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Menos es más: del desarrollo sostenible al decrecimiento sostenible
[Roberto Bermejo, Iñaki Arto, David Hoyos, Eneko Garmendia, 2010] Nota: A continuación compartimos un texto, de los primeros que se escribieron sobre “decrecimiento”. Texto que brinda una introducción a esta nueva propuesta, tan necesaria de considerar en el hoy en día. Resumen El concepto de desarrollo sostenible, formulado originalmente por el Informe Brundtland (IB), es una de las cuestiones económicas que más literatura y mayor … Continue reading Menos es más: del desarrollo sostenible al decrecimiento sostenible
Libro: EL BUEN VIVIR COMO PARADIGMA SOCIETAL ALTERNATIVO
A continuación, compartimos la PRESENTACIÓN del libro “EL BUEN VIVIR COMO PARADIGMA SOCIETAL ALTERNATIVO”. Iremos compartiendo los demás capítulos que nos parecieron muy interesantes para comenzar a entender, hablar y debatir sobre lo que implica el “Vivir Bien”. Agradecemos además el poder seguir compartiendo este destacable trabajo de investigadores varios. PRESENTACIÓN “EL BUEN VIVIR COMO PARADIGMA SOCIETAL ALTERNATIVO” Fernando García-Quero (Universidad de Granada y … Continue reading Libro: EL BUEN VIVIR COMO PARADIGMA SOCIETAL ALTERNATIVO
The Most Radical Aspect of Jeremy Corbyn’s Program? Democratizing the Economy
BY MICHAL ROZWORSKI. This story was first published at Jacobin. So much about the 2017 Labour election campaign has been heartening: the energy, the conviction, the full-throated embrace of remaking government in the service of the many. All of the main campaign pledges — from free tuition to thousands of new homes to a stronger National Health Service — will change where money and resources flow … Continue reading The Most Radical Aspect of Jeremy Corbyn’s Program? Democratizing the Economy
US pull-out from Paris deal: What it means
By Martin Khor By withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump abdicated not only leadership but membership of the community of nations cooperating to tackle climate change, the most serious crisis facing humanity. Trump’s announcement was shocking, even though it was not unexpected. It was shocking for showing the extreme lengths to which the President would go to deny scientific opinion … Continue reading US pull-out from Paris deal: What it means
As water scarcity deepens across Latin America, political instability grows
Originally posted on Fundación Solón:
Ecuadorians clash with police 30km from Quito in 2010 in a protest over proposed water privatisation. Photograph: Pablo Cozzaglio/AFP/Getty Images [John Vidal, The Guardian, 01/03/2017] In Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador disputes over water shortages are part of a wider fight for equal access and shared responsibility. Bolivia was shaken to its roots in the spring of 2000, when… Continue reading As water scarcity deepens across Latin America, political instability grows
2016: The Year that Wasn’t Normal
[ETC Group, 30/01/2017] ETC Group’s Long-Awaited 2016 Year-in-Review So you say you want a (fourth) revolution, well you know… Fashionably late and just in time for the Chinese New Year of the Rooster, ETC Group once again offers a tonque-in-cheek wake-up call and look-back at the last thirteen months (spoiler: despite our best hopes, waiting the extra month didn’t make the news any cheerier) Brexit … Continue reading 2016: The Year that Wasn’t Normal
How Labor and Climate United Can Trump Donald Trump
[Labor Network for Sustainability] Donald Trump and his congressional Republican allies have taken control of the U.S. government. The result threatens to be devastating for both labor and the climate – not to mention immigrants, African Americans, Muslims, women, children, the elderly, the disabled, LGBTQ people, and many others. The Trump regime is potentially vulnerable because it only represents the interests of the top 1% … Continue reading How Labor and Climate United Can Trump Donald Trump
Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President
By George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter – The Nation It’s been a dizzying week—but it’s crucial to keep an eye on what’s really happening. The first week of Donald Trump’s presidency has been overwhelming—a flurry of executive orders, appointments, bizarre tweets, even stranger press conferences, and public appearances and interviews from the president that generated massive attention and controversy. Whether by design or accident, this … Continue reading Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President
Let’s face it: we have to choose between our economy and our future
[Christiane Kliemann, 23/01/2015, The Guardian] The new year has just begun and we’re already inundated with horrible news: two new reports have collected further evidence that human economic activity puts life on Earth at risk, and another shocked us with the fact that the 85 richest people on the planet are as wealthy as the poorest 50% – and that the gap between them is … Continue reading Let’s face it: we have to choose between our economy and our future
Theses on Saving the Planet – “The Promise of Ecosocialism”
