Alessandra Bergamin
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social
Journalist — international environmental violence & human rights
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Work: In These Times, The Baffler, Atmos, Alta, Harpers, Waging Nonviolence
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https://campsite.bio/alessandrabergamin
she/her 🌈 🫒 🐡 🧿
Work: In These Times, The Baffler, Atmos, Alta, Harpers, Waging Nonviolence
~~not a social media person ~~
https://campsite.bio/alessandrabergamin
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Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them
Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it.
truthout.org
For @truthout.org I wrote about Israel's killing of environmental and land defenders in Lebanon's south.
truthout.org/articles/leb...
truthout.org/articles/leb...
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
An agricultural borderland in the heart of the historic fertile crescent, Israel has transformed southern Lebanon from small farms of tobacco, olives, and goats to a landscape set ablaze by white phosphorus munitions, littered with unexploded ordnance, and poisoned by the pesticide glyphosate.
Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them
Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it.
truthout.org
September 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
An agricultural borderland in the heart of the historic fertile crescent, Israel has transformed southern Lebanon from small farms of tobacco, olives, and goats to a landscape set ablaze by white phosphorus munitions, littered with unexploded ordnance, and poisoned by the pesticide glyphosate.
For @truthout.org I wrote about Israel's killing of environmental and land defenders in Lebanon's south.
truthout.org/articles/leb...
truthout.org/articles/leb...
Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them
Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it.
truthout.org
October 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
For @truthout.org I wrote about Israel's killing of environmental and land defenders in Lebanon's south.
truthout.org/articles/leb...
truthout.org/articles/leb...
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
Ecocide in Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
A new must-read @tomdispatch.bsky.social by Ashley Gate.
theintercept.com/2026/08/31/i...
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
A new must-read @tomdispatch.bsky.social by Ashley Gate.
theintercept.com/2026/08/31/i...
Ecocide in Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
theintercept.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Ecocide in Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
A new must-read @tomdispatch.bsky.social by Ashley Gate.
theintercept.com/2026/08/31/i...
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
A new must-read @tomdispatch.bsky.social by Ashley Gate.
theintercept.com/2026/08/31/i...
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
Another question: How serious of a national security threat is climate change? Does climate change cause war? Not necessarily
"While environmental stress can increase tension, academic analyses have not shown a strong or direct causal link between climate change and armed conflict," Crawford writes
"While environmental stress can increase tension, academic analyses have not shown a strong or direct causal link between climate change and armed conflict," Crawford writes
The US military’s fatal stance on climate change
The Pentagon is preparing to wage war in a warmer world, even as it accelerates it
thebulletin.org
August 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Another question: How serious of a national security threat is climate change? Does climate change cause war? Not necessarily
"While environmental stress can increase tension, academic analyses have not shown a strong or direct causal link between climate change and armed conflict," Crawford writes
"While environmental stress can increase tension, academic analyses have not shown a strong or direct causal link between climate change and armed conflict," Crawford writes
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
www.thenation.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It was my great pleasure to speak with three incredible women working towards climate justice. You can read the piece below:
Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people.
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/indi...
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/indi...
Indigenous women already have the climate solutions
Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people.
wagingnonviolence.org
July 30, 2026 at 12:51 AM
It was my great pleasure to speak with three incredible women working towards climate justice. You can read the piece below:
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new for @insideclimatenews.org, I spent several days in Planada, #California, where people are known to shut themselves indoors during the summer and use bottled water or Brita filters out of their concern over dairy operations’ contamination of air and water insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...
Dairy Farms’ Expansion Plan Worries California Families Who Once Had a ‘Little Piece of Heaven’ - Inside Climate News
The battle in the Central Valley is just one of many happening against dairy farms and new manure digester projects in the state. Farmers say they are trying to be better neighbors.
insideclimatenews.org
July 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
new for @insideclimatenews.org, I spent several days in Planada, #California, where people are known to shut themselves indoors during the summer and use bottled water or Brita filters out of their concern over dairy operations’ contamination of air and water insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...
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If enacted, a new measure would invalidate scores of state and local standards regulating the production and sale of meat and dairy throughout the country. prospect.org?p=140603
July 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
If enacted, a new measure would invalidate scores of state and local standards regulating the production and sale of meat and dairy throughout the country. prospect.org?p=140603
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Over the last decade, parts of Andhra Pradesh, India, have become global hotspots for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, or CKDu.
