Tweet by Whitney Alese @ TheReclaimed: “When you realize the very smart phone, the laptop, and the ipad you are using to fight genocide are the reasons why there is one happening right now in the Congo…”
Infographics from Slow Factory - Systemic change for collective liberation:
“People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the victims of corrupt political regimes, armed militias and violence by neighboring countries such as Rwanda for political gain and as part of industry-driven access to DRC’s large reserve of coltan, gold, tin, cobalt, copper, zinc, diamonds and rare earth minerals.”
“Since 1996, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly called Zaire) has been undergoing violent unrest, what some call a ‘silent holocaust,’ embroiled in violence that has killed as many as six million people involving armed forces, militia groups and investors from Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Chad, Libya, Sudan and more—sometimes called the 'African World War.’
While DRC is home to over two hundred different ethnicity, the pressure on the massive region of Central Africa is compounded by the fact that the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources required for innovation in high-tech and aerospace technology.”
“The United Nations has reported millions of counts of violence, weaponized sexual violence against women as well as child labor and enslaved women and children forced to work for private companies extracting coltan and other precious mineral from the Congo.
Aided by the United States and UK, Rwanda and Uganda are receiving military and financial support to invade regions in the DRC that contain coltan and other precious minerals, perpetrating genocidal practices.”
“Beyond historically extracted resources such as diamond, gold, copper, and zinc, minerals for high-tech application are increasingly driving child labor, displacment, environemental pollution, as well as violent conflict.
DRC is the world’s largest producer of:
Cobalt — used in Li-on batteries Coltan — used to make capacitors for laptops and cellphones
70 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC is by far the world’s largest producer of coltan, almost 2 times more than the next largest producer, Brazil.”
Demand the end of genocide in the Congo.
Big tech and the car industry have blood on their hands.
The United States is once again involved in the genocide in the Congo.“
[ID: Destiel confession meme. Castiel says, “I love you”. Dean, covered in butterflies and sparkles, replies, in pink sparkly text, “Sparkle on! It’s november 5th! Don’t forget to be yourself!” End ID]
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