The 48th Asean Summit in Cebu closed last week vowing ‘just’ energy transition yet fossil fuel dependence and ‘green ...

The struggle against extractivism is inseparable from broader fights for gender justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and ...

Extractivism is a concept of our time. Large-scale exploitation of nature and appropriation of human-labor fuel the unsustainability of our current world-system. Despite this, research on extractivism ...

The mass-scale removal of resources is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Extractivism’s grip on the planet must be broken At the biodiversity Cop taking place in Montreal, much attention will focus ...

Are songs of praise to electric cars leaving out a critical stanza? Lithium batteries are essential for electric cars, which corporations push as an “environmentally friendly” method of transportation ...

The chapter in Latin American history that opened in 1998 with celebrations in Venezuela has ended with a coup and violence in Bolivia. As with all tidal waves, the “pink tide” recedes to reveal a ...

The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. In recent weeks, we have been witnessing the mobilization ...

There is a huge disparity between the wealth of oil and gas companies and that of small-scale fishing communities. These extraction companies, with their massive income-generating capacity, are often ...

Carrara, Italy - At dawn, the jagged peaks of the Apuan Alps can be seen rising steeply above the Tyrrhenian Sea, their sharp silhouettes mirrored in the still water below. Shaped over millennia by ...

Communities around the world are demonstrating how we can move beyond extractivism to revive cultures of care and solidarity. Communities planet-wide are resisting mining and demonstrating how we can ...