Have you used your mobile phone recently? Taken a ride in an electric bus or taxi? Thrown away metal things with your rubbish? Now wonder where all the copper, lithium, iron, tin and other minerals in the those things come from. Much of it was gouged out of the ground in Latin America, especially Bolivia, Chile and Brazil. And the gouging was done by huge multinational mining companies, with often devastating results for local communities, rivers, water tables and the environment. Across the continent communities are coming together to resist the destruction of their worlds.

The story is told, compellingly, in LAB's new book 'The Heart of Our Earth - community resistance to mining in Latin America'. There is much that makes grim reading, but also some real gains to celebrate.

Come and hear the author, Tom Gatehouse, talk about the book, together with Seb Muñoz from War on Want and Brazilian Amazon expert Sue Branford, plus video testimonies from mine-affected communities in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.

Ticket holders get a free glass of wine, a chance to buy the book at a discount, and there'll be Latin American food for the hungry.