Abstract:

This essay examines the environmental thinking and activism of Malik Rahim, a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party, Green Party political candidate, and co-founder of Common Ground Relief, a grassroots mutual aid organization established in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Rahim’s influences and career help illuminate an alternative history of Black environmentalism whose evolution runs parallel to the mainstream US environmental movement of the 1970s, but also diverges from it in terms of its primary concerns. Drawing from media accounts and extensive oral interviews, the article traces the development of Rahim’s environmental advocacy, locating him in a wider tradition of southern Black environmental justice activism.

摘要：

本文考察了黑豹党新奥尔良分会成员马里克·拉希姆（Malik Rahim）的环保思想和行动主义，他是绿党的政治候选人，也是飓风过后建立的基层互助组织“共同地面救济”的共同创始人。卡特里娜飓风（Katrina），2005年。拉希姆（Rahim）的影响和职业生涯启发了黑人环保主义的另类历史，其演变与1970年代美国主流环境运动平行，但在主要关注点上也有所不同。通过媒体报道和广泛的口头采访，这篇文章追踪了拉希姆倡导环境的发展，使他处于南部黑人环境正义行动主义者更广泛的传统中。