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Degrowth: bridging green and just in Central and Eastern Europe

Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppre...

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We've been quiet here, but the blog hasn't. Have you read Seraat Bashir's latest on the Dar Brothers and their lead in Kashmir's fight against plastic waste? Part of our series with the Himalaya Collective 🐌

From Trash to Value: The Dar Brothers Take the Lead in Kashmir's Conflict Against Plastic Waste

Seerat Bashir: a community initiative addressing the issue of plastic waste and environmental degradation in Kashmir and providing crucial livelihoods

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Degrowth grew from anarchist soil. So why is anarchism being marginalised within degrowth? Adrien Plomteux digs into the politics of that erasure. New in our ongoing debate strategy👇

Marginalisation of anarchism in degrowth - why it matters

Anarchism has become marginal in international degrowth spheres, that are increasingly academic. Adrien Plomteux argues that degrowth would benefit from taking anarchist principles and tactics serious...

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The EU weakened corporate accountability laws in the name of "competitiveness", which is just growth-speak for letting multinationals keep profiting from exploitation. Check our new piece by Alice Puerto at degrowth.info👇

Europe Protects Corporations, Not People: Growth Comes Before Justice in Brussels

By weakening the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, EU policies reinforce extractive relationships and sacrifice zones.

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🐌 How do people conceptualize degrowth? What are the strategic implications of different theories of social change? And what direct action tactics do degrowth advocates support? Take a look at the research findings for this questions👇

Exploring the strategic and tactical preferences of the degrowth movement

The strategic diversity within the degrowth movement: different conceptualisations, strategic implications, and direct action tactics.

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Is horizontalism a serious political strategy — or naïve prefiguration? Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson & Terry Leahy rejoin the degrowth strategy debate with a case for autonomy, pluriversality and abolishing money 👇

Horizontalism: A degrowth strategy

Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppre...

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You don't need a majority to change politics. Manuel Casal Lodeiro joins the degrowth strategy debate and argues that small, independent degrowth parties could punch far above their weight... if they refuse to dissolve into pro-growth coalitions and play their cards at the right moment 👇

Dual strategies and the 'Mini effect'

What power can minority parties have in partitocratic political systems? Manuel Casal Lodeiro joins the ongoing strategy debate and argues for the significance of radical degrowthist parties.

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Prefer a more visual explainer? See @degrowthinfo.bsky.social Instagram post summary: www.instagram.com/p/DV_M-QdDWZ...

The #degrowth strategy debate is heating up. Ecological economist Giorgos Kallis has entered the conversation — and he's not holding back. Read his take at degrowth.info👇

What’s wrong with degrowth? Nothing.

Giorgos Kallis contests recent interventions which lament the current direction of degrowth and its strategies, arguing instead for a community of pluralist yet tense alliances.

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The Rojava Revolution was built over decades of political work on the ground: women’s councils, ecological assemblies, multilingual education, and co-governance structures that function even under siege. None of that happened by accident. And none of it is being destroyed by accident either.

The war on Rojava: Imperial strategy and the fight for women, life, freedom

The US, Türkiye, Israel and the EU formalised their alliance against DAANES in January 2026. What they are trying to destroy is not only a revolution - it's the proof that another world is possible

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Contributing to strategy debates on 🐌 degrowth.info, Vlad Bunea outlines a vision for degrowth-aligned political parties. What do you think about Vlad's ideas? Let us know👇

A political strategy for degrowth

Contributing to strategy debates on degrowth.info, Vlad Bunea outlines a vision for degrowth-aligned political parties.

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📆 You are invited to take part in the upcoming Online Degrowth Movement Assembly, bringing together circles of the International Degrowth Network (IDN) and the wider global degrowth community! For more info, check the link👇

Online Degrowth Movement Assembly 2026 | International Degrowth Network

The Online Assembly of the Degrowth Movement will take place online on 2-3 March. More information is available below.

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Global Tapestry of Alternatives is hosting a discussion on the ongoing conflict in Syria and what is at stake for the Rojava Revolution. Join the conversation on Feb. 5th to hear voices from the ground:

Kurdistan: A year on, is there progress towards peace and democracy? What are the implications of the ongoing conflict in Syria?

Kurdistan: A year on, is there progress towards peace and democracy? What are the implications of the ongoing conflict in Syria? Date and time * Date: February 5 * Time: 1 pm GMT * Link to join ...

