Ecosocialism
*See also eco-socialism, which I'll likely merge into this page (I prefer it without the hyphen).
The discursive terrain of ecosocialist thinking is vast, and there is no single way to define ecosocialism. However, we can identify three broad principles that would likely be shared across these varieties: 1) the priority of use-value over exchange-value; 2) collective ownership and planning to shape and constrain markets; and 3) “contraction and convergence” in consumption levels between the global north and south
– Ecosocialism for Realists: Transitions, Trade-Offs, and Authoritarian Dangers
There are various types of ecosocialism.
But at core these movements share a commitment to struggling for a socioecological transition beyond capitalism by democratizing the means of production, subjecting markets to more ecologically rational planning, and subordinating private profit to social use-value and ecocentric production.
– Ecosocialism for Realists: Transitions, Trade-Offs, and Authoritarian Dangers
1. Why not just eco?
One might argue that the climate situation is so serious, we should prioritise it over everything; if we don’t get this right there’s no room for any human society, equitable or otherwise. But then, I would say, the changeover to sustainability is an enormous undertaking, requiring the energies of society as a whole: hence we must therefore address the disempowerment of the vast majority. This is why I proceed from a ‘red-green’ perspective, which is socially radical as well as environmentally conscious.
2. Elsewhere
2.1. In my garden
Notes that link to this note (AKA backlinks).
- Ecological Leninism with Kai Heron
- The Care Manifesto
- Ecosocialism for Realists: Transitions, Trade-Offs, and Authoritarian Dangers
- An Ecosocialist Strategy to Win the Future
- 2023-06-10
- 2023-03-24
- intersection of class politics and environmental politics
- intersection of class politics and environmental politics