The broader picture is that the global corporations can get away with these murders because local law enforcement can be easily bought and paid for to look the other way in these countries. Hiring a shooter is easy. They're a dime a dozen in the Latin American countries. It costs a little more to bribe the police and judiciary but for the corporations, it just another expense line on a balance sheet. The price of doing business in these countries, from Central and South America to Africa and beyond. The Afghans have a saying in their culture. No business is complete without some 'Baksheesh' changing hands. Western corporations have learned this since WWII and know how to apply it wherever they want to steal stuff from the indigenous peoples.
Thank you for shedding light on the reality of our world. Everyday, people throughout the world fight the power of profits over people. The history of this persecution and the destruction of people, their communities and their cultures must not be forgotten. Thank you to the families which have endured the losses and persevered.
Thank you for bringing this tragic violence into greater awareness. We owe so much to those who work for Earth justice in the face of hardship and danger.
Yet another example of how the fight for social and racial justice and the battle to save the habitability of Earth are intertwined. For American audiences and for a press determined not to cast a glance at these murdered activists, these victims are "over there." They matter less because "they don't look like us." Sad stuff.
"batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines are going to require a lot of cobalt, nickel, zinc, lithium, and other minerals"
In reality, most mining and extraction is for all the other stuff we use. While cobalt and lithium are now mostly used for batteries, the entire world production is extracted at a very few spots on the globe. Zinc and nickel are components of galvanized and stainless steels used everywhere, with only a fraction used in decarbonization. Oil, gas and coal and uranium have resulted in many more years of land disruption and conflict and, I expect, assassinations.
The broader picture is that the global corporations can get away with these murders because local law enforcement can be easily bought and paid for to look the other way in these countries. Hiring a shooter is easy. They're a dime a dozen in the Latin American countries. It costs a little more to bribe the police and judiciary but for the corporations, it just another expense line on a balance sheet. The price of doing business in these countries, from Central and South America to Africa and beyond. The Afghans have a saying in their culture. No business is complete without some 'Baksheesh' changing hands. Western corporations have learned this since WWII and know how to apply it wherever they want to steal stuff from the indigenous peoples.
Thank you for shedding light on the reality of our world. Everyday, people throughout the world fight the power of profits over people. The history of this persecution and the destruction of people, their communities and their cultures must not be forgotten. Thank you to the families which have endured the losses and persevered.
Thank you for bringing this tragic violence into greater awareness. We owe so much to those who work for Earth justice in the face of hardship and danger.
Yet another example of how the fight for social and racial justice and the battle to save the habitability of Earth are intertwined. For American audiences and for a press determined not to cast a glance at these murdered activists, these victims are "over there." They matter less because "they don't look like us." Sad stuff.
Thank you for sharing this information since I had no idea. It is awful.
"batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines are going to require a lot of cobalt, nickel, zinc, lithium, and other minerals"
In reality, most mining and extraction is for all the other stuff we use. While cobalt and lithium are now mostly used for batteries, the entire world production is extracted at a very few spots on the globe. Zinc and nickel are components of galvanized and stainless steels used everywhere, with only a fraction used in decarbonization. Oil, gas and coal and uranium have resulted in many more years of land disruption and conflict and, I expect, assassinations.
Thank you Siri.