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longliveblackness · 6 months

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Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources.

More than 60% of the world's cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones.

Western countries are providing financial military aid to invade regions filled with reserves and in the process millions are getting killed and millions homeless.

Multinational mining companies are enslaving people especially children to mine.

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La República Democrática del Congo vive un genocidio silencioso. Millones de personas están siendo asesinadas para que la parte occidental del mundo pueda beneficiarse de sus recursos naturales.

Más del 60% de las reservas mundiales de cobalto se encuentran en el Congo, y se utiliza en la producción de teléfonos inteligentes.

Los países occidentales están proporcionando asistencia financiera militar para invadir regiones llenas de reservas y en el proceso millones de personas mueren y millones se quedan sin hogar.

Las empresas mineras multinacionales están esclavizando a la gente, especialmente a los niños, para trabajar en las minas.

Street Art and Photo by Artist Eduardo Relero

(https://eduardorelero.com)

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miss-nerd-alert · 9 months

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Just left the theater from seeing Sound of Freedom

It’s an intense and emotional watch, which is to be expected given the subject matter, but I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

The film does a remarkable job of respecting the victims of human trafficking while not shying away from how traumatic their experiences are. At no point in the film do you ever see these children as anything other than that, children. There’s no lingering shots of their bodies, no indication that the audience is meant to find them tantalizing, and absolutely NO DEPICTIONS OF THEM DOING ANYTHING SEXUAL. Not once does this movie ever forget that these are children, or that they have been victimized by those who should know better. Any other studio, any other filmmaker, and the message would’ve been undermined by leaning into the exact kind of thing the movie is supposed to condemn.

You will feel uncomfortable and gross sometimes, but that’s the point, because what’s being done to millions of children and adults every year is disgusting and wrong and it needs to be stopped. You will cry, both for those who’ve escaped such horrible circumstances and those still trapped in them. You will even smile, as you see good people fight to do the right thing even when it’s hard, and see those who’ve been harmed escape their abusers to freedom.

If you have any love in your heart at all for children, I encourage you to see this movie and support those who fight to end human trafficking.

“It were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.” — Luke 17:2

#sound of freedom #end human trafficking #god’s children are not for sale #human trafficking #modern slavery #luke 17:2

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metalheadsforblacklivesmatter · 1 year

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRC52Wt6/

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#wednesday adams #adams family #modern slavery #child labor #chocolate industry

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downfalldestiny · 10 months

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Whole point of a College Degree 🎓 !.

#Fact #Truth #Reality #downfalldestiny #downfall #life #Choice #Education #Slavery #Modern slavery

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sunnunderthesun · 11 days

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What Friends of the Congo suggests you do

It's undeniably true that too many people are heavily reliant on the services provided by the technology companies. But they can still stand up for the rights of the Congolese adults and children entrapped in slavery that the companies keep profiting from. We got in touch with Friends of the Congo last month to learn more about this.

On April 16th, 2024, Friends of the Congo replied, Up until a few weeks ago, we were calling on people to sign our petition and write letters to the companies calling on them to do right by the people at the bottom of the supply chain in the Congo by settling the lawsuit that was brought against them by Congolese children. See more on the lawsuit here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7171121597053956096/ . Unfortunately, the case was struck down in the court and the judges ruled in favor of the companies.

We are revisiting our strategy and will come out with a declaration and a way forward. In the meantime, we encourage people to do the following:

Learn more about what is happening in the Congo, especially at the bottom of the supply change. This is a good start: https://friendsofthecongo.org/primer

Spread the word among your network and encourage people to join our efforts at http://freecongo.org

Reach out to climate justice organizations and labour unions in the auto industry and encourage them to take up the cause of the Congolese workers and activists at the bottom of the Green Energy supply chain

Invite our speakers to your communities to share more in depth how people around the world can help

Hold off on the phone upgrades, write letters to the companies, join in demonstrations and rallies (we usually post them on our Instagram page @congofriends) and propose other ways we can pressure and shame the companies.

