Join us at Ecosocialism Conference 2024 (London and online)
It’s Ecosocialism or barbarism.
2024 has witnessed a further acceleration in the environmental crisis. The environment humanity shares continues to be under attack on land, sea, and air by a global capitalist economy that requires constant accumulation and growth, irrespective of the cost to the natural world.
It was discovered in October 2024 that the Earth’s natural carbon sinks, tress and wetlands absorbed no carbon this year. We are at a tipping point no where the planet’s ecosystem are going to undergo fundamental changes in the next few years – making sustainable life on the planet much harder.
We need to remove those in power that are recklessly plundering our natural environment just as much as they exploit us for profit.
We have to challenge the conspiracy theories of the far right and their climate change denial.
This is why we urgently need a mass movement around the climate, in our workplaces, communities, towns and cities, uniting people across the world to end the ecocide on the planet being caused by capitalism.
We also need to fight for a vision of the future where we can provide for all humans in a sustainable way. A post-scarcity world where we can meet human needs for everyone within planetary limits.
Last year’s Ecosocialist Conference in London had 150 people attending. This year we want to make it bigger and better and are inviting you to take part, to be part of organising this movement. We are organising another conference with some amazing speakers on important topics to educate and inform and help us begin to organise.
Conference is being held at London South Bank University on Saturday 7 December from 9:30am
The Hub, London South Bank University, 100 London Rd, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6NJ
There will also be fully hybrid functions for the conference so you can join online if you cannot make it in person.
The main themes of the conference are: the ecosocialist future (socialist planning, post capitalism, radical abundance); Dismantling Green Colonialism; Fighting the Far Right; Refugees/Climate refugees and solidarity; Workers led green transitions (GKN) problems as well as potential successes; Campaigns (Climate Justice Coalition, Fare Free London, etc)
Speakers include
• John McDonnell MP
• Hamza Hamouchene (co-author of Dismantling Green Colonialism)
• Clara Paillard (Unite Grassroot Climate Justice Caucus)
• Asad Rehman (War on Want)
• Minhaj ul Arifeen (Working Class Climate Alliance)
• Stefania Barca (author of Workers of the Earth)
• Bob Williams-Findlay, disability rights activist, author of Disability Praxis,
• Simon Hannah (author of Reclaiming The Future: A Beginners Guide to Planning the Economy),
• Eric Meier, co-founder of the International Network of Democratic Economic Planners.
• Alex Heffron (a farmer in the southwest of Wales and a PhD student researching contemporary agrarian politics)
• Natalie Trevino, Interdisciplinary critical theorist of space exploration, ethics, and anti-colonial political and social theory
More to be confirmed.
Building an ecosocialist network
But we don’t just want conference attendees, we need a movement and organisation if we are going to win. If you would like to be involved we are holding a fortnightly online organising committee to plan the conference and also what comes afterwards.
This is our draft statement from the organising committee which we will be introducing to the conference.
Get in touch with us at info[at]ecosocialism-conference.org for more details.
Our Ecosocialist strategy document
The 2023 Ecosocialism conference happened on 2 December. We have a report of it online here. Many thanks to everyone who attended.
The final statement from the organising committee is available here
For an update on what we are doing read this.
To get in touch with the organisers please email info@ecosocialism-conference.org
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Sessions at Ecosocialism Conference 2023
1. How capitalism destroys the environment
Capitalism is a system that prioritises profits over everything. Every year global leaders meet and pledge to do something but still the environmental damage continues. This session will hear why our current economic system is incompatible with life on Earth.
Speakers:
Simon Pirani author and editor of the People and Nature blog
Clara Paillard, trade union activist focussing on environmental issues
2. Should we “degrow” the economy?
Some say that we need to degrow the economy and reduce economic activity to deal with the environmental crisis whilst others believe this will negatively impact people and we need a different approach. Come and join the debate.
Speakers:
Matt Huber author of Climate Change as Class War
Elke Pirgmaier editor at Degrowth.info and contributing editor of Growth in Transition
3. Developing an ecosocialist strategy
Speakers from campaigns on the front line against global warming and environmental degradation and a chance to contribute on how we can organise an ecosocialist movement after the conference.
Speakers
Alia Amirali an activist in the Awami Workers Party Pakistan
Max Ajl author of A People’s Green New Deal
Noah Herfort co-founder of Climate Vanguard.
Graphics designed by Maxwell Williamson