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Paradises of the Earth (3) – a Documentary

Part 3 follows an international solidarity caravan to the third stop of the trip:  Oum Laarayes,  another   polluted and marginalised town  in Tunisia's phosphate mining basin.  Several issues were discussed in this episode – from the neocolonial nature of mining to the urgency of the requests sought by social movements including jobs, better infrastructure and access to water:  Paradises of the Earth - Part 3

Paradises of the Earth (2) – a Documentary

Part 2 follows an international solidarity caravan to the second stop of the trip:  the polluted and marginalised town of Redeyef  in Tunisia's phosphate mining basin.  Back in 2008, it was the site of the longest popular uprising in Tunisia's modern history, violently repressed by Ben Ali's regime. Watch Episode 2 of Web Documentary Series "Paradises of the Earth" - Tunisia