#free drc #free congo #modern slavery #boycott divest sanction #keep boycotting #dr congo #congo genocide #democratic republic of the congo

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opiatemasses · 1 year

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The Qatar World Cup and the ‘sportswashing’ scandal

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The controversy surrounding the Qatar World Cup doesn’t lie around the football being played, but the way the host nation has used it for global recognition.

On the 2nd of December 2010, Qatar were gifted the opportunity to host the mens’ World Cup by FIFA, following a successful bid by the country.

The successful bidding process has happened in the last two consecutive World Cups. Collectively, the whole world were all shocked and stunned, but should we be anymore?

The global surprise soon turned in to animosity, as investigations were being undertaken on FIFA and Qatar as the host nation allegedly bribed FIFA, albeit, “Qatari officials deny the allegations of bribery”.

After the scandal, fans were rumoured to be boycotting the tournament, but they didn’t. This has reminded the world why football is so popular and why the process of ‘sportswashing’ is so powerful.

Sportswashing isn’t new. It is a menace. It isn’t a new concept that has happened in Qatar. But it is right at the forefront of sports fans’ minds, though, this still doesn’t mean it is ethically correct.

The majority of the event exemplifies the process of ‘sportswashing’ whereby “an individual, group, corporation, or nation-state uses sport to improve its reputation and public image.” This World Cup has been used as a tool for power to distract people from the gloomy human rights issues.

Thinking critically, this World Cup is a prime example of this.

Prior to the tournament, football, non-football fans, media, sponsors, organisations and countries were sincerely compelled in the human rights issues that were occurring in preparation for the World Cup. This hindered the excitement for the start of the football.

Football and its community have a unique bond which creates an emotional attachment. A bond which is hard to dismantle.

Sportswashing has always been a phenomenon of football and other sports, though, in 2022 it has seemed to propagate and loom around within the game. Saudi Arabia, for example, have been under criticism for having Messi as an ambassador in Argentina’s 2-1 defeat.

Some firms seek to use it to their advantage, to build sponsors, their public imagine, host events and their global popularity - such as Qatar, but, does sportswashing and the corporate social responsibility even matter to the fans?

However, when the tournament kicked off on the 20th of November 2022, the world shifted their focus to the football and almost dismissed or forgot the unresolved Geo-Political problems in the background.

Questions have been raised surrounding the acceptance of Qatar hosting the World Cup such as it’s too hot, too far away, too small, has insufficient infrastructure, is not a footballing nation and not progressive enough. These are some of the charges that have been levelled with Qatar’s successful bid.

Alongside this, the human rights issues of living citizens and workers in Qatar, consist of the horrifying treatment and exploitation of migrant workers, women being policed by their male counterparts and the horrific abuse towards the LGBTQIA + community.

#TimeForChange

Let’s take a stand for the whole LGBTQIA + community in Qatar and beyond this and for the loss of Grant Wahl’s life

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These issues in Qatar contradicts FIFA’s statement before the tournament on the World Cup saying football “will bring people together to cross borders, unite and celebrate together”.

Football is a sport that unites people, so awarding a country the World Cup with strong national views, feels like it is dividing the world not uniting it.

There is a special sentiment for a country hosting the World Cup and the prominence that comes with it. This is why Qatar wanted to host a World Cup, to entertain the world’s best players on the stage play in their country, to create a reputation for themselves. Not just for economic reasons. This shows how extraordinary sport and power work in the modern age.

FIFA pride themselves as having a “workforce as diverse as the beautiful game” – though, with Qatar's extreme views on these complications, it seemed an unmeasured choice from FIFA to allow the bidding process from Qatar for the World’s largest footballing tournament @FIFA.

THE CONFLICTING ARGUMENT

There is a divided argument surrounding this multifaced and complex ideological topic.

A large proportion of fans and non-fans believed that it was wholesome to expand the game of football by awarding it to a country lower in the FIFA world rankings (50th).