Written by Richard Smith and first published at Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières I don’t need to tell you we face an existential threat. Scientists tell us we face a “climate emergency.” Last year was the hottest year ever recorded, beating 2014, which beat 2012. We break new records every year. The fourteen hottest years ever recorded have been recorded since 2000. January and February temperatures … Continue reading Theses on Saving the Planet – “The Promise of Ecosocialism”
Final Manifesto: Third International Socialist Encounter
We, the organizations convening the Third International Ecosocialist Encounter, held in Bilbao from 23-25 September of 2016, Considering: That capitalism has been developed despite and in the face of the two basic dependencies that make human life possible. First, it ignores the fact that, like all other living species, we obtain the things we need in order to live from nature; second, it obscures the … Continue reading Final Manifesto: Third International Socialist Encounter
Manifiesto final del III Encuentro Ecosocialista Internacional
Las organizaciones convocantes del III Encuentro ecosocialista internacional celebrado en Bilbao, los días 23, 24 y 25 de septiembre de 2016, CONSIDERAMOS: Que el capitalismo se ha desarrollado de espaldas y enfrentado con las dos dependencias básicas que posibilitan la vida humana. Ignora, en primer término que, como el resto de las especies vivas, obtenemos de la naturaleza lo que necesitamos para vivir y, en … Continue reading Manifiesto final del III Encuentro Ecosocialista Internacional
Committing geocide: climate change and corporate capture
[Susan George,22 September 2016] Geocide is the collective action of a single species among millions of other species which is changing planet Earth to the point that it can become unrecognisable and unfit for life. Susan George visited the Seminar of the International Centre for the promotion of Human Rights [CIPDH] and Unesco titled “Interreligious and inter cultural dialogue: consciences and climate change” (Buenos Aires 1-2 September) … Continue reading Committing geocide: climate change and corporate capture
Geocidio: cambio climático y captura corporativa
[Susan George, 04 Octubre 2016] El geocidio es la acción colectiva de una única especie, de entre millones de otras especies, que está cambiando el planeta Tierra hasta el punto de que puede volverse irreconocible e incapaz de albergar vida. Susan George dictó esta conferencia en un seminario del Centro Internacional para la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPDH) y la UNESCO, titulado “Conciencia: Diálogo … Continue reading Geocidio: cambio climático y captura corporativa
“Hay que empezar de nuevo”
Entrevista con Boaventura de Sousa Boaventura de Sousa Santos es sociólogo y docente en la Universidad de Coimbra, en Portugal, y en la de Wisconsin-Madison, en Estados Unidos. Su trabajo busca producir un conocimiento que respete e incorpore los creados en las luchas populares y les sea útil. Ha escrito sobre América Latina, los problemas de la izquierda contemporánea y los procesos constituyentes y es … Continue reading “Hay que empezar de nuevo”
América Latina a la hora del lumpencapitalismo – Ilusiones progresistas devoradas por la crisis
[Jorge Beinstein, ALAI AMLATINA, 21/03/2016] La coyuntura global está marcada por una crisis deflacionaria motorizada por las grandes potencias. La caída de los precios de las commodities, cuyo aspecto más llamativo fue, desde mediados del 2014, la de las cotizaciones del petróleo, descubre el desinfle de la demanda internacional mientras tanto se estanca la ola financiera, muleta estratégica del sistema durante las últimas cuatro décadas. … Continue reading América Latina a la hora del lumpencapitalismo – Ilusiones progresistas devoradas por la crisis
Marx’s Ecology in the 21st Century
An article by: Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster “We contend that Marx’s materialist and metabolic approach, his emphasis on the contradiction between use value and exchange value and between wealth and accumulation, his focus on sustainable human development, and his critique of capital as a whole, provide an invaluable methodological foundation to critique contemporary environmental degradation and to envision social and ecological transformation. To … Continue reading Marx’s Ecology in the 21st Century
The end of capitalism has begun
Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian [Paul Mason, 07/17/2015, The Guardian, Illustration by Joe Magee] The red flags and marching songs of Syriza during the Greek crisis, … Continue reading The end of capitalism has begun
Alain Badiou: Eleven points inspired by the situation in Greece
[Verso Books, Miri Davidson, july 09 2015] It is urgently necessary to internationalise the Greek people’s cause. Only the total elimination of the debt would bring an “ideological blow” to the current European system. 1. The Greek people’s massive “No” does not mean a rejection of Europe. It means a rejection of the bankers’ Europe, of infinite debt and of globalised capitalism. 2. Isn’t it … Continue reading Alain Badiou: Eleven points inspired by the situation in Greece