More frequent and intense heat waves are behind this disease, which has become associated with male farmworkers. But for women, the threat is often overlooked.
More frequent and intense heat waves are behind this disease, which has become associated with male farmworkers. But for women, the threat is often overlooked.
Hidden Impact
For women working in India’s fields and factories, gender disparities heighten the risk of climate-linked chronic kidney disease.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/why-women-workers-in-india-might-be-at-higher-risk-of-climate-linked-kidney-disease##
June 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Over the last decade, parts of Andhra Pradesh, India, have become global hotspots for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, or CKDu.
More frequent and intense heat waves are behind this disease, which has become associated with male farmworkers. But for women, the threat is often overlooked.
More frequent and intense heat waves are behind this disease, which has become associated with male farmworkers. But for women, the threat is often overlooked.
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
"It Is Like Martial Law Here"
Activists are targeted in Philippines human rights violations and militarization.
inthesetimes.com
June 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
When languages go extinct, so does the ecological knowledge they contain. therevelator.org/extinction-l...
The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue • The Revelator
More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.
therevelator.org
June 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
When languages go extinct, so does the ecological knowledge they contain. therevelator.org/extinction-l...
I write Defender — a newsletter about global environmental violence, human rights, and how I report on those issues as a freelance journalist.
Today I shared my recent @inthesetimes.com story and wrote about the massacre on the Philippine island of Negros.
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Today I shared my recent @inthesetimes.com story and wrote about the massacre on the Philippine island of Negros.
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Defender
Defender is a mostly monthly newsletter focused on global environmental violence, human rights and how I report on those issues as a freelance journalist.
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June 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I write Defender — a newsletter about global environmental violence, human rights, and how I report on those issues as a freelance journalist.
Today I shared my recent @inthesetimes.com story and wrote about the massacre on the Philippine island of Negros.
Subscribe here:
defender.beehiiv.com
Today I shared my recent @inthesetimes.com story and wrote about the massacre on the Philippine island of Negros.
Subscribe here:
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Dentist & journalist Zain Azhar documents how extreme heat is turning Pakistani farmworkers’ mouths into hostile environments for their own teeth:
"This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems."
This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
"This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems."
This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
When the Heat Steals Your Smile
After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed…
www.thexylom.com
June 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Dentist & journalist Zain Azhar documents how extreme heat is turning Pakistani farmworkers’ mouths into hostile environments for their own teeth:
"This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems."
This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
"This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems."
This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
For @inthesetimes.com, I wrote about the abduction and military detainment of Filipina-American activist, Chantal Anicoche.
May 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
For @inthesetimes.com, I wrote about the abduction and military detainment of Filipina-American activist, Chantal Anicoche.
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
"It Is Like Martial Law Here"
Activists are targeted in Philippines human rights violations and militarization.
inthesetimes.com
May 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A U.S. activist was detained by the Philippine Army for 22 days after going to Mindoro to learn from Indigenous and peasant communities resisting extraction, militarization and state violence.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on the case of Chantal Anicoche and a wider pattern of repression.
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
The criminalization of activism is not always as simple as an arrest at a protest.
I obtained video footage that shows what really happened when a cop accused Nick Tilsen of attempting to run him over. 1/
drilled.media/news/tilsen for @drilledmedia.bsky.social
I obtained video footage that shows what really happened when a cop accused Nick Tilsen of attempting to run him over. 1/
drilled.media/news/tilsen for @drilledmedia.bsky.social
An Indigenous Activist was Accused of Trying to Run Over a Cop. Body Cam Footage Shows What Really Happened
Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective, spent nearly four years fighting felony charges that he says were politically motivated.
drilled.media
May 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The criminalization of activism is not always as simple as an arrest at a protest.
