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  • Coltan of Congo - War of Electronics

    (The Film is available FREE @antonpictures Documentary Section)

    a George Anton Documentary 

    paste this: /watch?v=wHqU6aSARZc

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  • Afrikans need to regain their memory!!!...FAST!!

  • ALWAYS these documentrys never ever show the TRAIL of the money,.

    WHO OR HOW ARE FOFEIGNERS INVOLVED WHERE DOES NOKIA OR SONY MEET THE DEALERS OF COLTAN,..,

  • @suirvale

    YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THE MIDDLE-MEN?

    YOU HAD ONE IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY EYES "THOMAS NZIRATIMANA" YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT BUT HIS IS A TUTSI FROM UGANDA THEN RWANDA AND NOW VICE-GOUVERNOR IN CONGO. THEY ARE THE NEW WESTERN HOUSE NEGROS.

    WHY DOES HE SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH AND NOT ANYONE ELSE IN THIS VIDEO? THEY ARE THE PROBLEM IN CONGO. WE WELCOMED AND PROTECTED THEM DURING THE "GENOCIDE" AND THAT'S THEY THANK US. 5,000,000 DEADS!!! CHECK /watch?v=PBiOcW-vNjk IT'S IN FRENCH

  • THIS IS TERRIBLE WHY ARENT THE CONGOLESE LIVING IN AMERICA DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.?

  • @SuperQueenofAfrica what can they do? they cannot do it alone sis. why should they be the only ones to seek action from the UN? everyone should get involved because this is a human issue. if there is any way that I could get the message out i will. in fact i am working on it.

  • Well why doesn't America stop funding the Ugandan and Rwandan army that is in eastern Congo?

  • I feel sorry for those Salves

  • @imaadish They are not slaves! they are not owned and traded by anybody like your term suggests.

  • THX that really helped me nice video

  • europeans supply arms, african countries trade, europeans recieve resources cheap, africans die that is the sad truth

  • Yes, indeed. Every one of us, when we buying a cell, un i-phone, or any top fashion PC-devices desktop or laptop, in fac we help this horrible children 3-rd world local's explatation to be more and more horrible; in fact a truely undercover genocid; and of course, mass media don't know a damn, because the liders for us to know somthing, for them we must be the hapyest children's of the gold consuming arrow, that put everything in mouving and also destroy extremly fast OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET :(( !

  • @tigerone1970 I'm glad someone else knows the truth. The media only show a shortened version of the story. Search 'allthingspass' for more Keith Harmon Snow people.

  • Q: Who profited from this system during 'the war'?

    A: It was the dignitaries, the commanders, the lords of war...

    Well who were their clients? Who armed and trained them? The documentary makers will not say, as usual.

    Check out: Keith Harmon Snow for the answer.

  • tigerone SHUT YOUR STUPID PIEHOLE AND GET THE FACTS!!!!!!

  • abas imperialism

  • The un should stop all trading

  • How about AFRICA stop being so DUMB! Its all about profit and a leaders that don't lead the country ! Instead sell your own people, rape them anything profit

  • @lovefee1981 like the west you mean?

  • terminators are made out of coltan

  • a face book page has been created , feel free to post your solution to this issue. search on face book for greencoltan

  • And topless girls will always get more ratings than news - that does not mean that the people don't want to know the real news. Or want to get the complete picture. Or want to know rather than 'feel' they can trust the news.

    The problem is that news is not done in the public interest, but for profit.

    And to say it again, they are selling ratings to advertisers, who are their real audience.

  • Let's get clear who the media's audience is. The audience is who sells their product. They do not sell newspapers or tv shows - they sell advertising. That means their audience is advertisers, not viewers. Getting viewers and readers is an afterthought, and important ONLY because the more viewers and readers they have, the more advertisers they can attract.

    They don't sell news, they sell ratings. That is their real product.

