Nicole Fabricant Book order

Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how these young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore.

The book highlights the pivotal role of the Landless Peasant Movement (MST) in Bolivia's political landscape, particularly in the election of Evo Morales as the country's first indigenous president in 2005. Nicole Fabricant explores how MST activists, inspired by Brazil's Landless movement, seized unproductive land to establish farming collectives, challenging large-scale agriculture. The narrative focuses on how these landless peasants politicized their indigenous identity to influence grassroots land politics, advocate for state reform, and secure rights for Native peoples.