I obtained video footage that shows what really happened when a cop accused Nick Tilsen of attempting to run him over. 1/
drilled.media/news/tilsen for @drilledmedia.bsky.social
I obtained video footage that shows what really happened when a cop accused Nick Tilsen of attempting to run him over. 1/
drilled.media/news/tilsen for @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
From a forest in my home state of Karnataka. Tribal communities who were evicted to create a tiger reserve have reclaimed their ancestral lands even while their applications for legal forest rights remain pending with the state. A historic moment of assertion despite the state
May 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
From a forest in my home state of Karnataka. Tribal communities who were evicted to create a tiger reserve have reclaimed their ancestral lands even while their applications for legal forest rights remain pending with the state. A historic moment of assertion despite the state
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
Solidarity reporting is more truthful about issues placing people’s basic dignity at stake than “objective” reporting that defers to those who don’t know the lived truth of what’s at hand, @anitavarma.bsky.social says in a Q&A about her upcoming book.
tinyurl.com/4cu64258
tinyurl.com/4cu64258
'All journalism advocates': Anita Varma on solidarity journalism
Anita Varma on her forthcoming book, Solidarity in Journalism, the limits of the advocacy vs. journalism conversation, and more.
tinyurl.com
March 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Solidarity reporting is more truthful about issues placing people’s basic dignity at stake than “objective” reporting that defers to those who don’t know the lived truth of what’s at hand, @anitavarma.bsky.social says in a Q&A about her upcoming book.
tinyurl.com/4cu64258
tinyurl.com/4cu64258
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Last week was the 25th session on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Indigenous leaders talked about the staggering rates at which Indigenous land defenders are killed and threats to Indigenous people from AI infrastructure. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
Indigenous land defenders are being killed, and AI is scraping their knowledge - ICT
At the U.N., leaders confronted compounding crises of territorial violence and digital extractivism.
ictnews.org
April 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Last week was the 25th session on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Indigenous leaders talked about the staggering rates at which Indigenous land defenders are killed and threats to Indigenous people from AI infrastructure. ictnews.org/news/indigen...
"For Marind, hunger is...often described as a form of shame that “eats away” at a mother who cannot feed her children the foods that make them strong."
Loved this piece on hunger & agribusiness in West Papua via @sciencepolitics.bsky.social
sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/24/n...
Loved this piece on hunger & agribusiness in West Papua via @sciencepolitics.bsky.social
sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/24/n...
Not All Hungers Are the Same - Science Politics
On the Papuan plantation frontier, industrial oil palm concessions are creating new ways of thinking about hunger: as a force that haunts, as a form of shame, as a source of anger.
sciencepolitics.org
May 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"For Marind, hunger is...often described as a form of shame that “eats away” at a mother who cannot feed her children the foods that make them strong."
Loved this piece on hunger & agribusiness in West Papua via @sciencepolitics.bsky.social
sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/24/n...
Loved this piece on hunger & agribusiness in West Papua via @sciencepolitics.bsky.social
sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/24/n...
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
As Sudan’s war marked its 3rd anniversary in April, the country is now one of the most dangerous environments for the press. The RSF should provide proof of life and release detained journalist Muammar Ibrahim and other journalists in their custody. cpj.org?p=580505
#FreeMuammar #FreeMuammarIbrahim
#FreeMuammar #FreeMuammarIbrahim
April 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
As Sudan’s war marked its 3rd anniversary in April, the country is now one of the most dangerous environments for the press. The RSF should provide proof of life and release detained journalist Muammar Ibrahim and other journalists in their custody. cpj.org?p=580505
#FreeMuammar #FreeMuammarIbrahim
#FreeMuammar #FreeMuammarIbrahim
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The Movement Media Alliance stands in solidarity with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has now been held in a Kuwaiti prison for over a month, denied regular access to legal counsel, and cut off from the public work that has defined a distinguished career in international journalism.
Movement Media Alliance Statement on the Detention of Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
The Movement Media Alliance stands in solidarity with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
movement-media.org
April 15, 2026 at 11:51 PM
The Movement Media Alliance stands in solidarity with journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has now been held in a Kuwaiti prison for over a month, denied regular access to legal counsel, and cut off from the public work that has defined a distinguished career in international journalism.
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Delighted to announce that @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social's incredible @inthesetimes.com investigation, "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders," was recognized by @sejorg.bsky.social. Read the full story here: inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
April 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Delighted to announce that @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social's incredible @inthesetimes.com investigation, "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders," was recognized by @sejorg.bsky.social. Read the full story here: inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
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