Afro-American Studies 293G - S-EnvirRacismtoClimateJustice

This course explores the emergence of the modern environmental justice movement in the U.S. South during the 1980s and 90s and examines its impact on the more recent development of a movement for climate justice. It will note how this movement coined the term "environmental racism" and made calls for new forms of participatory democracy, while also noting some of this movement's limitations. In doing so, this course will pay particular attention to the ways in which this movement informed the development of the demands of climate activists, both in the United States and around the world. From here, this course will examine key facets of the emerging climate movement, including the fight to block pipelines, the struggle against disaster capitalism, the conceptualization of the Anthropocene, and how growing debates around militarism, decolonization, eco-socialism, and industrial sabotage shape contemporary activism.