By Gabriel Lafitte Gabriel Lafitte’s new book: Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World, is a revelation of China’s hunger for Tibetan natural resources, and of the strong preference of Tibetan communities to protect their sacred mountains, pilgrimage circuits and resource patrimony, even, if necessary, with their lives. In a

As the price for the precious metal surges on world markets, hundreds of thousands of workers are lured to seek their fortune in one of the world’s most dangerous industries. Sadly, because of their vulnerable position in the supply chain it is not the miners who benefit most from this ‘21st century goldrush’. Fairtrade is

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Oct. 21st, 2013: Greg Valerio will make his first stop in his American book tour, reading from Making Trouble: Fighting for Fair Trade Jewelry at New Mexico’s premier independent bookstore, Collected Works. The event, which will take place on Friday, October 25th at 6pm, will be a fund raising effort