The Tren Maya is a multibillion dollar megaproject being pushed by Mexico’s ostensibly left-wing President AMLO, which aims to connect tourist destinations surrounding the Yucatan peninsula. The project cuts through indigenous territories and wild forests, and has faced concerted opposition on the ground from indigenous communities as well as the EZLN (Zapatistas). This is the kind of “development” that gives socialism a bad name. Read more here, here and here. #NoAlTrenMaya
I wrote a feature article about Congo’s Shinkolobwe mine for the excellent magazine of African news and culture The Continent. Check it out to read a short summary of the…
I got to have a fun and wide-ranging conversation with friend and colleague Joey Alone of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t podcast. We talked about Congo, conservation, the sorry…
Here are a few new banners and signs from recent protest and picket activity in Portland, OR. My partner Erica Thomas designed and painted the “On Strike” and “Solidarity” ones,…
I gave a lecture on my research into the legacy of the Shinkolobwe uranium mine in DR Congo for the Hanford Challenge Project. Hanford is the name of the military…
