On 'degrowth communism'.
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Why the rage for degrowth now? With deindustrialisation, energy rationing and severe pressure on standards of living, it looks increasingly like degrowth is official policy.
Yet its advocates, drawing from the work of radicals like Mike Davis, John Bellamy Foster, Jason Hickel, and Kohei Saito, would argue that ecological Marxism or degrowth communism is wholly different from stagnant capitalism. How much continuity is there between much older generations of socialists and the contemporary left?
Readings:
Excerpt: /336/ Reading Club: Freedom (3)
Excerpt: /335/ AI & the End of the End of History
/334/ Cancellation is Cancelled ft. Norman Finkelstein
Excerpt: /333/ Aufhebonus Bonus (April 2023)
UNLOCKED: /306/ AI Capitalism: Inhuman Power
/331/ The Zone (pt. 1) ft. Quinn Slobodian
Excerpt: /330/ Reading Club: Freedom (2)
/329/ Justice Warriors ft. Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson
Excerpt: /328/ The New Scramble for Africa
/327/ Capitalism on Edge ft. Albena Azmanova
UNLOCKED! /319/ The Dead Left (II) ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
Excerpt: /326/ What Did Capitalism Do Next?
Excerpt: /325/ Reading Club: Freedom (1)
/324/ Reifying Race ft. Kenan Malik
Excerpt: /323/ Tasty Frictionless Convenience
/321/ Covid Dissensus ft. Toby Green & Thomas Fazi
Excerpt: /320/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Feb 2023)
/318/ The Dead Left ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
/316/ From Emergency to Emergency: 2022 Review, ft. Ashley Frawley
/314/ Shallow & Wrongheaded Filmic Squabbles ft. Maren Thom & Alex Dale
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