About this episode
Beatrice speaks with Sunaura Taylor about the intersection of industrial pollution, disability, and community activism in Arizona.
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156680243 Beatrice speaks with Sunaura Taylor about how industrial pollution and systemic abandonment produce networks of disability among people, animals, and what she calls “injured landscapes;” how one community in Arizona organized against longstanding environmental pollution from arms manufacturing; and her new book, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert. Runtime 1:31:27 Find Sunaura's book here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9780520424692 MERCH STORE IS BACK! Patrons get a code for 10% off all orders. Find it at www.deathpanel.net/merch We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523
People in this episode
Hosts: Beatrice, Death Panel
Guest: Sunaura Taylor
Topics covered
- industrial pollution
- disability
- environmental justice
- community organizing
- systemic abandonment
- ecology
Keywords
- disability
- pollution
- environmental justice
- Arizona
- community organizing
- Sunaura Taylor
- Disabled Ecologies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon, Bookshop.org
Books & works: Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert, Health Communism, Abolish Rent
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