal 1st May Call from the ICG
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  5. Call of the International Coordination of Mineworkers (ICG) for the International Women's Day on March 8, 2021
  6. To the miners of Zenica Colliery and all other mines on strike in Bosnia
  7. Miners of all the world unite! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021
  8. Germany: Declaration of solidarity to the women miners of the main gold mine Pueblo Arrecife of the El Cielo gold group company in Matlosana
  9. Germany: Declaration of solidarity to miners in artisanal mines in Katanga mining area
  10. Declaration of solidarity to the National Workers' Union of Mali (UNTM)
  11. Declaration of solidarity to the miners of the gold mine Village Main Reef
  12. Germany: Dear miners' wives in Belarus,
  13. Declaration of protest: To the Ukrainian Government, To the Management of the Krivoy Rog Mine in Ukraine
  14. Proposal of the Call from the ICG/IMC to the International Day of Struggle for the Environmental 14.11.20
  15. Declaration of solidarity by ICOR to the striking miners in Ukraine
  16. The International Coordination Group of Automotive Workers sent us the following declaration of solidarity with the Daimler workforce, which we are happy to publish.
  17. Krivoy Rog; As these lines are written, 22 brave miners of the Oktyabrskaya mine remain on strike underground.
  18. Dear Friends of the International Miners' Coordination Group
  19. To the miners in Poland /Upper Silesia
  20. Ukraine: appeal to the workers in Belarus