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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 14/10/2026
@ipuparliament.bsky.social As Tanzania hosted IPU gathering under the banner of “good governance and empowering communities,” TZ govt was abducting Maasai men, escalating its repression of Indigenous communities.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 22/09/2026
From military technologies to AI systems and data centers, industries with bottomless mineral appetites are driving a new mineral rush. From people being bombed by AI-powered weapons in Gaza and Iran to communities facing mining destruction in Zambia, the consequences are devastating.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/09/2026
WEBINAR INVITATION | How War and AI Fuel the Critical Minerals Race The global mineral rush is being fueled by war, militarization, AI, and global competition – with devastating consequences for communities and the environment.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 08/09/2026
#NYCClimateWeek Webinar Invitation! The Critical Minerals Myth @mittaloak.bsky.social @tallgrassinst.bsky.social @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy @ids.ac.uk
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 04/09/2026
“Bolivians know far too well what US peddling in Bolivia’s affairs means for their country and democracy.” Read @mittaloak.bsky.social new piece to understand what’s really behind the US pivot on Bolivia & the race to secure its critical minerals. 👇
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 17/08/2026
In 2025, we supported the struggles of over 31 million people resisting land grabs worldwide. We draw our inspiration from sumud – embodying steadfastness and perseverance. That’s why we never give up. New Impact Report: @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 14/08/2026
How do we speak about impact when our shared humanity is in such deep crisis? As wars and genocides rage, communities are displaced by the millions, and the global rush for extraction accelerates with devastating consequences, celebrating "wins" feels inadequate. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 23/07/2026
Myth: Critical mineral dominance is essential for US security. Fact: The US is depleting its own mineral reserves through wars of aggression. New report reveals how the US is burning through mineral supplies while rapidly expanding mining globally 👇
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 19/07/2026
As the World Heritage Committee meets in Busan, one urgent truth remains: Ngorongoro Cannot be a World Heritage Site & an Eviction Zone! You cannot celebrate a UNESCO World Heritage Site while violently erasing its original custodians. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 17/07/2026
Today > 70% of mineral demand comes from industries unrelated to the energy transition such as the automotive, aerospace, military & communications sectors. For Trump, pursuit of minerals is not about climate action, but about maintaining economic & military hegemony: @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/07/2026
Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 15/07/2026
NEW REPORT – Trump's friends, business partners & family members are securing government contracts & preferential access to billions in minerals.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 05/06/2026
This World Environment Day, we must reject false climate solutions that deepen inequality, fuel land grabs & displace communities.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 22/05/2026
Across Africa, health aid is being weaponized to secure mining deals & health data for US corporations. This extortion reveals that the emperor has no new clothes & must be countered by global outrage supporting African countries in standing against these exploitative bilateral health agreements!
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 15/05/2026
78th Anniversary of Nakba 78 years of dispossession, apartheid, and occupation. Our tax dollars are still funding the weapons used by Israel to commit a genocide in Gaza, erase entire communities in Palestine and Lebanon.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 02/04/2026
@witnessradio.bsky.social - U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? witnessradio.org/u-s-peace-ef...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 24/03/2026
Every time Trump attacks our freedoms, millions more Americans take to the streets to say NO KINGS. Let's make history on March 28 — I hope to see you at the protest in Oakland. app.sosha.ai/s/ypXr1aPA
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 20/03/2026
Are you ready for the March 28 #NoKings National Day of Nonviolent Action? Grab your friends, family, & neighbors and check out these important trainings so you know your rights & can confidently talk to anyone about our movement! See you in our streets on March 28.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 13/03/2026
World Bank financed tourism expansion in Tanzania – but at what cost? Over 84k people now face eviction & live in destitution after the Bank’s failure failed to remedy harms caused by its REGROW project. Take action now – tell Ajay Banga to answer community demands!
