SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Kitimat, Vandana Shiva, Keystone Pipeline
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Challenging the system: the future of inequality (resistance) Seek to reform 1 specific aspect of society. Seek to transform the social order itself and replace it with a new version of society (henslin and nelson) People who are deprived of things join social movements with the hope of redressing these imbalances. Their relative experiences (their subjective experience of deprivation) Moral and ideological commitment for those who are part of a social movement, ex. Poor are vulnerable to environmental destructions and dumping (sernau 311-312) Twin pipelines from brunderheim, alberta to kitimat, british columbia. Alberta keystone pipeline (toronto star, saturday june 9, 2012) Oil from hartdisty, alberta to port arthur, texas. Dr. vandana shiva (physicist, environmentalist, activist, author or numerous books ) Raised attention to protecting nature and protecting the rights of people to have access to food and water and dignified jobs and livelihoods. Corporations disposes people of their rights and at the same time disposes the rights of nature.
