By Herman Daly, The Great Transition
Ecosocialism aspires to be egalitarian and ecologically sustainable. But nothing is said in this essay about proper limits to the range of inequality in the distribution of income and wealth.
By Ashish Kothari, The Hindu
And so we must turn for hope to the many movements of sangharsh (resistance) and nirman (construction) throughout the world. These movements realise that the injustices they are facing, and the choices they must make, are not bound by the divides that ideologues play games with.
By Mariah Brennan Clegg, Climate Justice Project
To be sure, ecological calamity will not permit an organized, equitable, and civilized global community. Marxist Humanists and others would like to add, “it doesn’t come from one, either.”
By Jerome Roos, ROAR Magazine
In these tumultuous times, after all, the left urgently needs its brightest and most creative minds to focus on the intractable puzzle that now confronts it: the question of how to break up the vicious cycle of endless compound growth and bring an end to the institutionalized madness of economic reason before it lays waste to all human civilization.
By John Bellamy Foster, The Great Transition
Socialist thought is re-emerging at the forefront of the movement for global ecological and social change.
By John Bellamy Foster, MRzine
China's environmental problems are massive and growing, but the Chinese leadership has made significant steps toward a more sustainable development. This emphasis has emerged out of a broad socialist perspective, influenced by both Marxian analysis and China's own distinct history, culture, and vernacular.
By John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report
Over the nearly eight years that I’ve been posting these weekly essays on the shape of the deindustrial future, I’ve found that certain questions come up as reliably as daffodils in April or airport food on a rough flight.
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Let's play fantasy economics. Things could really get better •Re-imagining a world beyond capitalism and communism •The End of Growth Wouldn't Be the End of Capitalism •Nationhood and the multitude: a new form of political subject? •Nature and the economy: Marxism in an American labyrinth
