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100 1 _aKara, Siddharth,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCobalt red :
_bhow the blood of the Congo powers our lives /
_cSiddharth Kara.
246 1 _aHow the blood of the Congo powers our lives
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bSt. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource (274 pages :
_b1 illustration)
500 _a"Release date: January 31, 2023."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [253]-260) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- "Unspeakable richness" -- "Here it is better not to be born" : Lubumbashi and Kipushi -- The hills have secrets : Likasi and Kambove -- Colony to the world -- "If we do not dig, we do not eat" : Tenke Fungurume, Mutanda, and Tilwezembe -- "We work in our graves" : Kolwezi -- The final truth : Kamilombe -- Epilogue.
520 _a"An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation-and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposae of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. More than 70percent of the world's supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial book, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo-because we are all implicated"--
650 0 _aCobalt industry
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
650 0 _aCobalt mines and mining
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
650 0 _aMiners
_xAbuse of
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
650 0 _aHuman rights
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
650 6 _aCobalt
_xIndustrie
_xAspect moral
_zCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
650 6 _aMineurs
_xViolence envers
_zCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
650 6 _aDroits de l'homme (Droit international)
_zCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
650 7 _aHuman rights
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651 7 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
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655 7 _aInformational works.
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655 7 _aDocuments d'information.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKara, Siddharth.
_tCobalt red.
_bFirst edition.
_dNew York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023
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