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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

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asen123's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a crucial book in discussing the horrors occurring in Congo, especially they are not communally known. The pain and the raw emotion written is unbelievably powerful. The author goes into the history of the mining in Congo and the systems that power it.  

A warning: while this is such an important book to read, it discusses a lot of triggering things in detail. If you are unable to read things like that, please be careful when reading it.

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smilagros's review against another edition

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I am still boycotting SMP but I think people need to read this book now. There is a genocide happening in the Congo and Sudan and this helps bring awareness to what is happening in the Congo. 

I will forever feel guilty for using the technology I use on a daily basis. People should never be forced into these terrible conditions due to the demand. My heart breaks for every single person who has lost their lives trying to make a living. Listening to the children stories made me angry at the world because they should be playing and learning. Not being forced to do this inhumane labor. 

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haleybird's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was incredibly thought provoking and informative, it’s just really dense and was personally hard for me to get through, but I’m glad I did! It’s difficult for me to keep up with so many acronyms, company names, so much data and stats, etc. 

Regardless of that, however, I do believe this is a book that anyone who uses rechargeable electronics or electric vehicles should read. The more people know about the atrocities that continue to be committed in the Congo for the sole purpose of exploiting their resources, the better. 

I will surely be much more conscious about my consumption of products that use rechargeable batteries moving forward, as I can’t in good conscience keep blindly consuming while children, women, and men in the Congo continue to die indiscriminately. We all need to do better!  

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meat_muffin's review against another edition

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4.0


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melnao1's review against another edition

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4.25

eye opening and daunting. It's crazy the parallels that this life offers. While we scroll on our endless timelines, there are children and adults working in their graves making less than $2 dollars a day to power those screens. The conditions of cobalt mining go way beyond inhumane/exploitation, it was pretty hard to read about. 

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local_cryptid's review against another edition

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4.0

This ended up being a little bit less active than I was hoping for. I wanted to get some guidance on what to do but was left over and over with the same devastating stories. After a certain point I would love to see some solutions so plans. 

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salemander's review against another edition

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5.0

devastating and so informative. free the congo. 

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ecn's review against another edition

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5.0

Mandatory reading!

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scmiller's review against another edition

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3.75


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ekmartin's review against another edition

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4.0


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