Violence and Disposability at the Intersection of Twin Pandemics. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Howard, Ashley M.
• Other Names: Wood Augustus guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Labor studies journal. Volume 47:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 493
• Page End: 500
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: violence -- resistance, workers -- African American; Industrial relations -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.1177/0160449X221121646
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0160-449X

Abstract

COVID-19 and anti-Black violence represent interlocking pandemics animated by necropolitics, the power to determine who lives and who dies. By expanding our understanding of violence to include its structural and cultural forms alongside direct bodily harm, we must also expand our commitment to end violence. Labor educators, organizers, and workers are uniquely positioned to articulate this more expansive definition and advocate for the eradication of violence in all its forms.