The mass-scale removal of resources is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Extractivism’s grip on the planet must be broken At the biodiversity Cop taking place in Montreal, much attention will focus ...

Extractivism is a concept of our time. Large-scale exploitation of nature and appropriation of human-labor fuel the unsustainability of our current world-system. Despite this, research on extractivism ...

Are songs of praise to electric cars leaving out a critical stanza? Lithium batteries are essential for electric cars, which corporations push as an “environmentally friendly” method of transportation ...

The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. In recent weeks, we have been witnessing the mobilization ...

View of pipes related to oil activities of Chinese oil company PetroOriental near the Miwuaguno village, Orellana province, Ecuador, on December 10, 2020. (Cristina Vega Rhor / AFP via Getty Images) ...

The chapter in Latin American history that opened in 1998 with celebrations in Venezuela has ended with a coup and violence in Bolivia. As with all tidal waves, the “pink tide” recedes to reveal a ...

Carrara, Italy - At dawn, the jagged peaks of the Apuan Alps can be seen rising steeply above the Tyrrhenian Sea, their sharp silhouettes mirrored in the still water below. Shaped over millennia by ...

Communities around the world are demonstrating how we can move beyond extractivism to revive cultures of care and solidarity. Communities planet-wide are resisting mining and demonstrating how we can ...

Athamanta defines itself as a path of self-training and action that deals with the issue of extractivism in the Apuan ...

Odete Kuruaya is the last fluent speaker of her people's native language. Her culture, nearly decimated in the early 20th century, could be completely wiped out in light of future projects. The ...