EJ advocates lack sufficient power to win justice struggles alone

Evidence

Movement fusion is a necessary ingredient for the long-term success of the Environmental Justice Movement because, put simply, environmental justice advocates do not have a large enough power base to win the larger struggle for justice on their own. But this fusion is transformative, not only for its possibilities of generating the power necessary to win policy debates but because cross-fertilization brings new ideas, such as pollution prevention and more democratic decision-making processes, to the fore. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 723

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s law-institutions thread: a frank acknowledgment that legal and policy power alone cannot carry the movement. — connects to: Environmental justice is chiefly a political-economic struggle with law as one tool — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 333; EJ advocates lack the power base to win without fusing movements; Autonomy alone is insufficient and must join other justice capabilities — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 203 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Autonomy alone is insufficient and must join other justice capabilities #expands (0.92) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 203
• Collective action rather than individual effort defines justice. #expands (0.75)