The Mobile Social Congress is consolidating itself as an essential space to make visible the violations of human and environmental rights in the technological industry. The Mobile Social Congress (MSC), which was held the same week as the Mobile World Congress, is consolidating itself as an essential space to publicize…
A businessman exploits people who dig in a mine to extract the materials needed to produce a new mobile phone, which they will never be able to purchase. This was the argument of the action organized by activists from SETEM Catalunya and Scientist Rebellion, this Monday morning at the gates…
The Mobile Social Congress was created as an alternative space to the Mobile World Congress which takes place every year in Barcelona. This year, the talks and workshops will go around how to activate a sustainable and fair electronics model.
The relocation of the electronic landfill of Agbogbloshie is causing a social crisis, as thousands of people are being deprived of their livelihood. These people worked in miserable conditions, and now they have lost everything they had.
Free activities and workshops on the 27, 28, and 29 of June to celebrate the second part of the MSC21! The aim is to create awareness about a fairer electronics sector.
Free activities and workshops on the 27, 28, and 29 of June to celebrate the second part of the MSC21! The aim is to create awareness about a fairer electronics sector.
With the motto ‘Without Signal – Post-covid-19 impacts on the electronics industry’ this year the MSC will be held in two different formats: a virtual one, on 5 and 6 May, and a physical one, from 27 to 29 June, with face-to-face activities in different areas of the city of…
The 5th edition of the Mobile Social Congress (MSC) started with a street action held in Barcelona’s Plaça Catalunya. Activists from SETEM Catalunya, the organizer of the MSC, denounced the arrogance of the giants of the mobile phone industry. They exposed the exploitation suffered by those working in the sector…
Save the date! The fifth edition of the #MSC2020 will take place on February 24-25-26 in the Pati Manning in Barcelona. Entitled ‘SHARED STRUGGLES GLOBAL AND NORTH. FOR A FAIR ELECTRONIC MODEL‘ this year the MSC will voice the workers in the global electronics industry, seeking dialogue and the synergies of…
SETEM Catalunya will pay for 10 students to travel to this activist training event. Held in metropolitan London, England, from July 3-7, it is organized by People & Planet. Power Shift is a participative training experience for student activists that provides: – Practical tools for channelling your passion for fighting…
