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The Heavy Human Cost of China’s Rare Earth Dominance

November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 Li Yong and Moby

Imperialism and the quest for global hegemony is behind the rare earth battle Rare earth elements are considered China’s most powerful trump card in the US-China imperialist trade war. They are essential in the manufacture of advanced medical equipment, cell phones and AI chips. Most importantly for the capitalists, the world’s biggest growth industry – […]

For Workers’ Sake, Regulate the Bloody Mining Industry!

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 Harland Bird

In 2014 a tailings pond collapsed in BC at the Mount Polley mine, spilling 25 billion litres of toxic sludge that obliterated a watershed and contaminated Quesnel Lake — a source of drinking water, a Fraser River tributary and home to salmon and trout. This stands as one of Canada’s worst ecological mining disasters. The […]