  • Does anyone really believe the BBC does not report on the non-MDC point of view, because the readers don't want to have all the facts? No, they regurgitate whatever the line of the Foreign Office is - same for CNN, CBS, etc. with regard to their corporate backers and now owners.

    Mainstream media are now owned by corporations. Walt Disney, Microsoft, General Electric - they're the media's real audience.

  • If the media is looking to the market place - their customers are not readers and subscribers, they are their corporate funders. The media completely screwed up coverage of Zimbabwe, South Ossetia, Iraq - and they do so consistently in the direction of corporate interests.

    They are not reporting on the Gertlers and Steinmetzes not because their readers don't want to know, but because it would cost them their jobs, because it would cost their corporations sponsors, advertisers, etc.

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  • War and Death in Africa.

    Nobody cares.

  • Animaduniversum,

    It isn't that 'nobody cares', it is that corporations do not want you to know who is stealing these raw materials.

    They are mined illegally in the DRC, but 'somehow' they end up being traded on exchanges in London, New York and Chicago.

    That is what is being protected. Check out:

    Keith Harmon Snow

    watch?v=1U28joj6d1A

  • Hi Tigerone,

    naturally you're right. But it's not only about those powerful corporations wanting people not to know about their dubious business deals. It's also about the ignorance of the average Western European. The majority of people here is not interested in things like illegal mining, civil wars, genocide and the role of the big corporations and even if they found out, they wouldn't change their behaviour. They would just go on buying a new mobile or computer or flatscreen every year.

  • Animaduniversum,

    I think people really do want to know. The problem is that no one is telling them.

    If you look at all the reporters going up some river in Africaa and take to task some local poacher, but never actually reporting on who benefits from the timber industry in the DRC, or diamonds and coltan, which are traded 'legally' in their own capital.

  • Hi Tigerone,

    I: good point but you can not ONLY blame the journalists. Due to the fact that media generally work according to the rules of the market they unfortunately have to meet the demand. And on the strength of my own past experiences there isn't a great demand for critical journalism in western societies. If people were more interested in things like the profiteers of the "timber industry in the DRC, or diamonds and coltan, which are traded 'legally' in their own capital."

  • there were more reports about it. But at the moment a broadcaster can make a lot more money with things like casting or reality shows than with reports about the problems of our country or on our earth just because most people are ignorant and irresponsible. Read what Adorno and Horkenheimer said about the culture industry! I can sum uo that mass media and international companies play -just like you said before- an important role but it's still about what the individual thinks and does.

  • This is not Americas fault. We would pay more for our wireless devices. The fault is in the corporate and govt world which are two separate but equal P'sIC.The Congolese people could be rich! But no matter how much we pay for coltan, the African dictators, tribal leaders, and military officers will deprive the people of ALL the wealth.

  • there is a book frrom an spanish aouthor who reveals the truth of coltan...

    american techological cmpanies are literally fighting dor coltan

    if coltan dissaperas our world will be damned

    no cellphones,sarellites,airplane­s,ipods,i phones, tvs, dvds, video games

  • Agreed well said.

  • wow. the absolute stupidity of this comment makes you look like a racist idiot.

  • Thx u this's reality ...the coltan r a new petrol or gold or diamond ...

  • smash globalism. smash the zionists, smash the NWO.

    don't give money to these globalist white hating criminals in these globalist controlled govts.

  • you only think that because u read the history books written by white people that are hidding the truth..sorry..I live in europe, but even I know the truth..

  • if congo have diamond then why all congo is poor

  • you should educate yourself before u ask!

  • true

  • You are so ignorant man , don't you know that corrupt authorities put money in their own pocket... You do not know anything but your contry then shut the fuck up

  • How can you watch this and be such a dick; completely ignoring the fact that theres people dying there...they only watch this and respond to it as a way to fuel racist propaganda, you never see them talking about racial supperiority when the black man has a Harvard deploma, and on I.Q. didnt China kick everyones ass? LISTEN TO YOUR SELF!!! DONT LET YOUR PERCEPTIONS FUEL YOUR HATE FOR A PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIKE US. WHY DOES OUR RACE PORTRAY US? LOVE, LIFE, AND JESUS

  • People... we are talking about the MULTI-NATIONALS ... doesn't care if you are white or Black... understand it? its Money... Look at USA ... the fascist are crazy with Obama in the power... imagine...

