Confronting Institutional Violence in the Context of Climate Justice Politics

Over the last decade, I have been drawn toward the study of how climate change and other socioecological threats have intersected with the criminal legal system. In this essay, I consider how one case offers important challenges and possibilities for communicating dreams of radical environmental and...

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Main Author: David N. Pellow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-06-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231177913
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description Over the last decade, I have been drawn toward the study of how climate change and other socioecological threats have intersected with the criminal legal system. In this essay, I consider how one case offers important challenges and possibilities for communicating dreams of radical environmental and climate justice in the context of the criminal legal system. Moreover, I reflect on my own direct involvement in these movements and struggles as an activist-scholar and how that form of praxis is always an opportunity to consider more effective ways of writing, speaking, sharing, and communicating the urgency of intersecting crises.
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spelling doaj.art-c61fe70d8d7a4931a2234f63420573e82023-06-08T13:04:04ZengSAGE PublishingSocial Media + Society2056-30512023-06-01910.1177/20563051231177913Confronting Institutional Violence in the Context of Climate Justice PoliticsDavid N. PellowOver the last decade, I have been drawn toward the study of how climate change and other socioecological threats have intersected with the criminal legal system. In this essay, I consider how one case offers important challenges and possibilities for communicating dreams of radical environmental and climate justice in the context of the criminal legal system. Moreover, I reflect on my own direct involvement in these movements and struggles as an activist-scholar and how that form of praxis is always an opportunity to consider more effective ways of writing, speaking, sharing, and communicating the urgency of intersecting crises.https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231177913
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