Benny Wenda of Free West Papua Campaign is speaking at the opening plenary of Resisting Green Imperialism now!
“Fighting for West Papua is fighting for planet Earth, the third largest rainforest in the world.”
“If you destroy forests in West Papua, you will destroy the world.”
“Mining companies who are operating in West Papua are complicit in the genocide of the West Papuan people…”
“Ecocide and genocide is a package in West Papua.”
Join us at the opening plenary of Resisting Green Imperialism and listen to:
š£Adam Hanieh (University of Exeter)
š£Benny WendaĀ @bennywendaoffi
š£Ivonne YanezĀ @aecologicaec
š£BĆ©ni LibondjeĀ @standforcongouk
š£Sebastian OrdoƱez MuƱozĀ @waronwant
š£Dorothy Guerrero (LMN)
In the opening plenary, we will hear from campaigners on the frontlines of resistance to green imperialism, from West Papua and the DRC to Ecuador. With keynote speeches from Adam Hanieh and Sebastian MuƱoz, the panel will provide a searing expose of the injustices of an era of energy expansion under the guise of energy transition.
Adam Hanieh is Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). Since escaping from an Indonesian prison in the early 2000s, Benny has helped set up the ULMWP, the Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC), and the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP).
Stand for Congo is a movement that was created to fight against the Western oppression that has been inflicted on the people of Congo for decades. We believe that freedom and liberation donāt come from simply asking, but from standing up united as a people to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
Ivonne Yanez is a founding member of AcciĆ³n EcolĆ³gica, the international network Oilwatch and of the Plataforma Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Justicia ClimĆ”tica.
Sebastian OrdoƱez MuƱoz is Senior Programmes Officer at War on Want. Sebastian works in solidarity with organisations, movements, and networks working towards Just, Equitable, and Ecological Transitions, mainly in Abya Yala (Latin America).
Dorothy Guerrero is an author, climate justice, and just energy campaigner from the Phillippines, now in the UK. She is currently working as a part-time consultant to WoMin African Alliance’s work on Oil and Gas and as interim coordinator of LMN.
Benny Wenda, the foundered Free West Papua Campaign, is speaking at the opening plenary of Resisting Green Imperialism now, 30th November 2024
š£Adam Hanieh (University of Exeter)