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🧵 Do you need more background regarding the Rojava Revolution and the current situation in Syria? Follow this thread with our reading list:👇

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The mask is off: tech oligarchs are building a new imperial order. We'll need to fight for 2026 and beyond. Read Vasilis Kostakis on alternatives beyond dystopia.

The CEO-Kings Are Coming

A growing alliance of tech billionaires is accelerating the political trend towards authoritarianism. Not because they hate voting in principle, but because genuine democracy might impose limits: on w...

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📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗ 📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations. www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...

As the conflict in #Syria escalates, we stand in solidarity with the Kurds and other minorities in the region. Less than a year ago, we published a piece about the situation on the ground, the future of the #Rojava revolution, and why the issue matters to the #degrowth community.

Rojava revolution: a degrowth perspective on the current situation in Syria

Democratic Confederalism in North-East Syria is threatened. Resisting centralisation efforts by the new Syrian government and keeping women on the revolution front is the way forward for any prosperou...

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The last day of the year is a good day to take a look at our most engaging conversations in degrowth.info blog! Follow the thread to check out our top 8 conversations from 2025 🧵👇

The degrowth.info team 🐌 delivered a radical and self-critical year-end reflection on evolving as an independent media platform, on the Movements for Justice series, and especially on the challenge of platforming Global South voices without falling into tokenism. Read our wrap-up of 2025👇

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2025 in Review: On Solidarity Beyond Tokenism - @degrowthinfo.bsky.social #degrowth degrowth.info/en/blog/2025...

The invitation is clear: to move beyond meaning-making and into solidarity. The arts are not merely an afterthought in times of crisis. They are the connective tissue that can rekindle imagination, nurture belongings, and mobilise collective action.

Culture Declares Emergency calls arts and culture professionals to action

The cultural sector has a crucial role to play in both imagining and enacting sustainable futures. In this article Neus Crous Costa explores the interlinkages between culture and the environment, and ...

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"As a group and initiative, Khili Buransh is leading a silent revolution against the capital-intensive, extractive, exploitative, patriarchal, casteist system prevailing in their part of society". Check out our new piece in partnership with The Himalaya Collective 👇

Khili Buransh: A collective’s narrative of crafting a democratic workspace, autonomy, agency, and identity for themselves!

In this article, Shruthi documents the work of an empowering self-help group, Khili Buransh, in a remote Himalayan village in Uttarakhand, India. Shruthi explains how Khili Buransh leads a silent revo...

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Hickel (@jasonhickel.bsky.social) answers the horizontalists: degrowth needs more than ZADs & assemblies to transform the economy. His response on democratic ecosocialism, delinking & Global South liberation. Read his full text 👇

On degrowth politics and strategy

Jason Hickel responds to critics of his interview published in the summer, therefore continuing the debate around "what is degrowth" and around the strategies to achieve degrowth.

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Problematic as the COP30 may be, we focus on the frontline efforts of our allies as they carry a specific, tangible proposal with the potential to address systemic change: debt cancellation. Read our interview with @debtforclimate.bsky.social 👇

Debt as colonialism: the Debt for Climate movement at COP30

Debt for Climate went to the COP30 to carry a specific, tangible proposal with the potential to address systemic change: debt cancellation. Considered a degrowth-leaning policy, this proposal refers t...

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Our latest blog post proposes five ingredients that #education should include to contribute to societal transformation at the scale that the degrowth community envisions. It is an invitation for readers to reflect on current and future #degrowth education 👇

Transformative (Un-)Learning: Education for a Degrowth Society

“You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain degree of madness.” This article explores five ingredients that education should include to enable a societal transformation at the scale env...

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"Veganism is, I argue, a natural and necessary component of degrowth, just as #degrowth is a natural and necessary component of socialism": Tom Webb in our latest piece at degrowth.info 👇

On degrowth and veganism

Degrowth and veganism have plenty in common. In this piece, Tom Webb explores what each movement can learn from the other.

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Degrowth infrastructure doesn't wait for permission—it gets built from below. Get to know Berlin's repair hubs transforming empty shops into mutual aid spaces. Open daily, community-funded, preparing for when institutions fail.👇

Kreisler: Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth

Kreisler, a space of community repair and share in Berlin that offers a hands-on response to the crises of overconsumption, social isolation, and infrastructural neglect.

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"If we organise, if we delink, if we pair Northern degrowth with Southern sovereignty, we can redirect the planet’s abundant resources away from imperial accumulation and toward collective flourishing" writes Sara al Mahdi in our first blog post in our new series about #delinking.

Delinking Global South from Global North: Political Strategies for Disrupting the Globalized World Order

Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppre...

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