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005			20240115152609.0
008			221026s2023 nyua e b 001 0 eng
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020			_a1250284309 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781250284303 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781250284297 _q(ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)1310766504
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050	0	0	_aHD9539 .C463 _bC7553 2023
082	0	0	_a338.2/748096751 _223/eng/20221027
092			_a338.2748 K1434C 2023
100	1		_aKara, Siddharth
245	1	0	_aCobalt red : _bhow the blood of the Congo powers our lives / _cSiddharth Kara.
246	3	0	_aHow the blood of the Congo powers our lives
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2023.
300			_a274 pages : _billustration ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [251]-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 expos�e 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 70 percent 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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	_aHuman rights _zCongo (Democratic Republic)
650		0	_aMiners _xAbuse of _zCongo (Democratic Republic)
655		7	_aInformational works _2lcgft
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