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Flint Fights Back - Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis (Paperback)
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Flint Fights Back - Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis (Paperback)
Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
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An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle
for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for
democracy. When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal
water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were
repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At
the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a
celebratory toast, declaring "Here's to Flint!" and downing glasses
of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out
of residents' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including
high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines
the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired,
arguing that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water was
part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint's
water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of
Michigan's policy of replacing elected officials in financially
troubled cities like Flint and Detroit with appointed "emergency
managers." Pauli distinguishes the political narrative of the water
crisis from the historical and technical narratives, showing that
Flint activists' emphasis on democracy helped them to overcome some
of the limitations of standard environmental justice frameworks. He
discusses the pro-democracy (anti-emergency manager) movement and
traces the rise of the "water warriors"; describes the
uncompromising activist culture that developed out of the
experience of being dismissed and disparaged by officials; and
examines the interplay of activism and scientific expertise.
Finally, he explores efforts by activists to expand the struggle
for water justice and to organize newly mobilized residents into a
movement for a radically democratic Flint.
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