30 research outputs found
Global Assemblages, Resilience, and Earth Stewardship in the Anthropocene
In this paper, we argue that the Anthropocene is an epoch characterized not only by the anthropogenic dominance of the Earth\u27s ecosystems but also by new forms of environmental governance and institutions. Echoing the literature in political ecology, we call these new forms of environmental governance âglobal assemblagesâ. Socioecological changes associated with global assemblages disproportionately impact poorer nations and communities along the development continuum, or the âGlobal Southâ, and others who depend on natural resources for subsistence. Although global assemblages are powerful mechanisms of socioecological change, we show how transnational networks of grassroots organizations are able to resist their negative social and environmental impacts, and thus foster socioecological resilience
Desenvolvendo ação direta de desobediĂȘncia civil e nĂŁo violenta em favor dos famintos: âComida e nĂŁo Bombasâ e o reaparecimento da Democracia Radical nos EUA
Este estudo examina os esforços de um dos movimentos sociais (anarquista) que cresce mais rapidamente no mundo âFNBâ (Food and not bombs) Comida e nĂŁo Bombas, para redefinir a polĂtica urbana contra a fome nos EUA. A visĂŁo Ă© para entender como a FNB contesta a polĂtica e os processos relativos Ă contenção dos pobres, desprezando os esforços para desenvolver um novo mĂ©todo de biopolĂtica. Como principal alvo de seu sucesso, este estudo examina os esforços de um dos movimentos sociais (anarquista) que cresce mais rapidamente no mundo, âComida e nĂŁo Bombasâ (FNB) Food Not Bombs, para redefinir polĂticas urbanas contra a fome nos EUA. O objetivo Ă© para entender como a FNB contesta o desprezo das polĂticas e procedimentos com relação ĂĄs classes pobres e seus esforços, foca-se em como a FNB usa a ação direta de desobediĂȘncia civil nĂŁo-violenta para obter uma resposta da base alternativa ao direcionamento destrutivo do imperativo mercado capitalista neoliberal. O caso da FNB provĂȘ exemplos de potencial contĂnuo para ajuda mĂștua e cooperativismo na cidade e da mesma forma contra o pano de fundo das crescentes injustiças sociais dentro de universo cada vez mais globalizado. Finalizando, o estudo demonstra que a FNB oferece exemplos de vĂĄrios tipos de resistĂȘncia necessĂĄria para assegurar o direito fundamental inerente Ă cidade, o qual Ă© o direito Ă comida e sobrevivĂȘncia nas cidades
Cooking up Non-violent Civil-disobedient Direct Action for the Hungry: 'Food Not Bombs' and the Resurgence of Radical Democracy in the US
This paper examines the efforts of one of the fastest-growing (anarchist) social movement groups in the world, 'Food Not Bombs' (FNB), to redefine urban anti-hunger politics in the US. The aim is to understand how FNB contests the politics and processes of poor people's containment through their efforts to develop new, decommodified modes of biopolitics. As it is central to their success, the paper focuses on how FNB uses non-violent civil-disobedient direct action to provide an alternative grassroots response to the destructive market-driven imperatives of neo-liberal capitalism. The case of FNB provides an example of the continued potential for mutual aid and co-operativism in the city and does so against the backdrop of growing injustices within an ever-globalising world. Ultimately, the paper shows that FNB offers an example of the kinds of resistance necessary to secure the most fundamentally inherent right to the city, which is the right to eat and survive in the city.
Green urban political ecologies: toward a better understanding of inner-city environmental change
This research uses a Marxist urban political ecology framework to link processes of urban environmental metabolization explicitly to the consumption fund of the built environment. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I argue in this paper that Marxist notions of metabolism are ideal for investigating urban environmental change and the production of uneven urban environments. In so doing, I argue that despite the embeddedness of Harveyâs circuits of capital within urban political economy, these connected notions still have a great deal to offer regarding better understanding relations between consumption and metabolization of urban environments. From this theoretical perspective, I investigate urban socionatural metabolization as a function of the broader socioeconomic processes related to urban restructuring within the USA between 1962 and 1993 in the Indianapolis inner-city urban forest. The research examines the relations between changes in household income and changes in urban forest canopy cover. The results of the research indicate that there was a significant decline over time in the Indianapolis urban forest canopy and that median household was related to these changes, thus demonstrating a concrete example of urban environmental metabolization.
The Geography of Survival and the Right to the City: Speculations on Surveillance, Legal Innovation, and the Criminalization of Intervention
Introduction: False promises
This volume explores the nexus between nature, markets, deregulation and valuation, using theoretically sharp and empirically rich real-world case studies and analyses of actually existing policy from around the world and across a range of resources. In short, it answers the questions: does neoliberalizing nature work and what work does it do? More specifically, this volume provides answers to a series of urgent questions about the effects of neoliberal policies on environmental governance and quality. What are the implications of privatizing public water utilities in terms of equity in service provision, resource conservation and water quality? Do free trade agreements erode the sovereignty of nations and citizens to regulate environmental pollution, and is this power being transferred to corporations? What does the evidence show about the relationship between that marketization and privatization of nature and conservation objectives? Neoliberal Environments productively engages with all of these questions and more. At the same time, the diverse case studies collectively and decisively challenge the orthodoxies of neoliberal reforms, documenting that the results of such reforms have fallen far short of their ambitions
Introduction: the point is to change it
The title we have chosen for this book, borrowed from one fo Marx\u27s most famous injunctions, is an invitation to think and a provocation to act. We\u27re in the midst of some exceptionally challenging, complex and mementous changes to the global economy, polity, society and ecology