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https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9781250284303
#CobaltRed: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
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i am reading
#CobaltRed right now... an incredible true account of what is happening in the Congo, to supply the world with rechargeable batteries.
truly feels like essential reading for ANYONE who owns a smartphone.
and a rare, nonfiction book with incredible writing and a gripping tale. highly recommended reading.
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"Spend a short time the watching the filth-caked children of the Katanga region scrounge at the earth for #cobalt, and you would be unable to determine whether they were working for the benefit of [King] Leopold or a #tech company."
#CobaltRed: How the Blood of the #Congo Powers Our Lives
Interview with author #SiddharthKara
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/13/cobalt_red_kara
#DRC #extractivism #BigTech #mining #CobaltMining #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #ModernSlavery #books #ChildLabour #ecocide
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https://www.harvard.com/book/cobalt_red/
#CobaltRed #book #Congo #artisanalmining #techdevices #modernslavery
Tunnel collapse burying #workers alive including children
Earning a £ a day
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"What you find in the Congo is a complete hellscape of utter human degradation, utter environmental destruction in this scramble to get #cobalt out of the ground and up the chain as quickly as possible."
#SiddharthKara, author of #CobaltRed: How the Blood of the #Congo Powers Our Lives
From King Leopold II to #BigTech: The Pillage of The Congo & The Invention of Modern Day #Slavery
#DRC #extractivism #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #ModernSlavery #books