Comments on: Grand theft Congo – who are the plunderers? http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123674 Sokari Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:47:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123674 "The plunder of the Congo is the violent militarized seizure of the everyday, of the ordinary. Women. Men. Children. Forests. Land. Stuff. Even in the story of plunder, which should be their story, they have all been sacrificed to the story of markets, of mineral resources, armed forces, major corporations. They must be restored to the center of their own stories and the story of the Congo." it is also important we acknowledge that within this system of plunder that is killing people, there are resisters, refuseniks and survivors - children, women and men, farmers, traders extraordinary ordinary people who desire to live. “The plunder of the Congo is the violent militarized seizure of the everyday, of the ordinary. Women. Men. Children. Forests. Land. Stuff. Even in the story of plunder, which should be their story, they have all been sacrificed to the story of markets, of mineral resources, armed forces, major corporations. They must be restored to the center of their own stories and the story of the Congo.”

it is also important we acknowledge that within this system of plunder that is killing people, there are resisters, refuseniks and survivors – children, women and men, farmers, traders extraordinary ordinary people who desire to live.

]]> By: Dan Moshenberg http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123673 Dan Moshenberg Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:33:04 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123673 Thanks for this, Sokari. We have a sort of reply at WIBG: http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/?p=551 .-= Dan Moshenberg´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/?p=551" rel="nofollow">Haunts: plunder</a> =-. Thanks for this, Sokari. We have a sort of reply at WIBG: http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/?p=551
.-= Dan Moshenberg´s last blog ..Haunts: plunder =-.

]]> By: Haunts: plunder – women in and beyond the global http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123668 Haunts: plunder – women in and beyond the global Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:17:51 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123668 [...] the Congo, who are the plunderers? Sokari Ekine posed this question earlier this week, after having seen Grand Theft Congo. It’s a good [...] [...] the Congo, who are the plunderers? Sokari Ekine posed this question earlier this week, after having seen Grand Theft Congo. It’s a good [...]

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123624 Sokari Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:14:44 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123624 Keitaiden@ Thanks for this clarification - yes the change over meant the poison is now transferred to the Congolese people who work in these slave mines! Keitaiden@ Thanks for this clarification – yes the change over meant the poison is now transferred to the Congolese people who work in these slave mines!

]]> By: keitaiden http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123623 keitaiden Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:53 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123623 How and why now? in 2004, EU banned use of lead in solder. Lead is poisonous and Europe wanted it out of homes. Solder is used to "glue" electrical components together. The most common replacement for lead solder is tin solder. cassiterite is one source of tin. Approximately 5% of tin comes congo. Hence, when protecting europeans from lead poisoning, EU indirectly fueled the crisis in Congo. How and why now? in 2004, EU banned use of lead in solder. Lead is poisonous and Europe wanted it out of homes. Solder is used to “glue” electrical components together. The most common replacement for lead solder is tin solder. cassiterite is one source of tin. Approximately 5% of tin comes congo.

Hence, when protecting europeans from lead poisoning, EU indirectly fueled the crisis in Congo.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123530 Sokari Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:52:55 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123530 Beauty @ Indeed! We are all part of this Beauty @ Indeed! We are all part of this

]]> By: Beauty http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/10/grand_theft_congo_-_who_are_the_plunderers_.html#comment-123526 Beauty Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:33:13 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/?p=4916#comment-123526 Grand theft Congo – who are the plunderers? Everyone that owns a mobile/cell phone/handset. GTC is hereby coined. Grand theft Congo – who are the plunderers? Everyone that owns a mobile/cell phone/handset. GTC is hereby coined.

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