VIDEO: Pro-Palestine protests outside Glencore's offices
Coordinated actions erupted around the world, including South Africa
On the 28 May 2025 Glencore, the world's largest mining conglomerate, hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Switzerland.
Coordinated actions erupted around the world including South Africa, Colombia, Peru, Germany, and Switzerland, organised by the global Resist Glencore Network and the Global Energy Embargo Campaign.
In South Africa, the South African BDS Coalition Energy Embargo Campaign, made up of Palestine solidarity groups, environmental justice organisations, trade unions, mining affected communities and many other activists protested at the Glencore headquarters in Johannesburg and other areas across the country.
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