  • lmao, look at you, can't even hang with your argument, that's why all you got left is some lame ass name calling and insults. "what goes around comes around"? lmao, man get out of here with your xenophobia, lol like I said, your shit is w-e-a-k

  • Wow, sometimes seeing these 3rd world countries are so sickening. It just amazes me how we in America and other super power countries have so much.while a couple 1000 miles down the road,there are people with absolutely nothing. We have got to find a way to get Africa and Iran and obviously slaved countries like these up to spec. Its holding us all back as humans. You cant move forward when the balance is fucked up, get this shyt in the middle people..no more piss poor poverty. its 2009!

  • Also you can't be serious, are you really trying to use MMA fighters for your argument in gene superiority? Man, I'm trying to take you seriously, but when you try to step into the world of science using something so petty as MMA for your evidence, lol. Right, I understand it might work on youtube, but I'd like to see you take your theories somewhere like Berkley or Harvard and talk to their resident PHD's and explain dominant gene selection using Brock Lesnar as your subject, lmao.

  • That is the physical example of superiority but also, shooting, driving race cars, pentathlon, science, space exploration. Whites pretty much own all of those things. The greatest minds tend to be caucasoids.

    case closed

  • you sent me an email saying that they do standardized world iq tests and africa has the lowest score? geez I wonder why? you don't actually expect the congo to have an educational system on par with the ones in Europe or in the U.S. do you? Strong argument you got there, comparing educational systems of 3rd world countries with developed ones? lmao and case closed? lol man bring your knowledge to a university platform and then say case closed, your shit is weak

  • Believe me I am no fascist, I'm irish, so I'm not racist against european people, I am just skeptical about what you are saying about the africans, and once again name calling doesn't make you right and doesn't make you look good either. If you could send me a link to a site that talks about this and proves your view on the blacks attacking europe, I will naturally have to agree with you.

  • Look at the best genes. You can see how many are northern european, icelandic and norse. Mainly norse or germanic names. Scroll to the bottom to see.

    en . wikipedia . org/wiki/World's_Strongest_Man

    Jon Pall Sigmarsson from Iceland. The strongest ever and he is the greatest arm wrestler ever too. He smashed jeff capes. Icelanders might have some of the last viking blood their is.

    /watch?v=B-rhNnxbybQ

    Best MMA fighters, Fedor Emelianenko, and Brock Lesnar. Both H.W. Champions.

  • Again, I looked into the whole racial intelligence with Dr. James Watson, and you're right, he did say that. But there is no scientific data to back his claim, no studies, no proof, and further more he retracted that statement and apologized, admitting that he has no evidence for such a claim. even then man, you are taking what he said way out of context and applying your own racist ideals to his words.

  • Of course there are studies, they do world IQ tests of each of the countries and africa has been found to have the lowest median IQ's.

    knol . google . com/k/alexander-emilfaro/iq-by­-country/kpxsjkpzgwux/5

    And he only apologized because the marxist media attacked him. He still stands by what he's said as outlined in his book.

  • well then, i prefer to be stupid, then to be a bad person!

  • The worlds greatest scientists? alright If you want to get technical, why don't you show me where I can find this article or video? You seem to have all this knowledge but no way to back it up. Give me citations, trusted articles and websites and no bull$hit blogspots like your first americans one either, I'll consider what you're saying, but give me real scientific proof.

  • I can show it.

    /watch?v=VFJ1XL65Jfw

    /watch?v=RrfSGizvRPM

    The world famous scientist and nobel prize winner. Dr. James Watson said that blacks are less intelligent than whites.

