Episode 65: Promised Lands in Manfredonia: Environmental Justice Is About Democracy
Green Wave
English - September 27, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 50 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews green wave progressive politics news london Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we tell the story of how, for one Italian town, democracy is an ongoing struggle for environmental justice and self-determination. A story of democratic exclusion that began with the building of a petrochemical plant on the edge of the town by state-run chemical giant EniChem in the early 1970s.
Hear more about the deep scars that have been left on the land and the town's inhabitants by cultural and industrial colonisation.
Written by Federico Ambrosini and Sofia Cherici.
Read by Gail Rego.
Text version: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/promised-lands-in-manfredonia-environmental-justice-is-about-democracy/
This article is from our brand-new edition: Democracy Ever After? Perspectives on Power and Representation which examines the struggle over democracy and representation in Europe today. It's out now and available to read online and order in print at www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/. For the first time, you can subscribe to receive future print editions too.