The Coconut Revolution: Video Documentary On Bougainville Island Rebellion

The Coconut Revolution: Video Documentary On Bougainville Island Rebellion   This is an incredible modern-day story of a native peoples' victory over Western globalization. Sick of seeing their environment ruined and their people exploited by the Panguna Mine, the Pacific island of Bougainville rose up against the giant mining corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc. The newly formed Bougainville Revolutionary Army began fighting with bows and arrows and sticks and stones against a heavily armed...

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