"In ten years, when the Global South is nothing more than a vast crater serving a militarized hyper-technology, it will be too late to realize that the planet was never the priority.” - Franck Zongwe @mittaloak.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social @mongabay.com @melissaontheroad.bsky.social

Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 5d ago

The Great "Green" Heist: When Artificial Intelligence & Arms Dealers Seize the Minerals of the South Must read on Our Take from Franck Zongwe revealing how the so-called green revolution has become the perfect smokescreen, the moral veneer for a very different kind of war: @mittaloak.bsky.social

The Great "Green" Heist: When Artificial Intelligence & Arms Dealers Seize the Minerals of the South Must read on Our Take from Franck Zongwe revealing how the so-called green revolution has become the perfect smokescreen, the moral veneer for a very different kind of war: @mittaloak.bsky.social

The Great “Green” Heist: When Artificial Intelligence and Arms Dealers Seize the Minerals of the South

Far from the promises of sustainable development touted by the World Bank, the current scramble is driven by a strict logic of geopolitical power. A damning report from the California-based Oakland In...

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US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws. actions.eko.org/a/us-congres... @oaklandinstitute.org @dropsitenews.com @eko.org

US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws.

It happened. An OpenAI system broke out of its secure testing environment, hacked its way online, then broke into a second company's servers to access data.No one told it to. It chose to.Now imagine t

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A powerful alliance of Trump cronies, tech, AI, mining, venture capital & defense interests is driving a global mineral rush, claiming it is for national security. But it’s really about maintaining military hegemony and boosting personal profit for the Trump family & political allies.

The Business of War: Trump’s Critical Minerals Grift | Common Dreams

​By gaining access to more critical minerals, Trump can expand the war machine and, in turn, make a profit; his administration has shown it will stop at nothing to achieve that.

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Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · last wk.

Wildfires raging in Southwest France are not burning natural forests but immense plantations of pine trees. For many years, we have warned Uganda and other African countries about the dangers of establishing plantations of non-native pine species, including wildfires and loss of biodiversity.

Wildfires raging in Southwest France are not burning natural forests but immense plantations of pine trees. For many years, we have warned Uganda and other African countries about the dangers of establishing plantations of non-native pine species, including wildfires and loss of biodiversity.

Security for the Big Polluters: Plantation Forestry for Carbon Offset Delays Action on Climate

Kristen Lyons investigates how climate policies such as carbon offsets simply provide security for big polluters, while leaving our planet in danger.

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Former workers of Les Fermes de la Teranga – a 20,000 hectare US-led agribusiness operation, formerly known as Senhuile – are still waiting for "almost two years" of back wages to be paid. Senegalese MP Guy Marius Sagna is pushing for action. farmlandgrab.org/33601 @oaklandinstitute.org

GRAIN@grain.org · last wk.

Former workers of Les Fermes de la Teranga – a 20,000 hectare US-led agribusiness operation, formerly known as Senhuile – are still waiting for "almost two years" of back wages to be paid. Senegalese MP Guy Marius Sagna is pushing for action. farmlandgrab.org/33601 @oaklandinstitute.org

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Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 2w ago

Myth: Critical mineral dominance is essential for US security. Fact: The US is depleting its own mineral reserves through wars of aggression. New report reveals how the US is burning through mineral supplies while rapidly expanding mining globally 👇

Myth: Critical mineral dominance is essential for US security. Fact: The US is depleting its own mineral reserves through wars of aggression. New report reveals how the US is burning through mineral supplies while rapidly expanding mining globally 👇

Over 145,000 people call on #UNESCO to DELIST the #Ngorongoro Conservation Area for failing to protect the rights of Indigenous #Maasai to land & life. Ongoing failure to act makes you complicit in their forced eviction - take action NOW! @mittaloak.bsky.social @rainforestrescue.bsky.social

Tanzania: stop the eviction of the Maasai from Ngorongoro!

Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is renowned the world over for its wildlife and as the home of the indigenous Maasai people. To promote tourism, the government wants to enlarge the protected area – and e...

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Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 2w ago

A World Heritage Site Cannot Also be an Eviction Zone! As the World Heritage Committee convenes, members must confront the ongoing forced displacement of the Maasai from the NCA.

A World Heritage Site Cannot Also be an Eviction Zone! As the World Heritage Committee convenes, members must confront the ongoing forced displacement of the Maasai from the NCA.

