Marxism & ecology

Haymarket Books and Verso Books host an urgent conversation about climate catastrophe and the left.

Esteban Mercatante explains how capitalism is at the root of a “multidimensional” ecological crisis, and the need for an ecommunist strategy that takes us beyond the degrowth/ecomodernism divide.

Pedro Fuentes discusses imperialism’s new phase, ecological crisis and "accumulation by dispossession", the unpredictability of contemporary politics and the need for a new internationalism.

Patrick Bond discusses modern-day multilateral networks of imperial power, the role BRICS countries play within this framework, and the need to incorporate the concept of "unequal ecological exchange" to our analyse of imperialism.

Sabrina Fernandes - To save the Earth and abolish capitalism, we need to think seriously about how to transition — and when