    /watch?v=aequ-goKOBE

    You can find his vids all over youtube and google. People were very upset when he said this because he is famous. =)))))))

  • What was the point of that?

  • there was another talk about communism that I was commenting on

  • THEIR BABIES. Wth is wrong with you ? How could you be so cruel? If their SOOOO bound to fuck up this earth as they age, then go do something about it! Open a school! Organize a charity. Teach them so they can become better people! Dont just sit their and talk shit! Thats what everyone does nowadays, sit on their high horse and talk shit. Try doing something about it for a change. Shit..

  • SO your saying we should let every african baby and child die of starvation and poverty. Do you really know how fucked up that sounds?

  • Why do they need to go home!?!?! Why can't they live where ever the hell they want to? Americans are truly native to the United States, so what, should THEY all go home to? Why don't people think before they preach on here. sheesh.

  • because they're not native to europe you fucking retard. and because europe isn't the usa.

    though europoids were in the the u.s. first. evidence.

    first-americans . blogspot . com/

  • I meant to say that Americans ARENT native.oops.

  • yes they are dumbfuck. the europoid rooted ones from the frankish region are.

  • The Congo has the same problems of all 3rd world countries. What can you produce to buy things you don't produce. They have an abundance of mineral wealth that has always been exploited by richer countries. When it looked like they had a leader concerned about the country who could not be corrupted the intelligence agencies such as the CIA would stage a coup and put someone in who could be corrupted. Patrice Lumamba could have helped to lead the Congo out of the stone age. We couldn't have that!

  • WHY DONT WE JUST BECOME A WORLD THAT HAS ONE GLOBAL COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT SO WE CAN REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH TO EVERYONE!!! I mean it worked well for the soviet union and cuba!

  • do you REALLY think it worked well?

  • dude i don't think you understand that Communism is not a good idea don't you see how cuba is with fidel everyone well most of the people hate him... and do you think that just one person even if he had others to help him that wouldn't be enough and he would not be capable of controlling the whole world and as you can see there is a lot of people who are racist and there would be a huge war ....

  • A communist government could be successful but it wasn't necessarily successful in the Soviet Union either

    it has to be handled extremely carefully in order to succeed, I think a mix of Capitalism and Communism that is present in several countries throughout the world would be far more efficient, Like the Canadian system and the Irish system.

  • wrong, communism is collectivism, = utter failure.

  • You need to realize that no one is native to anywhere. I can guarantee that everyone on this planet has at least three different racial genialogies. Race a bullshit ideas anyway. Your outside appearance only makes up .01% of your genetic code and everyones DNA is over 90% similar.

  • That's right, and you're part Chipmanzee aren't you? :p

  • i bet my ass that the world will never be perfect.

  • I bet your ass too.

  • i could easily make a racist comment like you, but i like people seeing me as a person, not an ignorant dumbass.

  • No comment man just action

  • People are dumb shits were all going to die and who cares about cell phones its all about that cup and string!

  • I agree with your statement about China, that is true

    but I dont know about africans attacking europe.

    and why would you want to kick africans out of europe,

    they have just as much right to be there as you do, they are part of the work force too.

    You're just biass and you need to rethink that

  • right. SOMEONE has to help these people. I would want to make myself known if I was fighting for a good cause, too. and where the hell did you get THAT info?

    god, you're twisted.

  • dude, we just have a bunch of assholes running the world. every position of large scale power has some asshole on it. Big companies and criminal organizations become as big as it is because some asshole had the will do anything it takes to get it there. Coca-cola, McDonalds.... can't make a business that big giving a fuck about other people's business

  • european nations would attack each other all the time. especially within the early 1500's to the late 1800's but when a nation of another ethnic group does it, it's wrong? bullshit.

