Kimberley Thomas

Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."

Respatializing Toxic Harm: The Case Against Sacrifice Zones Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and ...

“Sacrifice zone” has become a powerful label for naming unequal burdens of toxic contamination, too often located in and near marginalized communities. The problem is that naming polluted places as “zones” implies toxic containment when PFAS, dioxins, etc easily move thru air, water, and soil.

I learned so much from reading this paper! It complicates a commonplace claim about unique zones of vulnerability to hazards while still offering an alternative vision of justice and care. Recommended for people thinking about environmental harms, environmental justice, and disability.

Respatializing Toxic Harm: The Case Against Sacrifice Zones Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and ...

This makes their work invaluable for navigating the tension between uneven but ubiquitous toxicity that defines contemporary patterns of pollution. We may not yet have better language to describe this tension, but at least we have strategies to address it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Why? Because critical disability justice scholars and activists have long grappled precisely with the reality of diverse yet uniquely lived embodiments and the universal vulnerability to disablement that we all face.

We shouldn’t subscribe to either “sacrifice zones” language or the logics that produce toxic pollution. Instead, Caitlin Joseph, @grumpynaturalist.bsky.social & I draw on critical disabilities studies to shift attention from polluted spaces to individual yet interconnected bodies.

Another problem is that there’s no clear end to what places might be “sacrificed” by toxic industrial, municipal, or military activities. In a system that demands constant growth, more & more places are turned into input sources or waste sinks, ultimately making every place vulnerable to sacrifice.

Respatializing Toxic Harm: The Case Against Sacrifice Zones Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and ...

“Sacrifice zone” has become a powerful label for naming unequal burdens of toxic contamination, too often located in and near marginalized communities. The problem is that naming polluted places as “zones” implies toxic containment when PFAS, dioxins, etc easily move thru air, water, and soil.

Every generation gets to recreate the environmental movement to suit its own purposes Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece

davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene... This by @davekarpf.bsky.social is very, _very_ good. Much traditional media is badly geared to understand movement politics, and often, it helps to actually know stuff!

The “Mundane Violence” of International Water Conflicts - Association for Asian Studies Statistics about water resources abound. Some, like the combined length of rivers in the United States (3.5 million miles), make for interesting but forgettable trivia. Others, like the number of…

In the Fall 2017 issue of EAA, @kimanh.bsky.social published "The 'Mundane Violence' of International Water Conflicts," introducing readers to environmental and social issues that have only grown more acute in the years since this article first appeared.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Black journalist starter pack on bluesky! More Black folks who know what they're talking about!
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He’s really going full fascism now, openly threatening American citizens while attacking both the press and basic democratic freedoms. Once again, Trump tried to glorify his deployment of the National Guard in

Let's get a hell yeah in the chat for this great write up of how we get more free as we adapt to climate change from @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social & @mmikulewicz.bsky.social

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was voted on 15 years after the assassination and 22 senators voted "no."

I would not — and I cannot stress this enough — trust anything coming from Pam Bondi, Kash Patel or anonymous "internal law enforcement sources." Fascists lie. We have evidence, both contemporary and historical. Unless there is indisputable proof behind a claim made in this case, question it.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights Haverford college seeks two Tenure-Track Assistant Professors of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights.

Two tenure-track positions at Haverford College in the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program, with links to the Kim Ethics Institute.

An amazing place working with incredible colleagues!

(Deadline Oct. 24)

www.haverford.edu/provost/news...

The people whipping up panics about "academic freedom" rarely speak up when academic freedom is actually imperiled.

This is absolutely chilling.

In this short commentary in Nature Climate Change, @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social and I discuss the inherent issues with the project form in the context of adaptation. Projects, by their very nature, are not capable of delivering transformative adaptation. But there are alternatives!

Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due to the delivery of adaptation as projects. In this article, we explore real alternatives that can address the structural causes of vulnerability. DM for pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New comment in Nature climate change published this week on the dangers of adaptation projects by Meg Mills-Novoa, Kim Anh Thomas and Michael Mikulewicz (three scholars whose work you should follow!)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes

It’s not just about villainization. It’s also about devaluation. The pandemic threw into stark relief how little they cared if older people and those with disabilities died.

Hands off Social Security! Social Security is facing the greatest threat of its nearly century-long existence. We have to fight back! Social Security Works is working to have as many rallies at Social Security offices as po...

We're organizing rallies around the country to save Social Security!

HandsOffSocialSecurity.org

we're defunding those silly volcano scientists and replacing them with an innovative program whereby kids in your area can pay down interest on their student lunch debts by collecting old batteries and other e-waste in wheelbarrows and then dumping them directly into live calderas

UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT: tomorrow, February 28th, is the Economic Blackout.

I ain’t buying shit. Plan ahead, but if you must buy essentials, use cash and support local businesses only. No corporate chains!

Moving beyond a climate politics of justice with no peace Published in Climate and Development (Ahead of Print, 2024)

The new executive orders slashing funding & programs for social justice and env’tl protection paint a bleak picture for the future of climate justice (CJ). But liberal political theory–the basis of the mainstream CJ movement–was always going to fall short even without these cuts tinyurl.com/2ju5k82x

Moving beyond a climate politics of justice with no peace Published in Climate and Development (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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#3 Transformative climate futures require decoupling justice theory from its liberal roots.
“Climate justice otherwise” entails decentering the private market & liberal legal structures and elevating decolonial, relational & non-capitalist systems rooted in local & Indigenous worldviews & practices.