No Heritage Without its People: Why Ngorongoro Cannot be a World Heritage Site and an Eviction Zone

Ahead of the 48th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the Oakland Institute calls upon the Committee to confront the ongoing human rights violations against the Maasai in the Ngorongoro Conservat...

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As the World Heritage Committee meets in Busan, one urgent truth remains: Ngorongoro Cannot be a World Heritage Site & an Eviction Zone! You cannot celebrate a UNESCO World Heritage Site while violently erasing its original custodians. @mittaloak.bsky.social

Today > 70% of mineral demand comes from industries unrelated to the energy transition such as the automotive, aerospace, military & communications sectors. For Trump, pursuit of minerals is not about climate action, but about maintaining economic & military hegemony: @mittaloak.bsky.social

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Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 3w ago

Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs. @mittaloak.bsky.social

Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs. @mittaloak.bsky.social

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Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 3w ago

NEW REPORT – Trump's friends, business partners & family members are securing government contracts & preferential access to billions in minerals.

NEW REPORT – Trump's friends, business partners & family members are securing government contracts & preferential access to billions in minerals.

"AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says” @katiesurma.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org Must read coverage of new RUSH report, exposing what's really driving the global scramble for critical minerals – and who is paying the price: insideclimatenews.org/news/1407202...

AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says - Inside Climate News

The global mining industry says more extraction of rare earth minerals is necessary to fight climate change. But a new report says conventional industries, AI and defense are driving much of the deman...

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🚨New Report – RUSH exposes what's really driving the global mineral scramble: military expansion, AI & corporate interests – not the clean energy transition. We dismantle the dominant critical minerals narrative & warns of devastating impact it will inflict on communities around the world:

Rush: Global Scramble for Minerals Wages War on People and Planet

As governments and corporations scramble to secure critical minerals, a new Oakland Institute report exposes the forces fueling today’s unprecedented mining boom. RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wa...

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Chickens are fundamental to food, health, livelihoods & culture across Africa. Yet govts are pushing to replace local breeds with exotic hybrids. Join us at the WSF in Benin on 5 Aug for a workshop on the invasion of corporate poultry & how we can fight back! 🐓 Register: forms.gle/aJYpb69Gwx2Q...

Across Africa, health aid is being weaponized to secure mining deals & health data for US corporations. This extortion reveals that the emperor has no new clothes & must be countered by global outrage supporting African countries in standing against these exploitative bilateral health agreements!

Prowess of Bullying – “America First” Exploitative Foreign Policy from @mittaloak.bsky.social www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/pro...

Prowess of Bullying: Trump’s “America First” Exploitative Foreign Policy

United States’ foreign assistance has always been a self-serving tool – shrouded as aid, it helped maintain economic and political control over countries in the Global South. Deployed as a strategic s...

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This World Environment Day, we must reject false climate solutions that deepen inequality, fuel land grabs & displace communities.

Across Africa, health aid is being weaponized to secure mining deals & health data for US corporations. This extortion reveals that the emperor has no new clothes & must be countered by global outrage supporting African countries in standing against these exploitative bilateral health agreements!

@analysekritik.bsky.social - The Plunderers Pact - "US diplomacy in the Congo serves its own interests – to the detriment of millions of people affected by the conflict” - vital read from Tony Katende highlighting our critiques of the deal. @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy

Pakt der Plünderer

Die US-Diplomatie im Kongo dient eigenen Interessen – zum Nachteil von Millionen Konfliktbetroffenen

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78th Anniversary of Nakba 78 years of dispossession, apartheid, and occupation. Our tax dollars are still funding the weapons used by Israel to commit a genocide in Gaza, erase entire communities in Palestine and Lebanon.

"Elders warn ‘it will be the end of our people’ as Tanzania steadily forces the Masai out of Ngorongoro Crater, a gem on the tourist trail.” Vital read echoing our latest warning on President Samia’s escalating campaign to forcibly evict Maasai from their homelands to boost tourism:

An ancient crater, Masai warriors and Africa’s Tourism Inc

Elders warn ‘it will be the end of our people’ as Tanzania steadily forces the Masai out of Ngorongoro Crater, a gem on the tourist trail

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“The deal made by Virtus, a newly created firm led by former US military and intelligence personnel, should raise serious concerns in a country where mining has long been a synonym of violence, exploitation, corruption, and devastating pollution.” news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Virtus Minerals signs first major deal under US-DRC critical minerals partnership

U.S.- based Virtus Minerals signs major mining deal in the DRC, raising questions about environmental damage and accountability.

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