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Environmental warfare is the colonizer's favorite tool

Environmental warfare is the colonizer's favorite tool

English settlers believed that they were less cruel than their Spanish counterparts because they used nature, not weapons, to decimate enemies. They were wrong.

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An article from the Los Angeles Times shows Ficus trees before and after they were trimmed by NBCUniversal without a permit, leaving striking workers to protest in the heat without shade. Source: L.A. Times

I’m in the middle of reading The Nutmeg's Curse, an illuminating book that reveals how Western colonization is at the root of the climate crisis.

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