Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Mexico City Time)
Venue: Center for Intercultural Studies, C. Nezahualcóyotl 29, Centro, Mexico City
Format: Hybrid (Online & In-Person) and ES/EN
The festival will bring together feminist voices and allies from the Global South such as Daptnhe Cuevas, Nancy Kachingwe, Jason Hickel, Corina Rodríguez, Max Ajl, Shereen Talaat, Andrés Arauz, and more to discuss delinking, degrowth, economic justice, imperialism, and sovereignty. It will also be a space to build networks, share lessons learned, and strengthen internationalist solidarity.
Note: If you can't come, you could also consider a solidarity donation (optional). If you’re joining from the Global North and can, we invite you to contribute. If you can’t donate, please register anyway — your presence matters
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The degrowth-conference took place in Leipzig in September 2014. Fortunately, the collected voluntary participation fee was higher than expected. This enables the conference team to allocate 9.000 Euro for project funding. Be it the promotion of discussions, the generation of knowledge, the education of people or a practical activity: The money should go to support small projects and courage...
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