Geopolitics
The Blood Nickel Revolution: How Electric Vehicles Are Fueling Neo-Colonial Exploitation in Indonesia
While electric vehicle sales surge globally, the nickel mining industry powering their batteries exploits over 230,000 Indonesian workers under horrific conditions that have caused numerous sudden deaths. This brutal neo-colonial extraction exposes how the West's 'green transition' is built upon Global South suffering while Chinese billionaires and Western corporations profit from this modern-day blood mineral trade.
