"Our daily lives are powered by a human and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. At no point in their history have the Congolese people benefited in any meaningful way from the monetization of their country’s resources. Rather, they have often served as a slave labor force for the extraction of those resources at minimum cost and maximum suffering. All cobalt sourced from the DRC is tainted by various degrees of abuse, including slavery, child labor, debt bondage, human trafficking, hazardous and toxic working conditions, pathetic wages, injury and death, and incalculable environmental harm.” - Siddhartha Kara (Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives) Graphics by devthepineapple Free Congo. . . . . . #cobaltmining #anticapitalist #anticapitalism #greentechnology #greenenergy #greentech #noplanetb #humanitariancrisis #humanrights #racialjustice #racialequality #blacklivesmatter #blm #environmentalism #congo #freecongo #drc #democraticrepublicofcongo #techindustry #...