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 10/03/2026
Major victory! Years of community resistance forces investors to act. Norwegian pension fund dumps Bolloré for human rights violations at its SOCFIN plantations: oaklandinstitute.org/public-state... Photo: TPOLS
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 05/03/2026
@icij.org reports on new complaint filed by the Oakland Institute after the failure of the World Bank to provide redress for human-rights abuses & loss of livelihoods stemming from its tourism project. By ignoring the communities it has devastated, the Bank egregiously fails on accountability:
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 04/03/2026
World Bank cancelled its disastrous REGROW project in Tanzania – but 84,000+ villagers are STILL suffering. Killings. Livelihood destruction. Forced evictions. 👉 Add your voice - email World Bank President Ajay Banga to amplify community demands today: www.oaklandinstitute.org/take-action/...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 03/03/2026
US Treasury sanctions Rwanda Defense Force & 4 top military officials - condemns "blatant violations of Washington Peace Accords." THREAD @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy @afrique.rfi.fr @melissaontheroad.bsky.social @world-beyond-war.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/02/2026
Join the Trade Justice Power Hour to learn how trade policy, corporate power, & geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition & what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 10/02/2026
Join the Trade Justice Power Hour to learn how trade policy, corporate power, & geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition & what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 29/01/2026
Minnesota Calling: National Shutdown! FRIDAY JANUARY 30 NO WORK NO SCHOOL NO SHOPPING STOP FUNDING ICE! Take action: nationalshutdown.org @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 26/01/2026
Share widely the statement from parents of Alex J. Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti, about the ruthless execution of their son by ICE thugs in Minneapolis this weekend. He was NOT holding a gun as Trump administration will like us to believe. END THEIR LIES & ABOLISH ICE! @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 25/11/2025
Need for Immediate Action to the Tanzanian Government’s Full Descent into Violent Authoritarianism Full statement: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 29/10/2025
The new Shafted report shows how the DRC-Rwanda deal entrenches exploitation, enriches elites & allows the brutal war to continue decimating countless lives. True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future: 🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 21/10/2025
#Trump's failed “peace” deal was never about peace in the DRC. New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives. www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/09/2025
Tanzania's Presidential Land Commissions must respect & restore rights of Maasai living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. RD/Share: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state... @mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org @mongabay.com @rainforestrescue.bsky.social @amazonwatch.org
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 04/09/2025
World Bank receives scathing letter from 11 UNSR's: You are liable under int law for harms caused by the REGROW proj in Tanzania. Killings continue & life remains on hold for >84k people w/ crippling livelihood restrictions still in place. The Bank has responsibility to end their suffering NOW!
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 25/08/2025
In 2024, we supported over 10 million people defending their land & lives against land grabs threatening 16 million ha. From Tanzania to Sri Lanka, DRC & Ukraine – we are audacious & adamant, bold & unafraid. This is why we win. New Impact Report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/about/annual...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 22/08/2025
1 yr ago, over 40,000 Maasai villagers staged a historic protest against efforts to strip their rights & drive them from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As their struggle continues today, international pressure on increasingly repressive TZ govt. is imperative to protect their rights!
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 18/07/2025
The DRC just signed a preliminary exploration deal with KoBold Metals – AI mining firm backed by billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen, Sam Altman & more.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 10/07/2025
A World Bank-funded ranger force is terrorizing Tanzanian villagers. People are shot dead, disappeared & driven off their land. New report reveals failure of Bank’s accountability mechanism as fallout from REGROW project continues to devastate lives: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/accou...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 01/07/2025
#REGROW project in Tanzania fueled violence & land grabs - but the World Bank has failed to address the crisis it created. Villagers are still being murdered, displaced & denied livelihoods. New report exposes Bank’s failure of accountability & amplifies voices of communities demanding justice:
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 17/06/2025
BREAKING! Big banks poured a staggering $869 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2024 alone. The new #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals just how much these banks are contributing to the climate crisis. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org #BOCC
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 13/06/2025
UN HumanRights experts call on the TZ govt to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders & journalists, as a tool of repression to silence critics.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 12/06/2025
Abuses by governments and corporations don't pause between campaigns – and neither can we. Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities. www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 11/06/2025
DEMAND FOR ACTION ON LOG EXPORT PRICE DISCREPANCY Community advocacy org ACT NOW PNG is calling on the Prime Minister & regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 05/06/2025
Help us raise $25,000 by July 1st to power urgent legal support, life-sustaining aid, and frontline research in response to requests from marginalized communities. Donate Today! www.oaklandinstitute.org/donate-today
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 29/05/2025
New report from the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime reveals a US$1.5 billion loss due to mispricing of timber exports from #PapuaNewGuinea. The government now has 1.5 billion reasons to take more decisive action & stop the plundering of the rainforest! shorturl.at/Obxoy
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 20/05/2025
UN Human Rights Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues call for Tanzanian govt to "recognize & protect the collective rights of #Indigenous #Maasai People to own, develop, control & use their communal lands, territories & resources.” www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 15/05/2025
Today marks 77 years of the #Nakba meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic when more than 800,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes & the state of #Israel was created. And the Nakba continues as Israel occupies, bombs & starves #Palestine today. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 09/05/2025
From #Indonesia to #Malawi #Madagascar #Philippines & #Argentina, case studies in Climatewash show how the World Bank's land agenda is displacing communities, undermining food sovereignty & fueling land inequity – all under the guise of #climateaction: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 01/05/2025
The #WorldBank's land agenda isn’t about #ClimateAction – it’s about corporate profit. Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide. New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima... @mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 30/04/2025
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities. oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima... @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 07/04/2025
World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 03/04/2025
World Bank's "critical failure” for #REGROW project confirmed by Inspection Panel. But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in damages – for communities in Tanzania: www.oaklandinstitute.org/world-bank-f... @mittaloak.bsky.social
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