Additionally, this is the first time a Middle Eastern country has had the pleasure to host a World Cup. Awarding Qatar the World Cup does match FIFA’s mission statement of “Develop the Game, Touch the World, Build a Better Future”.

Not only did hosting the World Cup bring in foreign investment and provide an economic boost for Qatar, with the $1.56 billion sales revenue, but it produced huge social benefits which may alter perceptions and beliefs on the social consideration of the country.

Other football, and non-football fans, believe differently. Why has a country which lacked footballing facilities prior to the start of the World Cup and controversial human rights laws been given the opportunity to host the World Cup?

Qatar didn’t have one stadium in a condition to meet the criteria. It wasn’t just this they were lacking. There was insufficient accommodation for the one million fans travelling to the capital, Doha. They have had to build eight stadiums, which costed them approximately £3.35 billion.

Womens’ lives have always been overlooked by males which has hindered their right to decision making and their dress-wear. Alongside this, the LGBTQIA + community are strictly forbidden, it is illegal to be homosexual and deemed a criminal offence. This has meant this was abolished from the tournament and must be respected.

ALCOHOL VS NO ALCOHOL

Alcohol is strictly moderated in Qatar.

Alcohol and football since the birth of the game have gone hand in hand. Alcohol sales at the 2018 World Cup brought in £209 million in the group stages from just the British alone! However, due to Qatar being an Islamic country, selling, serving, and consuming alcohol is highly regulated and can only be drank in moderation.

Although drinking is legal, if anyone drinks in public or is drunk whatsoever, it is illegal with fines up to £700 or in extreme cases imprisonment or execution.

Nevertheless, there was an 11 hour turn around the night before the first match kicked off where alcohol in the stadium was permitted for fans. The regulations changed and the only place fans were able to drink was in hospitality boxes, costing a whopping £12 a can for Budweiser.

The nuance behind this change in the rules on alcohol consumption is complex - did Qatar do this due to the power they hold, the dynamics and the balance between the event organisers, FIFA, sponsors and the state?

MODERN SLAVERY

Let’s take a step back.

I was brought up to respect others. The way this tournament has respected its migrant workers is utterly outrageous. So, I have simply not supported this tournament throughout.

The Qatari government allowed 2.1 million migrant workers to enter the country to help construct the necessary infrastructure for the tournament.

These workers sacrificed everything. They came to afford an improved quality of life for themselves and their families.

These migrant workers took out extortionate bank loans in order to flee to Qatar and many of which won’t be able to afford to ever pay their loans back as they got “paid 150,000 rupees ($1,251) for the job, which he borrowed at a 36% interest rate”.

This seems like extortion, showcasing a range of abuses such as, wage theft, forced labour, and exploitation. The workers were never made aware of this. This is completely immoral.

One worker said, “We all know our place in Qatar. We are the slaves and they are our masters”. Unfortunately, not all these workers survived; 6,500 died with 70% of those deaths unexplained by Qatari authorities.

FIFA are expected to generate $6 billion dollars from the tournament and $400 million of this, people and organisations are urging FIFA to compensate the migrant workers.

This still won’t re-pay their wrongdoings and the pain these workers suffered.

The migrant workers were and are “treated like animals,” and authorities “don’t care if they die”. Although Qatar have the ‘44th’ highest Human Development Index (HDI) in the world they still pay a considerable amount lower than the minimum wage for these migrant workers, which is utterly immoral.

Qatari authorities know they are violating human rights, but do not want it to be become a global discussion, if it isn’t already yet?

To top what I have mentioned, temperatures in Doha, can reach up to 50 degrees Celsius which these workers have had to work in for a staggering 12 hours a day and if they’re lucky they get just one day off a month with minimal water and food. Not only is this dangerous for the workers, but for the players that played in the World Cup and for the travelling fans.

