Ecological Justice PMA

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00-5:00 Gopal intro
Frontline communities are the leaders of the climate justice movment
5:05 Zero Waste Detroit
Incinerator March
7:58 Health issues in Detroit
We have a right to breath
13:36 Boston Mass. ACE
 What kind of city do we want to live in
17:00 San Diego CA Just transition alliance
Kettleman/New Orleans
People should not have to migrate to get a job they should be able to produce it locally sustainable jobs need to have a cradle to grave approach.
22:00 Michelle announcement
23:30 Gopal: immigration and migration talked about as  narrow idea of climate refugees but in fact climate change and the forced migrations of people start from the same source of exploitation of the earth.
24:309 intro Coalicion de derechos humanos, …. Sandy Xavier APEN
25:30 Tuscon coalition for human rights
federal policy funnels migrants into Arizona, sb1070 legalizes existing racism, NAFTA predicted migration close off easy ports of entry and funnel migrants into desert
30:22 Pacha mama  is ill El Paso texas farm worker union  farmers and consumers first identified opponent over time learned how system works workers farmers and consumers all victims of a commercial agriculture system new alliance to change system alliance with small and local farmers and consumers who care about system based on exploitation of migrants displacement of small producers and industrialization resulting in unsafe food not cheaper food but more profitable food. 200 corporations control food system 1/3 are US based. 2004 went to brazil to include via campesina in the international movement to deal with climate change we need to deal with the system in the past we know that after Bolivia it is not the government and fines and putting ceos in jail that will not bring back the lives of the workers that have been killed and the destroyed ecology we need to replace this destructive system because or lives are in danger and mother earth can not take it anymore.
36:20 (in Spanish tr by mateo) since 92 gritamos mexico and us and Canada to the NAFTA trade deals only with goods but not people or the environment
40:oo death and destruction  is massive maquilidora pollution highest globally more polluted than china which is also impacted this system has caused the climate crisis and the immediate danger that we have to respond to is that the same factor which created the crisis alleges to create the solution
44:49 Sandy Apen  Laotian history from war to richmond pollution chevron expansion permit battle took to court won twice.
47:55 end of Sandy

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