“First they try to make us poor, and then they try to buy us with cheap labour”. Ecodefense against mining in East Serbia
The “Zbor network”, a transnational collaboration of Balkan and West European activists has organized the first ever anti-mining camp in September 2024. Named after partisan assemblies in former Yugoslavia, Zbor draws on a rich history of Balkan solidarity to counter resource extractivism. Their activism extends beyond Serbia, drawing connections between local struggles and a broader critique of capitalist extractivism across the former Yugoslavia—a region where solidarity has long been a transnational endeavor, from the partisan resistance to the non-aligned movement. The following interview is with two environmental activists, “Big Bear” and “Ris” provides an account of the current situation, recalling fear, hopes, and resistance strategies.
“The Proposed Mine Was Inevitable:” A Conversation with Dr. Al Gedicks on NGOisation, Indigenous Resistance & Successful Struggles against mining in Wisconsin, USA
This interview with professor Al Gedicks discusses their research, highlighting connections between Latin America and Wisconsin, USA, anti-mining and Indigenous struggles.
Facing World-Eating Machines: A Dialogue with Dr. Andrea Brock on the Hambach Coal Mine, Academia & Political Struggle
This Dialogue between Andrea Brock and Alexander Dunlap delves into the full-spectrum resistance against coal mining in the German Rhineland, state/corporate repression against land defenders as well as how typically presents anti-extractivist struggles