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For A Post Extractivist Future

For A Post Extractivist Future

by Nnimmo | September 23, 2026 | Alternatives, Colonialism, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The socioecological crises in the world today can be traced largely to the disconnection of humans from nature and from communal responsibility. The crises have been reinforced and locked in by systems that enclose and s…

Deforestation, Mining and Criminal Fiefdoms

Deforestation, Mining and Criminal Fiefdoms

by Nnimmo | July 16, 2026 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Colonialism, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance

Ecological destruction is rarely accidental. It is often enabled by policies that privilege short-term economic gains over long-term public welfare; by weak environmental governance, inadequate regulation, and the persis…

Halting the Disastrous Exploitation of the Niger Delta

Halting the Disastrous Exploitation of the Niger Delta

by Nnimmo | May 18, 2026 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate Change, Colonialism, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Policy

Intergenerational justice demands that we wake up and perform our duties for generations yet unborn. It is our duty to see the future, eliminate the perils erected by altars of capital and halt the perpetuation of coloni…

Bread seller, Togo

Junk Foods and the Politics of Hunger

by Nnimmo | March 19, 2026 | Alternatives, Biosafety, Colonialism, Culture, Food, Stories

Food occupies a central place in our culture. It plays a key role in religious/social activities, and is a major marker of the passage of times and seasons. It is a celebration. Food unites people and families and marks …

Crimes of Colonialism

Crimes of Colonialism

by Nnimmo | December 5, 2025 | Alternatives, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Colonialism, Governance, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The African Union (AU) has “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations” as its theme of the year 2025. This theme arose from the Accra 2023 Reparations Conference. In line with the theme, the …