As the sun rises in Rarotonga, Nicolea Mateariki stands across from a taro plantation, facing the green mountain view in Avatiu preparing to present to her youth group. The topic weighing on her mind ...

John Molyneux’s classic statement of Marxist theory and practice What is the Real Marxist Tradition? was first published in 1984. The short book provided an incredibly sophisticated description of Mar...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: REPORT LAUNCH: UNDENIABLE Anglo American’s role in the Kabwe sacrifice zone. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...

In the current moment, developing & deepening our understanding of US-led #imperialism is an urgent task for radical forces everywhere. In this spirit, ROAPE offers a curated selection of ten open...

The race for critical minerals race is moving offshore, and the Pacific is ground zero.

Somebody in Kampala or Accra or Harare sees a job advertisement. Customer service, or something in IT, somewhere abroad. The pay is better than anything available at home. The recruiter is responsive ...

At the turn of the twenty-first century, Rwanda and Papua New Guinea (PNG) ranked among the world’s least electrified countries. Reflective of a broader trend across the Global South, both countrie...

As the central bankers of the world met at Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual get together to discuss issues affecting the world financial sector and monetary policy, US statistics for corporat…

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

On Sunday 16 August I joined the vigil for Professor Arday in London’s Trafalgar Square in the summer’s heat, packed tight with thousands of protestors marking their respect, holding bunches of flower...

On Sunday 16 August I joined the vigil for Professor Arday in London’s Trafalgar Square in the summer’s heat, packed tight with thousands of protestors marking their respect, holding bunches of flower...

On behalf of the DEVNET National Forum and the Conference Planning Committee, we warmly welcome you to Wellington for the 2026 DEVNET Conference.

Talks at International Seabed Authority end with deep-sea mining framework incomplete, gaps unresolved and compliance inquiry ongoing.

The Present Unknown to many in the Global North, insurgent forces now held the power in the Global South, in Africa, in lands once the playthings of imperialist armies – the French, British and Americ...

Trump has announced the world's first proposed commercial deep-sea mining lease sale in Pacific waters near American Samoa.

By Ben Radley and Imogen Eagles The ocean’s seabed contains vast deposits of minerals deemed critical for green transition technologies, military defence systems and AI hardware, among other uses. …

By Ben Radley and Imogen Eagles The ocean’s seabed contains vast deposits of minerals deemed critical for green transition technologies, military defence systems and AI hardware, among other uses. …

‘This is a much-needed collection for understanding the pressing intersections of sovereignty, nationalism and resource politics. Geographically, theoretically and empirically diverse, it is both an i...

Why the Cook Islands Are Exploring Their Deep Ocean

Podcast Episode · Guerrilla History · October 31, 2025 · 2h 33m

The new US ambassador to New Zealand and several Pacific island nations said on Friday that securing Cook Islands seabed minerals was a top priority, and that China's push for influence in the Pacific...

Every time Guam's representatives finish addressing the United Nations Fourth Committee on decolonization, the United States delegation walks in. The message, according to Guam's top decolonization of...

For years, Cook Islanders have been told that the minerals on our seabed will make our nation rich. But a growing body of independent evidence shows that deep seabed mining is not the economic miracle...

This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the process...

Glomar Minerals and Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited have shortlisted four sites in Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas for Project Infinity, a facility that would become the first US polymetallic nodule...

Before there was a Commission, there were generations who died too young – not because of bad genes, but because of stolen land, unpaid labour, and a minority world that extracted everything it could ...