COBALT IS DESTROYING THE DR CONGO- History, colonialism, and green-washing
To call what’s happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo one of the worst humanitarian crises in the past decades is an understatement. What’s happening in Congo it’s not only a consequence of colonialism, but also still colonialism and exploitation of the global south in its maximum expression. In this special episode we do a deep dive into de situation of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We talk about the history, from colonial times, King Leopold II Free Congo State, Belgian Congo, Patrice Lumumba, Mobutu, the Congo Wars, and DR Congo recent event. Also, about cobalt and all the mineral riches in the DR Congo, which are the mining companies that are directly responsible for the aggressive exploitation and human rights abuses, what are the brutal conditions in which people who work in the mines are under, and how green washing is making this situation much worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWYAclv2I8&t=0s audio background Links: https://www.instagram.com/congofriends/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR62/7009/2023/en/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesbH5wRjlg https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/belgium-returns-patrice-lumumba-tooth-congolese-independence Report Amnesty international: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR62/7009/2023/en/ https://www.youtube.com/@APArchive/videos https://www.hrw.org/africa/democratic-republic-congo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/26/un-report-rwanda-congo-hutus https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/16/dr-congo-electoral-violence-threatens-vote https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/05/what-is-glencore-who-is-dan-gertler-drc-mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenke_Fungurume_Mine https://maps.congomines.org/#4.92/-8.26/27.33 https://panamapapers.investigativecenters.org/drc-copper-mining/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/09/drc-cobalt-and-copper-mining-for-batteries-leading-to-human-rights-abuses/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/east-africa-the-horn-and-great-lakes/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/report-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/ www.youtube.com/@kmmedia8000 https://www.instagram.com/congofriends/