00:37:46 Ozzi Warwick: Hello comrades all!! 00:38:01 Kate Quinn: Good day - good to see so many here 00:52:08 Lennon J: The contribution to the treasury can be found. I found them and so did @ Paul Ward. 00:53:17 Lennon J: An examination of the Central Government Operation Tables from the ministry of finance furnished the following annual bauxite levy figures: 2017 - $127.5m/US$1m (projected $127.5); 2018 - $136.5m/US$1m (projected $126m); 2019 - $0 (projected $130.9m); 2020 - $0 (projected $145.39m); 2021 - $2,461.7m/US$16.4m. This payment was from US$35m owed by WINDALCO and therefore cannot be attributed to bauxite mined in 2021, so the levy paid that year was nil. 00:56:30 Lennon J: My analysis is here: https://londonminingnetwork.org/2023/03/injunction-end-jamaican-bauxite/ 00:58:25 Lennon J: JET is fully aware that WINDALCO is unprofitable but yet again fails to mention this. it is impossible for an unprofitable mining company - foreign owned to boot - to be beneficial to Jamaica. 00:59:04 Paul Ward: Thanks, John. 01:06:06 Randolph Williams: Good day every one. A 01:08:32 Randolph Williams: Good day everyone. What is to done? as a similar case could be made for Guyana and Suriname, except for the protected area as in Jamaica. 01:15:15 Jessica Lewis: Giving clear legal rights to nature in all forms in Jamaica (beaches, rivers, forests) would be great too 01:16:28 Paul Ward: JET has not been calling for an immediate closure of the bauxite-alumina industry in Jamaica. But it argues that a time-defined exit strategy must be developed, a 'Just Transition' if you like, given the adverse balance of costs and benefits. Has any work been dome on such a strategy? 01:17:06 Jean Besson: Thanks for a very informative talk. How do the boundaries of the Cockpit Country for mining affect the Leeward Maroon treaty land boundaries and the Accompong Maroons at this time? 01:20:24 Jessica Lewis: Has there been any look into the health of the workers who actually work in the mining? 01:20:38 Carole Vincent: London will see an XR led, direct peaceful action at Parliament square from Friday, 21st-Monday, 24th April, 2023, The Big One. Four days of talks, information sessions, drama, music, activities for all ages. Greenpeace & Friends of the Earth. C.N.D., & many other organisations & groups will be coming together following the IPCC report last week please come along for all or part of the 4 days. Some people will choose to stay & the idea is not to get arrested but to put pressure on our Government to do MORE THAN THEY ARE for the Earth & all its inhabitants. . Governments talk a lot about the Climate & 01:21:57 Paul Ward: Steve, re land reclamation. The Jamaican gov't has a 51% stake in Discovery Bauxite which exports crude bauxite, The quality of land reclamation is no better in the lands mined by this company than the other companies operating in Jamaica (possibly worse). 01:22:20 Carole Vincent: …..do very little in reality & many companies are left unaccountable for the damage they do. 01:25:26 Paul Ward: Please do read John Lennon's analysis of the meagre economic benefits of the industry - link posted above. 01:26:09 Shodona Kettle: In response to Prof. Jean Besson, I found this documentary by VICE very informative with the Accompong Maroons and the impact of mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbHC24Z0rQ 01:26:15 Carole Vincent: Q: Could someone from JET come & inform people in Britain about the Red Dirt situation in Jamaica? I don't think people realise what is going on to produce aluminium. Do you also extract anything that is used in the production of batteries for electric cars? 01:26:35 Kate Quinn: Reacted to "In response to Prof...." with 👍 01:27:45 Paul Ward: I did something similar with a focus on the crude bauxite exports which are on hold at the moment because of the court challenges. Please see https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/phase-out-crude-bauxite-exports-to-save-the-cockpit-country/ 01:31:40 Lennon J: The benefits are extremely minimal. 01:32:03 Paul Ward: Do the trade unions in Jamaica make any comment on the costs and benefits of the industry? The industry employs less than 4,000 people, about 0.3% of the labour force. 01:36:02 Sondai Thomas: How effective are environmental, eco and health and safety wellbeing departments in Jamaica and are these companies made accountable for the harm caused ? 01:37:02 Paul Ward: The affected communities also include some who work in the industry (and thus benefit in the short-term at least). Does this create any tension at community meetings? 01:37:56 Danuta Radzik: There is a briliant film made - Fly me to the Moon by Esther Figurero.on the bauxite industry in Jamaica with some reference history of bauxite and its products 01:38:03 Orleen Hylton: Heard about the issues and found this event extremely informative. 01:39:36 Kate Quinn: Reacted to "There is a briliant ..." with 👍 01:40:03 Louise Sanders: Thank you very much. I learnt a lot about something I didn’t know anything about. 01:40:37 Paul Ward: Re Esther Figueroa, a recent comment by her: 'As someone who has been intimately documenting the bauxite-alumina industry in Jamaica for over 16 years, I have absolute proof that what the claimants say about the devastation of their communities, the ruination of the ecologies they depend upon, the disruption of their lives, their livelihoods, their heart break, their material poverty, the bullying and intimidation they face, the lies they have been told, the manipulation and corruption, is absolutely true. I believe them because I am a witness to their truth.' 01:40:56 Lennon J: WINDALCO is unprofitable so should not be operating. 01:42:25 Paul Ward: Theresa, thanks for your talk and the work JET is doing. 01:42:25 Kate Quinn: thanks for the useful references Paul 01:43:43 Sondai Thomas: Would it be possible to get a recording of the webinar? 01:44:38 Kate Quinn: I think the recording will be posted to the Caribbean Labour Solidarity webpage and/or the UCL institute of the Americas page 01:45:40 Richard Solly, London Mining Network: Thank you for a good meeting. 01:45:47 Sondai Thomas: 👌👏👏👏👏👏 01:46:24 Andrea Oseolorun: Thank you so much! 01:46:31 Deborah Robinson: Thank you 01:46:45 Kristina Plioplyte: Thank you! 01:46:46 Febina Otta Thayil: Thank you!