  • That's true but we were talking about africans vs europe so my point still stands

  • i guess your point states now but back then there were no clear cut racial and nationalisitc beliefs. racism on a wide and open scale is relatively new and so is an absolute and concrete idea of race and national identity but this will pass, like everything else does.

  • You're just racist MusicNetwork, the africans are equal to everyone, all men are born equal, some people like you though just overlook it, and don't name call either, it doesn't make you anymore right, I think you should pick up a History Book and read it not me.

    The Africans have been oppressed by European countries for centuries, of course they had a right to retaliate, the fact is that, If Europeans are going to go to africa, of course africans are going to go to Europe, its a global economy

  • Keep doing this vital work.The world will be forced at some point to recognise the peril we place ourselves in when we do not come to terms with whats happening around us.

  • help americas poor, not these african criminals.

  • History has unraveled that this happen to African countries. This relationship, the "West" taking advantage of Africa and Asia has existed and amplified in the Conference of Berlin in 1885. It is a shame even an independent Africa has to put up with this abuse from the Westa and multinational corporations.

  • This is an unfortunate dilema because the U.S as well as other countries profit greatly from the international exchange of these minerals for our cell phones, computers, etc, and it supports our economy. I think it's somewhat ironic that the best way to advertise these campaigns is via the internet, through computers and cell phones, but the demand for these devices will always be high, so it will be difficult to stop or redirect how this stuff is imported & exported.

  • who is this Scottie Pippen lookin wannabe...

  • Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

  • people like you need to stop being low lifes you ignorant piece of shit

  • i suppose africa couldn't after the europeans raped their land and people and left. Seems real fair right? another empire building up on the backs of one it's crushed? and then we wonder why they're stuck...

  • chingow

  • WHAT IS GOING ON?!

    Im so confused

  • they can start by fucking your ugly white bitch

  • LOOOOSA :D

  • why dont we all chip in and buy congo is like 300 bucks

  • someone explain to me about the american money at 1:09?

  • more than likely the companies they work for pay american money

  • American money is a primary currency in the DRC, they accept it everywhere and prefer it over their own money. It holds its value better than the Congolese Francs.

  • im white

  • How is this relevant?

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  • wow totally copied my video

  • That video was amazing. Can you explain to me how you got all of that on camera? Hahah, this is definitely a video to remember!

  • the world is going to hell so quickly. No one cares anymore. But, if we are going to go fix this shit like we do everywhere else. then We need to own the damn country. Drill it for oil and repopulate it with better technology. Dont fix it an give it back. We are so stupid for that. Oh and i don't like our pres. He is stupid. LOL.

  • This is a very good presentation about a serious issues involving the exploitation and oppression of children and most of the responses just show how immature, cruel and ignorant people can be. No wonder these things continue to happen. This is a travesty!

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  • the congo war was created by king kong

  • people just don't stop and think about the natural balance in certain places in the world.

    sure 4 million have died there in civil wars but what the bleeding heart liberals don't mention is that their is also a food shortage and famine that has plauged that area for years and if those 4 million where not killed off the population there would be 0 today.

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  • This is another example of how state control of resources ultimately leads to disaster, thank you socialism.

  • wow they all have jobs,nice cannot say the same thing in America

  • The guy speaking looks like Kobe Bryant.

    You know, these boys and men might have tough lives... but they probably are the happiest in a way.

  • why are they speaking french?

  • congo was colonized by the french originally. you have the internet, look it up.

  • because the congo was a french colony...?

  • Ya you really have it right. My dad moves a lot for his job and so I do too. My friends (who have been to Africa at least) and I all agree. The Africans we have met are some of the nicest and happiest people in the world, even with the terrible conditions they often have to endure.

  • Great idea !

  • Men never go to war over Cotron -- men fight over three things 1) Power, 2) Prestige. 3) Pussy.

    Everything else is bullshit. Getting the minerals is just a way to get power, prestige, or pussy.

    That's not just Africa, thats all over.

