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Political Science

City University of New York (CUNY)

2020

NGOs

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Many Forms Of Black Death: Coal Extraction, Transnational Activism And The Value Of Life In Colombia, Oscar H. Pedraza Vargas Sep 2020

Many Forms Of Black Death: Coal Extraction, Transnational Activism And The Value Of Life In Colombia, Oscar H. Pedraza Vargas

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

After the murder of the president and vice president of the coal union by paramilitaries in the department of Cesár, Colombia, the union is left adrift. Its fragility is only heightened when the person who decides to take over, is killed six months later. The union has been vocal on their critique of environmental destruction produced by coal and argues that their criticism is part of the reasons why they were targeted. Not far from there, in the department of Guajira, the conglomerate in charge of Cerrejón, the largest open-pit coal mine of South America, wants to divert a creek …


Book Review: Routledge Handbook Of Ngos And International Relations, Edited By Thomas Davies, Maria Savva Jan 2020

Book Review: Routledge Handbook Of Ngos And International Relations, Edited By Thomas Davies, Maria Savva

Publications and Research

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