Final Essay
Have you ever imagined what would happen if the ozone layer was utterly destroyed and the amount of sun rays reaching the earth dramatically increased? In Naomi’s Klein book, This Changes Everything, the author elucidates how the increasing awareness of the adverse effects of extractive processes on the environment has triggered the formation of many environmental movements. Blockadia is one of the most recent movements that has adopted a different strategy compared to earlier ones. “Blockadia is not a specific location on a map but rather a roving transnational conflict zone that is cropping up with increasing frequency and intensity wherever extractive projects are attempting to dig and drill” (Klein 294). This initiative is composed …show more content…
First, despite Shell generating over five billion dollars since it commenced operations in the region, the community was living in abstract poverty. It was absurd that the region lacked electricity in spite of natural gas being produced as a by-product of oil generation. Second, the Ogoni land was amongst the most fertile areas in Africa. However, the numerous oil spills in the region had adversely affected the land. Consequently, fishing and farming which were major economic activities no longer provided adequate output. The government did not relent after the massive protests organized by the Ogoni people. Since arresting the leaders proved ineffective, the government shifted its focus to the Ogoni community. The police officers in the region were removed and the area was sealed with roadblocks. KAA town was attacked and the houses burnt. The government indicated that this incidence occasioned from an ethnic conflict between the Ogoni and the Andoni. However, the people on the ground indicated that the attackers spoke a language that was not Andoni. These attacks resulted in the deaths of over 750 people and made approximately 30000 people homeless (Henshaw). Therefore, the government played a role in the attacks in an attempt to suppress the
Have you ever imagined what would happen if the ozone layer was utterly destroyed and the amount of sun rays reaching the earth dramatically increased? In Naomi’s Klein book, This Changes Everything, the author elucidates how the increasing awareness of the adverse effects of extractive processes on the environment has triggered the formation of many environmental movements. Blockadia is one of the most recent movements that has adopted a different strategy compared to earlier ones. “Blockadia is not a specific location on a map but rather a roving transnational conflict zone that is cropping up with increasing frequency and intensity wherever extractive projects are attempting to dig and drill” (Klein 294). This initiative is composed …show more content…
First, despite Shell generating over five billion dollars since it commenced operations in the region, the community was living in abstract poverty. It was absurd that the region lacked electricity in spite of natural gas being produced as a by-product of oil generation. Second, the Ogoni land was amongst the most fertile areas in Africa. However, the numerous oil spills in the region had adversely affected the land. Consequently, fishing and farming which were major economic activities no longer provided adequate output. The government did not relent after the massive protests organized by the Ogoni people. Since arresting the leaders proved ineffective, the government shifted its focus to the Ogoni community. The police officers in the region were removed and the area was sealed with roadblocks. KAA town was attacked and the houses burnt. The government indicated that this incidence occasioned from an ethnic conflict between the Ogoni and the Andoni. However, the people on the ground indicated that the attackers spoke a language that was not Andoni. These attacks resulted in the deaths of over 750 people and made approximately 30000 people homeless (Henshaw). Therefore, the government played a role in the attacks in an attempt to suppress the