出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：Workers and environmentalists in the United States have often found themselves on opposite sides of critical issues. Yet at the WTO meeting in Seattle in November 1999, they came together in a historic protest many see as a watershed in the formation of a new blue-green "Seattle Coalition." However the two camps are again in con. ict over substantive issues, and in the changed political climate of post 9-11, the question arises of the coalition's durability. Th e paper fi rst brie. y reviews the history of labor-environment interactions in the United States. It then examines a series of problems and potential areas of promise for the movements: di. culties of coalition-building, expectations of reciprocation, local vs. natio-nal connections, and the question of di. ering class cultures and interests. Finally, three areas of potential research and action are suggested: new roles for the mainstream environmental groups, just transition alliances and climate jus-tice alliances. We propose that the environmen-tal justice and environmental health wings of the green movement are more suited to making long-term coalitions with labor than are habi-tat-oriented green groups