Nevertheless, fans still proceeded to watch the football in the comfort of their homes with the lack of awareness behind what has occurred prior to the start of the tournament.

As the World Cup has now finished, it is necessary to re-remind fans and non-fans on a global scale of what has happened at this World Cup, to raise awareness.

How can we help these migrant workers? If YOU want to help - sign the petition below!

TAKE ACTION! #PayUpFIFA

Let’s work together to raise awareness to compensate the migrant workers at the Qatar World Cup 2022 and the families who have lost their loved ones

Sign the petition now

WHAT WAS DONE?

Some players, sponsors, fans, and football organisations were trying to take action and make a statement, to both FIFA and the Qataris.

Fans during the World Cup were in the midst of mixed messages. The Qatar Government said anything related to the LGBTQIA + campaign was prohibited at the tournament whereas other organisations stated that these communities were to be supported.

Before the opening match of the World Cup, FIFA urged the competing teams to “focus on football,” due to teams talking about the situation in Qatar and the motive to make a difference.

FIFA made a bold decision just hours before the first match that teams needed to respect Qatar’s culture, where no kits should express “any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images” and not proceed with the following campaigns:

o Taking the knee before the game starts, due to the death of George Floyd on the 25th of May 2020 - @KickItOut

o LGBTQIA + armband (OneLove).

o Stonewall’s rainbow laces campaign to support the LGBTQIA + community - @Stonewall.

Although to a certain extent FIFA were successful in stifling the protested campaigns, I’m glad that some nations decided to disregard this from FIFA and advance with their intended messages.

Qatar said they allowed homosexuals into the country, but they were not welcoming them.

The Qatar World Cup ambassador, Khalid Salman stated that homosexuality is a “damage in the mind” and people attending “should accept our rules”.

There’s no way anyone part of the LGBTQIA + community were going to feel vaguely safe and welcome after these demoralising and demonising comments. It is only putting themselves at risk.

World Cups are engrained around togetherness and unity, so how can that make it a World Cup?

This exemplifies sportswashing at its very worst. Money is creating a disconnect between fans and the game. This made me lose all interest in the World Cup before it even commenced.

I couldn’t turn a blind eye to these aforementioned problems. It is time for these rules and regulations to change. Sign the petition below via the website or QR code to enable players to have the human right to wear the ‘One Love’ armband.

Website Link For The Petition:

http://bit.ly/3B83au8

QR Code For The Petition:

Iran, like Qatar, are an Islamic nation, though, Iran fans in the game VS England were wearing t-shirts and had flags of a female called Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody after not wearing her hijab.

Their strong Islamic belief was left behind and dismissed to reflect their thoughts and condolences of the tragedy.

This promotes a strong message to FIFA and to their fellow Islamic dominated country, Qatar.

YOU

I have my thoughts on this contemporary issue, do you? Now the tournament has finished, your help is needed for change to combat the power ‘sportswashing’ holds within all sports.

Read the article below for extra information on ‘sportswashing’, by clicking the link on your smartphone or scanning the QR code.

Link: To The Website:

https://bit.ly/3WlTzIb

QR Code For The Website:

Link To The Online Poll:

https://bit.ly/3VzytG7

QR Code For The Online Poll:

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#human rights #modern slavery #Qatar World Cup #one love #black lives matter #sportwashing

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indigo-greene · 3 months

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Whats happening in Congo is absolutely vile and the fact that some of you know yet do nothing makes me sick. The condition under which people fo Congo have to work are inhumane, amnesty international has said things like sexual asault, arson and abuse are the norm. Children are being forced to work, every day people are dying. Siddharth Kara, British Academy Global Professor and an associate professor at the University of Nottingham. Has said that they work under slave-like working conditions here are some highlights of the article I read:

"rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

"People are working in subhuman, grinding, degrading conditions. They use pickaxes, shovels, stretches of rebar to hack and scrounge at the earth in trenches and pits and tunnels to gather cobalt and feed it up the formal supply chain."

