The downside of the Green Revolution .

The downside of the “Green Revolution“ ... This is not the setting of a new Hollywood movie about ancient Rome. Nor is it a heroic story of someone (from a free and democratic Western country) freeing slaves in a desolate African hinterland ruled by “evil communists.“ This is the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Shabara Mine. Here, children as young as 4-5 years old work in near-slavery conditions for $1-2 a day. The mine belongs to a transnational corporation headquartered in London. The task of these children is to mine cobalt so that the privileged can fuel their so-called “Green Revolution“—cobalt is used in the manufacture of almost all lithium ion rechargeable batteries used in the world today Unsurprisingly, journalists from the duplicitous “free world“ are in no hurry to reveal the truth to their readers. The truth is that every one of their “green“ electric cars is the product of the slave labor of African children, working in a mine owned by a transnational corporation ... Source: InfoDefenseENGLISH