Let’s explore who is most responsible for the climate crisis which Somalians are paying dearly for. 6/
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Emily Cunningham Retweeted Jason Hickel
"Zak Cope calculates just how much value the global North extracts from the South, including a staggering $2.8 trillion per year in 'unequal exchange,' or artificially cheap labour." ~
@jasonhickel 7/https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1148487310633316352 …Emily Cunningham added,
Jason HickelVerified account @jasonhickelIn this brilliant new book Zak Cope calculates just how much value the global North extracts from the South, including a staggering $2.8 trillion per year in "unequal exchange", or artificially cheap labour. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338859/the-wealth-of-some-nations/ …1 reply 2 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
That's why solutions to the climate crisis “must be rooted in recognition that exploitation of people and resources from slavery, colonialism, imperialism, neoliberalism and climate is one continuous arc of sacrificing the Global South to enrich the West.” ~
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More connecting of dots from
@MaryHeglar who connects slavery to the climate crisis in this brilliant essay: 9/ https://medium.com/@maryheglar/blood-at-the-root-black-americans-southern-soil-and-shared-trauma-6ef3ff9c81e …pic.twitter.com/Cod8oT8ex1
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And what are we in the West doing with our stolen riches? Fueling the climate crisis. Quite literally. 10/
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Emily Cunningham Retweeted Emily Cunningham
Amazon is actively helping fossil fuel companies expand and accelerate oil and gas extraction. In 2019. When the science is clear: to avert catastrophic warming, we *must* keep oil and gas in the ground. Thread on our romance with Big Oil and Gas: 11/https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1104218682253729792 …
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Emily Cunningham @emahleeI’m one of the Amazon employees who filed the climate shareholder resolution. Same week Shipment Zero was announced,@bcmerchant reported Amazon, Goggle & MS have deals with oil companies, “collectively worth billions” to help them “churn out more oil.” https://gizmodo.com/how-google-microsoft-and-big-tech-are-automating-the-1832790799 … https://twitter.com/higginsdunn/status/1104044599222435843 …Show this thread2 replies 19 retweets 40 likesShow this thread -
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@bcmerchant's excellent reporting: 12/https://gizmodo.com/amazon-is-aggressively-pursuing-big-oil-as-it-stalls-ou-1833875828 …1 reply 4 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
NYT reports this week: Amazon is funding the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a “think tank” with a long history as a key leader in the climate denial political movement. CEI was a crucial advocate urging Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. 13/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-cei.html …
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Even if there weren’t such a clear climate connection to our co-workers struggle in MN, I’d still be very happy to lend my support and stand in solidarity with the MN warehouse workers. As a fellow worker, but also as a human being. 14/
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As the climate crisis accelerates, it will bear down on more and more of us, more and more harshly. We need to take care of and support one another. Solidarity with my co-workers in MN, who are striking on Prime Day for humane working conditions!
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Emily Cunningham Retweeted Internet Participant
I made a couple of errors in how I referred to people who are from Somalia: It's “Somalis,” not “Somalians.” Thank you for the correction, @webnetdotonline!https://twitter.com/webnetdotonline/status/1150814746653990912 …
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