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DESCRIPTION:Even if you don't realize it, you're constantly hearing about "critical 
 minerals." Whether it's for "green energy," for AI, or as part of "defense" 
 spending. Except a "green energy transition" can't be truly environmentally 
 friendly if it relies on extractive mining processes that only exist 
 through war and militarism. And we can't separate the role of these 
 minerals from the advance of war-making, genocidal military equipment, and 
 dangerous AI technology\n\nThis webinar, part of the Global Week of Action 
 for Peace and Climate Justice, will examine the linkages between "critical 
 mineral" extraction, war-making, the climate crisis, and the cost of the 
 extraction process. We'll outline who defines what "critical minerals" are, 
 how "criticality" masks imperial extraction, and why the U.S.'s over 800 
 bases are key to global resource extraction. \n\nWe'll also discuss how we 
 cannot combat environmental and planetary destruction without combating the 
 war economy: the US military as the world's largest institutional polluter, 
 the dependency that "green" technology has on militarism, and what 
 grassroots resistance to extraction looks like. Warmaking is the Elephant 
 in the Room in many environmental spaces-- uncovering the reality of 
 extraction in all its forms shows how we can't brush it under the rug any 
 longer. \n\nSpeakers: \n\nNandita Lal, Researcher and Activist\n\nRuth 
 Rohde, Shadow World Investigations\n\nAfreen Faridi, Assistant Professor, 
 JK Lakshmipat University\n\nSly Blood-Coltan, Congolese Action Youth 
 Platform\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/14/18879865.php
SUMMARY:Webinar: "Critical" Minerals or Imperial Plunder? Extractivism for Warfare
LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://www.codepink.org/wing916
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/14/18879865.php
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