"There's complete cross-contamination between industrial excavator-derived cobalt and cobalt dug by women and children with their bare hands," he says. "Industrial mines, almost all of them, have artisanal miners working, digging in and around them, feeding cobalt into the formal supply chain."

Siddharth Kara has been researching modern day slavery, human trafficking and child labour's for 2 decades, listen to what he si saying about this. This is a violation of human rights, and we as humans should not sit and watch. Speak up.

It is expected that the demand for cobalt is going to go up by 300 Percent, which most likely means even worse working conditions for the people of Congo. Please if your Phone works, don't buy a new one. And use your voice! Speak up about what's happening

artisanal miners= freelance workers who do extremely dangerous labor for the equivalent of just a few dollars a day.

Source:

https://www.nu.nl/economie/6280537/groeiende-vraag-naar-elektrische-autos-leidt-tot-nog-meer-ellende-in-congo.html

(It's in Dutch.)

And

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

Please read the articles, if you don't speak Dutch at least read the second one, it's in English.

#free congo #congo genocide #congo #democratic republic of the congo #modern slavery #slavery #child labor

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4ft10tvlandfangirl · 5 months

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When people say all the conflicts and genocides are connected it's really not an exaggeration. The more I read about one is the more I've learned about others and the people in power play in our faces.

From the article -

The Biden administration recently re-imposed sanctions on Israeli businessman Dan Gertler over alleged massive corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo's lucrative mining business. Journalist Franz Wild reports on his remarkable rise, and his alliance with former President Joseph Kabila which even saw him being appointed a Congolese diplomat.

#dan gertler #dr congo #congo #free congo #corruption #blood diamonds #joseph kabila #genocide #modern slavery #exploitation #anti imperialism #anti capitalism #colonialism #anti colonialism #mining industry #signal boost

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eternalistic · 3 months

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Many of the companies buying directly from prisons are violating their own policies against the use of such labor. But it’s completely legal, dating back largely to the need for labor to help rebuild the South’s shattered economy after the Civil War. Enshrined in the Constitution by the 13th Amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude are banned – except as punishment for a crime.

#ap investigations #Prison Reform #prison #prison industrial complex #slavery #modern slavery #13th amendment #unjust

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radicalfacts · 6 months

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radical facts - short feminist facts

#anti sex industry

• Human Trafficking & the Sex Industry

Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world, second only to drug trafficking.

Human trafficking earns global profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, $99 billion of which comes from commercial sexual exploitation.

Globally, an estimated 71% of enslaved people are women and girls, while men and boys account for 29%. This encompasses all forms of human trafficking, of which the two most common forms are forced labour trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Concerning sex trafficking specifically, over 94% of victims are female.

If we add all child victims - girls and boys - to the number of sex trafficked women, we get over 99% of all victims in sexual slavery.

Studies suggest that only about 0.04% survivors of human trafficking cases get ever identified, meaning that the vast majority of cases of human trafficking go undetected.

#radicalfacts #feminist facts #anti sex industry #anti sex trafficking #anti sex trade #human trafficking #modern slavery #sex trafficking #statistics #data #facts #patriarchal society #feminism #female reality

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aloeverawrites · 6 months

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The conversation about police brutality with some people is baffling.

Why do some people think it's okay to tell black people to move slowly and not reach for pockets, to speak calmy to the police and know their rights and the law, but they forgive officers for killing people because they "panicked and were scared"? Why does the average citizen have to know how to deescalate the situation?

Why are civilians blamed for the actions of professionals?

#human rights #anit racism #police brutality #mass incarceration #modern slavery

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internetcatholicism · 9 months

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None of the proceeds from Sound of Freedom are going toward Tim Ballard's organization. Please follow this link ^^^ to donate to OUR! God is at work with them!

#modern slavery #human trafficking #end child trafficking #fundrasier #sound of freedom #tim ballard #charity #non profit #donate

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raggedyfink · 11 months

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