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part iii » Mapping (and walking) the terrain of climate justice Contours of Climate Justice. Ideas for shaping new climate and energy politics 79
Climate justice in the US Gopal Dayaneni Between a rock and a hard place, or the global trash compactor Most readers are probably familiar with the 1977 science fi ction blockbuster movie, Star Wars. Remember the trash compactor scene? That scene provides a nice metaphor for the state of global economic and ecological crisis. We are all trapped in a global trash compactor. The walls are closing in. On one side, we have climate chaos with all its myriad consequences. On the other, we have the wall of racial, gender, economic and environmental injustice also closing in on us. In the middle, we have us – everyone. And as the walls begin closing in, what is the fi rst thing you do? You try to push back. Many people concerned over the past 30-plus years with the rapidly increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been pushing against the wall of climate chaos. Armed with the best science, they have been demanding, and sometimes taking real action to slow the release of carbon into the atmosphere and/or get carbon out of the atmosphere. Up against the other wall are the communities attempting to push back against the advance of ever increasing inequity, poverty, violence and injustice. Those folks (for the 80 Critical Currents no. 6 Gopal Dayaneni serves on the planning committee for Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, which works to bring a strategic understanding of ecological crisis and facilitates strategic planning for action among organisers working for economic and racial justice. Gopal also serves on the board of the International Accountability Project, is an active trainer with the Ruckus Society and a member of the Progressive Communicators Network.
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