November 29, 2011
"At the heart of slow violence is the paradox of the long-term emergency. We’re taught to deal with immediate emergencies first, then turn to the long-term. Long-term can wait. But while we’re waiting for the right time to address the long-term emergencies, those emergencies aren’t static–in the interim, they’re being compounded; often they encroach more and more emphatically on the present."

Rob Nixon at SocialTextSlow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor: An Interview with Rob Nixon

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