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Urgent Appeal to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Urgent Appeal to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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Urgent Appeal to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Urgent Appeal to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
This appeal to the UN Committe on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, submitted in July 2024, summarises concerns regarding the expansion of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, as part of a "green" hydrogen boom in the region. The submitting groups argue that this expansion poses an imminent risk to the site of the former Shark Island concentration camp, a key site in the German colonial genocide perpetrated against the Nama and Ovaherero in the early 20th century.
This appeal to the UN Committe on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, submitted in July 2024, summarises concerns regarding the expansion of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, as part of a "green" hydrogen boom in the region. The submitting groups argue that this expansion poses an imminent risk to the site of the former Shark Island concentration camp, a key site in the German colonial genocide perpetrated against the Nama and Ovaherero in the early 20th century.
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MIRROR
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Panel Discussion: Resisting Green Colonialism – Voices from Namibia, Tunisia, and Spain
Panel Discussion: Resisting Green Colonialism – Voices from Namibia, Tunisia, and Spain
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Panel Discussion: Resisting Green Colonialism – Voices from Namibia, Tunisia, and Spain
Panel Discussion: Resisting Green Colonialism – Voices from Namibia, Tunisia, and Spain
What happens when Europe’s push for green energy fuels new forms of extraction in the Global South? What does resistance look like on the ground—and how can those of us in Northern Europe stand in meaningful solidarity?
Speakers from the Decolonial Center, the Nama Traditional Leaders Association, the Debt Observatory of Globalisation (ODG), and an independent journalist reporting on Tunisia’s hydrogen plans share insights, experiences, and strategies for resisting these harmful projects.
What happens when Europe’s push for green energy fuels new forms of extraction in the Global South? What does resistance look like on the ground—and how can those of us in Northern Europe stand in meaningful solidarity?
Speakers from the Decolonial Center, the Nama Traditional Leaders Association, the Debt Observatory of Globalisation (ODG), and an independent journalist reporting on Tunisia’s hydrogen plans share insights, experiences, and strategies for resisting these harmful projects.
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MIRROR
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Fossil Gas and Climate Justice: A Short Explainer
Fossil Gas and Climate Justice: A Short Explainer
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Fossil Gas and Climate Justice: A Short Explainer
Fossil Gas and Climate Justice: A Short Explainer
This informal WeSmellGas report describes what fossil gas is, who operates it, and how EU regulations and policy frameworks support its continued use despite climate risks. It explores the influence of corporate actors and regulatory loopholes that enable greenwashing. A second section briefly outlines key facts, definitions, and concepts essential to understanding climate justice in the context of fossil gas expansion. It includes important hyperlinks for further research.
This informal WeSmellGas report describes what fossil gas is, who operates it, and how EU regulations and policy frameworks support its continued use despite climate risks. It explores the influence of corporate actors and regulatory loopholes that enable greenwashing. A second section briefly outlines key facts, definitions, and concepts essential to understanding climate justice in the context of fossil gas expansion. It includes important hyperlinks for further research.
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Toolkit: Disrupting Energy Corporations for the Liberation of Palestine.
Toolkit: Disrupting Energy Corporations for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Toolkit: Disrupting Energy Corporations for the Liberation of Palestine.
Toolkit: Disrupting Energy Corporations for the Liberation of Palestine.
This activist toolkit supports grassroots movements with narrative framing, research, and tactics to challenge energy corporations fueling the settler occupation and genocide in Palestine. It focuses on Dana Petroleum and Eni SpA, awarded illegal gas exploration licenses in Palestinian waters in October 2023, violating international law. The legal parameters offers leverage to pressure these companies and push for a transnational energy embargo to end the genocide and free Palestine.
This activist toolkit supports grassroots movements with narrative framing, research, and tactics to challenge energy corporations fueling the settler occupation and genocide in Palestine. It focuses on Dana Petroleum and Eni SpA, awarded illegal gas exploration licenses in Palestinian waters in October 2023, violating international law. The legal parameters offers leverage to pressure these companies and push for a transnational energy embargo to end the genocide and free Palestine.
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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade offers a comprehensive analysis of how maritime trade and infrastructure have shaped the SWANA region. Khalili examines the intertwined histories of oil, shipping, and labor, highlighting the region's pivotal role in global capitalism. Through detailed accounts of ports, labor movements, and geopolitical conflicts, she demonstrates how trade routes are not merely economic pathways but also sites of power, resistance, and transformation.
Sinews of War and Trade offers a comprehensive analysis of how maritime trade and infrastructure have shaped the SWANA region. Khalili examines the intertwined histories of oil, shipping, and labor, highlighting the region's pivotal role in global capitalism. Through detailed accounts of ports, labor movements, and geopolitical conflicts, she demonstrates how trade routes are not merely economic pathways but also sites of power, resistance, and transformation.
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Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
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Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism (2025) explores how resource extraction fuels global capitalism. She reveals how commodities like oil and sand, along with shipping and offshore tax firms, sustain inequality and cronyism. Through stories of workers and corruption, Khalili exposes the hidden costs behind massive profits and challenges readers to rethink the impact of these industries on people and the planet.
Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism (2025) explores how resource extraction fuels global capitalism. She reveals how commodities like oil and sand, along with shipping and offshore tax firms, sustain inequality and cronyism. Through stories of workers and corruption, Khalili exposes the hidden costs behind massive profits and challenges readers to rethink the impact of these industries on people and the planet.
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