The left's strange bedfellows Over a year ago I lived in Barcelona, where I was lucky enough to witness a social movement—in large part fuelled by cooperatives, squats, and other autonomous spaces—win the mayoral elections. I had spent the year being involved with a group that studies and advocates ‘degrowth’—the idea that we must downscale production and consumption to have a more equitable s...
By Fabian Scheidler In the face of climate change, financial crises and mass poverty, a growing number of people agree that we need a fundamental social-ecological transformation that includes all areas of society. Luckily, a huge variety of concepts and practices for such transformation already exists. These, however, have not yet been able to leave their niches. Why is this so difficult? Are...
Der Wachstumsdiskurs muss im redlichen Sinne die Gründe erwägen, die für oder gegen Wachstum und bestimmte Wachstumsformen sprechen. Er hat darüber hinaus aber auch unvermeidbares Wachstum zu berücksichtigen und zu klären, wie damit in zumutbarer Weise umzugehen ist. Ich glaube, dass der Begriff der Subsistenz eine Orientierung dazu bietet. Im Beitrag erläutere ich, was ich [...]
