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1364: Toward abolitionist agroecology / Maywa Montenegro de Wit

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🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Political ecologist Maywa Montenegro de Wit on her book "Abolitionist Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and Pandemic Prevention" from Daraja Press and Monthly Review. https://darajapress.com/publication/abolitionist-agroecology-food-sovereignty-and-pandemic-prevention

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0:00.0

The explosion was heard all over town little pieces of the man was all that they found that the kitty came back the very next day

0:06.8

Thought he was a goner but the cat came back because he wouldn't stay away away. Oh, This is hell.

0:40.0

live from late. This is hell.

0:43.0

Live from Lake Capitalism where Property Has More Rights Than People.

0:48.0

This is hell. Agroecology is, as today's guest explains, a science practice and movement that combines

0:57.2

indigenous and practitioner wisdoms with principles of ecology to generate sustainable and equitable food systems. of the

1:05.0

world economic, and equitable food systems. Last week we discussed how this process is taking place in Nicaragua

1:08.0

with writer and translator, Rohan Rice.

1:10.0

Rohan quoted Marlene Sanchez of the Global Pe movement La Via Campesina describing agroecology

1:16.3

as an inherently anti-capitalist food production system. It also came up about a month ago when we spoke with sociologist Caitlin

1:24.8

sharing about water sovereignty in Brazil. Caitlin saw agriecology as a system

1:29.7

that is antithetical to today's industrial agriculture.

1:33.1

We've also discussed abolition in the past,

1:35.2

in the prison industrial complex, a term coined by past guest Mike Davis.

1:39.7

Abolitionism rejects the idea of stopping it reform, be it to slavery, prisons or police,

1:45.6

and instead wants to replace those structures with alternatives again, as today's guests

1:50.4

explains.

1:51.6

One process, agroecology, holds the promise of addressing climate change,

1:56.0

repairing nature in our relationship with it, including protecting us from future pandemics.

2:01.0

The other abolitionism has the potential to end racialize police violence and the institutions that support and reinforce systemic racism.

2:09.0

So, what if the two got together into one project.

2:13.7

We'll find out what that might look like in a few.

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