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Etymologically, the term “liberation” comes from the Latin liberare (“to set free”) and libertas (“freedom”), indicating the act of release from bondage or domination. The modifier “total” (from Latin totalis, meaning “whole” or “entire”) underscores the comprehensive nature of the project: liberation is not partial or selective, but aims at freedom in its entirety, across all beings and relations. +
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The word Ubuntu is an ancient African term, originating from the Nguni Bantu languages, that roughly translates to "humanity to others" or "I am because we are". It is rooted in the humanist philosophy that a person's identity is shaped by their community and their relationships with others. This concept is encapsulated in the Zulu proverb, "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu," which means "a person is a person through other people". +
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The term "sacrifice zone" originated in early 1970s North American livestock farming to describe degraded pastureland, but was later adopted by a National Academy of Sciences report in 1973 to discuss coal-mined areas, and then broadened by the environmental justice movement to represent any area harmed by toxic industrial activity for the benefit of other regions. The term shifted from a technical term in resource management to a rallying cry against the social and spatial expendability of marginalized communities and their environments. +