Von Friederike Habermann Die Verletzung demokratischer Prozesse im Zuge der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise 2007/08 sei als Epochenbruch vergleichbar mit der großen Depression „und allem, was danach kam“, so Georg Diez in seiner vorläufig letzten Kolumne auf spiegel-online.de. Grund für den nunmehr erstarkenden Rassismus in Verbindung mit einer radikalen Rechten sei aber auch die Ratlosigkeit linker Parteien – darauf, dass immer mehr Menschen als Verlierer in einem System abgehängt würden, das als alternativlos proklamiert werde. Weiterlesen auf Postwachstum.de
This article is part of a series on degrowth.info discussing strategy in the degrowth movement. The introduction to the series and an ongoing list of contributions can be found here. In the article “Beyond visions and projects…”, by Herbert, Barlow, Frey, Ambach, and Cigna, the authors persuasively set out the case for a more explicit debate on strategy in the degrowth movement. Highlighting...
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 Lyda Fernanda Forero There is an increasing consensus on the need and urgency to tackle climate change and its consequences. This consensus is reinforced by the human and environmental disasters (tragedies) that occur every year due to extreme climate events, such as the typhoons of growing intensity including Haiyan(2013) in the Philippines or the hurricanes that devastate Central America....
