Sealey-Huggins, Leon (2018) The climate crisis is a racist crisis : structural racism, inequality and climate change. In: Johnson, Azeezat and Joseph-Salisbury, Remi and Kamunge, Beth, (eds.) The Fire Now: Anti-Racist Scholarship in Times of Explicit Racial Violence. London, UK: Zed Books, pp. 99-113. ISBN 9781786993793

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Abstract

This chapter began life as a memorial to the death of someone whose work must be remembered for its tireless contribution to the pursuit of justice. Sadly, I was never blessed with the opportunity to meet Deyika Nzeribe in person. However, upon agreeing to deliver the inaugural memorial lecture in his name, I found myself encountering the shadow of his legacy and work in many unexpected and unanticipated places. For that reason, I must begin the chapter by thanking Ikem Nzeribe and Anita Shervington who invited me to deliver the talk that provided the basis for this piece. I am honoured to have been asked to speak at an event in Deyika’s memory.

Deyika is someone who recognised the interconnected nature of our struggles. He worked to fight police violence and oppression, co-founding the Northern Police Monitoring Project (based in Manchester, UK). He admired the work of Wangari Maathai, finding inspiration to link environmental, economic and racial justice. In addition to being part of the Greens of Colour subgroup of the Green Party,1 and standing as Mayoral Candidate for Manchester, Deyika campaigned against austerity, and was involved in organisations to commemorate the 45th Pan African Congress. A poet himself, he was also involved in shaping the cultural life of the city, co-chairing Sustained Theatre Up North (STUN), film festivals and many other creative and political projects (Johnson, 2017). I hope this chapter does a degree of justice in addressing a number of the themes that Deyika worked on throughout his career and tragically shortened life.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development
Publisher:	Zed Books
Place of Publication:	London, UK
ISBN:	9781786993793
Book Title:	The Fire Now: Anti-Racist Scholarship in Times of Explicit Racial Violence
Editor:	Johnson, Azeezat and Joseph-Salisbury, Remi and Kamunge, Beth
Official Date:	15 November 2018
Dates:	Date Event 15 November 2018 Published
Page Range:	pp. 99-113
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights):	https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/the-fire-now/forthcoming/
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Description:	Bringing together some of the UK’s leading scholars on race, this collection reframes anti-racist scholarship and activism for a new era by contributing a much-needed British angle to the US-led body of work on whiteness, anti-racist education, black queer studies and intersectionality.
Date of first compliant deposit:	2 January 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access:	2 January 2019
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