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Environmental Classism/Racism and the Sides of Human Rights

December 6, 2017 by Sasha Adkins 3 Comments

On November 29th, Boston City Council unanimously passed a plastic bag ordinance that aims to reduce our reliance on disposable plastic bags. Stores will charge a 5-cent fee for each paper or sturdy plastic bag that they sell customers who come without a reusable bag. Despite eloquent statements by councilors Ayanna Pressley (at-large) and Tito […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class prejudice, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy, Environmental classism, Poverty, Race and Class, Systemic Classism Tagged With: classism, corporations, environmentalists, low-wage jobs, poverty, race and class, racism, working class

Labor Day, American Values and the Status Quo

August 26, 2014 by Maynard Seider Leave a Comment

For the past two years I’ve traveled across the country to film festivals, labor events and public forums to show my documentary, “Farewell to Factory Towns?” With Labor Day on the horizon, I’d like to offer a few thoughts on the reactions of audiences to the film. While relatively diverse, the audiences generally support the […]

Filed Under: Building Economic Alternatives, Classism in Politics, Labor movement Tagged With: budget cuts, environmentalists, green jobs, job loss, movement building

Adventures in Sustainability on a Budget

July 25, 2013 by Sasha Adkins 2 Comments

I began to eat organic after witnessing first-hand the effects of pesticides on migrant farm workers. I tried to stop using electricity from coal-fired power plants after I watched my students in Washington, DC struggle to breathe on “red-alert” air quality days. I read about the permanently disabling effects that some glues have on workers […]

Filed Under: Building Economic Alternatives Tagged With: consumerism, downward mobility, environmentalists

Food, fracking, and farms: Climate issues are class issues

July 23, 2013 by Noah Bogdonoff 2 Comments

I’m often disappointed by the narrow scope of the environmental movement’s rhetoric and, more importantly, the narrow scope of its constituency. It’s no secret that the mainstream environmental movement is largely an affluent, white effort. As an “environmentalist” (I’ll explain the quotes in a bit), I don’t think this is particularly surprising—the struggle for class, […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Environmental classism Tagged With: climate change, environmentalists, social movements

Climate Justice Work Must Include Marginalized People

July 22, 2013 by Cheryl Distaso 9 Comments

Late last year, I attended a 350.org divestment rally for climate justice at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Although the organizers made no claims to work intersectionally, and made no promise cross-class organizing, I left feeling deflated and angry at what seemed to be an effort to pander to wealthy white men at the […]

Filed Under: Classism in Progressive Movement Groups, Environmental classism, Gender Class Intersections, Race and Class Tagged With: classism, climate change, environmental racism, environmentalists, intersectionality, race and class, racism, sexism, social movements

Two more cars & class stories

May 14, 2013 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 1 Comment

We obviously hit a nerve with the two recent stories about cars and class. Besides the long and intense comments under the posts, I received two more moving stories submitted to Classism Exposed. The first writer shared this story anonymously: “My husband is about to sell his car so we can save some money.  He […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: cars, classism, environmentalists

Roadblocks and Detours: Classism En Route to Drivers Ed

May 3, 2013 by Nicole Braun 9 Comments

I was shocked when a well-known environmentalist criticized my students’ campaign to make drivers education accessible to low-income students. The campaign ran into a lot of classism, but that was the low point. When I was in high school, drivers training was part of the public school curriculum.  Obtaining one’s drivers permit and license were […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in K-12 Education, Classism in Progressive Movement Groups Tagged With: academia, classism, environmentalists, organizing

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