  • just like the movie Blood Diamonds ! This is real. And thousand of congolese die everyday because of this coltan!

  • Electronics manufacturers do not buy any mineral from guys off the street. They purchase the materials from assayers like Johnson & Matthey, Engelhard, and other industrial refiners who will provide a99.999% product. Considering gold is rarely thrown away, it is indeed recycled. Ask yourself the origins of the gold. Sure you could use spectroscopy but that won't change the fact that gold reintroduced into the market to pay for rebuilidng Europe isn't clean.

  • I find it hard to believe these guys with bare hands digging is able to meet the demand of the world market ....

  • Do you live there? Do you work there?

    Ok then.

    You don't know what those people do or how they live.

  • So what you are saying is that we can simply get rid of this problem by eliminating the use of coltan and tantalum and finding another dielectric? Capacitors, although old school electronics can use many types of dielectric. Most cell phones today are solid state so do explain the minerals useage? Do look up semiconductor IC's and how they are made.

  • Americans need to wake the f*** up and realize we are the main cause of the shi* tha these countries go through, I dare every American to throw away there cell phones and Ipods and donate $10 to thees people and see the difference. We are complete idiots like we in this country better than any third world country period, we been over here for about 250+ years and every American still aint got a million dollars yet its only 300 million of us!!!

  • I for one want solid evidence listing what electronic devices have coltan and tantalum. When I look under the hood of my cell phone I see a PCB (printed circuit board) and IC's (integrated circuits = computer chips). If your phone has any large capacitors, something bigger than a few microns, then that cell phone is a cinder block

  • "every American still aint got a million dollars yet its only 300 million of us!!! "

    What?

  • Yeah, sure. You're quite misinformed. Look, mobile phone developers are mostly asian, in spite that mobile phones were invented in Europe. That's a sad fact for people like you, whom has been brainwashed by weird leftist groups whose job is to blame the States to protect other people out there. I'm not from the states, but happened to be indirectly involved in the industry, so I know a bit.

  • That doesn't change the fact that profits enjoyed by these companies aren't finding their way primary-sector workers. Same with farmers, surprisingly. And this video has nothing to do with Asian tech companies, or the hearths of nanotechnology. This deals with disparages between the more developed world and the less developed world. Who owns the tech companies and where the technology came from is irrelevant.

    And by the way,,it's "...WHO HAVE been brainwashed by leftist groups..."

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  • You must be a white person. Nobody is fooled by your stupid attempt to sound and write (now how would you put it?) "black" right? You are so stupid.

  • wow that was an unnecessary stereotypical racist remark from TotenKopfKrieger

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  • Your a damn fool. People are born as equals...the fact that some are blk or white has to do with melanin. AFrica and black americans were forcefully beaten down and broken both culturally and economically by white imperialists and racsists. Race has nothing to do with it...blind ignorance from ass holes like you does however, perpetrate colonialist dogma and ideals that hinder the human race as a whole. Dont come on here with that racist shit.

  • Hello ... The Focus is Beuatiful

  • The problem here is not just these conflict minerals, the problem is the government. The ones that commit these crimes against these people are the police and military. It's not just in eastern Congo either, even in the major city of Kinshasa the police and military shake down the very citizens they are supposed to protect.

  • NWA

  • .....Im 19 and i understand wats goin on. u need to go educate yaself and look at the positive and negative side of dis. but u could believe you me if u come to New Orleans and say dat same shit u sayin on here in front of some black people. r not even black people jus people who hav a lil concern about whats goin on ova there .we gon see who gives a rats ass den. Stupid ass aint gon make it bac home.

    504 Till Da Meat Show - God Bless Dem People N Congo.

  • Here's the deal man, as long as we have fools like obama in office, who pander to the G20 and the globalists, things aren't going to change for Africa or the USA, What's needed in the USA is for our jobs to come back...we lost them under clinton with nafta... as for what's needed in africa, people gotta start standing up against the warlords and the corporations that enslave these people