A borrowed, hybridized environmental-justice discourse forges South-South and South-North alliances.

Evidence

Among those whom Al Gedicks has dubbed global resource rebels, the hybridized, traveling discourse of environmental justice has proven critical in forging both South-South alliances and South-North alliances, not least among those who find themselves pitted against analogous threats—be they giant hydroelectric dams, for example, or toxic tailings. — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 102

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Bears directly on both the trees-as-infrastructure piece — giant hydroelectric dams as a shared threat tying rebels across borders — and the sacrifice piece, showing how localized harms gain emblematic global legibility.
• XREF: connects to: Eco-justice joins ecological and cultural critique in four linked commitments. — David A. Gruenewald, The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical…, 54; Southern environmental justice movements have displaced skepticism of green agendas — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 25; Environmental justice unites material and postmaterial demands within one political movement. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 272

Broader Connections

• Environmental justice unites material and postmaterial demands within one political movement. #expands (0.72) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 272