Alan Fortuny Sicart

Kohei Saito has published another book to make a valid point: any economic system that does not overcome capitalism will fail to reconcile social provisioning with planetary boundaries. The question is how democratic we want this system to be. He advocates radically democratizing the economic system and avoiding any form of climate Maoism, or a state dictatorship to enforce how we transition from capitalism. Let's see why, who, and also some strategic gaps I identified while reading the book, which I recommend. We need to reconcile socialism with ecology, and degrowth with socialism. Not all socialists agree or support degrowth or the notion of planetary boundaries, and definitely the mainstream left is rather green Keynesian, productivist, and mostly pro-growth. The author claims that due to the impossibility of sufficient decoupling and the need for capitalism to grow, only socialism and a break from capitalism can achieve a stable climate and public abundance. Also, not all degr

Embracing individual actions alone won't usher in the systemic change we yearn for. True transformation requires a collective movement towards a new paradigm. The narrative around carbon footprints, heavily promoted by fossil fuel lobbyists, aims to shift the blame onto citizens while doing everything to maintain our dependency on fossil fuels. Despite this, I believe it's crucial to demonstrate that living with a significantly lower carbon footprint than the Western average is not only feasible but can also enhance our quality of life. Let me share how I've managed to do this. The cornerstone of my journey is adopting an organic, plant-based diet, the most effective way to support biodiversity, halt deforestation, and cut emissions. By purchasing directly from local farmers, we can bolster food sovereignty and fairness. Contrary to the belief that healthy food is expensive, it's the unsustainable production of non-nutritious items like soda and snacks that costs both c

Gramsci, un analista polític que va morir a la presó en temps de Mussolini, pot tenir algunes de les claus per entendre la inacció davant l'ecocidi, el genocidi palestí, així com la falsa inevitabilitat de la guerra amb Rússia. Enfront de crisis de civilització i humanitàries com les recents, sembla impossible entendre la falta d'acció política, així com la repressió, tant política com mediàtica, de tots aquells que denuncien el que cada vegada és més evident: que el capitalisme d'Estat és responsable de la pèrdua d'una estabilitat climàtica i biodiversitat necessàries per a la vida. També, que la política militar d'Israel sobre els palestins no és més que un intent de perpetuar un projecte ètniconacionalista d'apartheid que ha provocat milers de morts i exiliats palestins, remuntant-se a més de 75 anys quan la seqüela de l'imperialisme britànic va ser succeïda per un imperialisme racista del moviment sionista. Gramsci pot ajudar a aclarir els processos pels

  Llevo practicando trail running desde 2011, época en la que apenas había formas de seguir las carreras y Kilian Jornet lo ganaba prácticamente todo. En las líneas de salida, recuerdo a decenas de personas equipadas con la indumentaria S-Lab, un auténtico despliegue que demostraba su seriedad hacia el trail. Eran tiempos distintos, ni mejores ni peores, simplemente diferentes. Lo que sí ha cambiado desde entonces es el clima y, sobre todo, la salud de nuestros bosques. En los debates se habla mucho del UTMB, de quién gana esta o aquella carrera, pero poco se menciona cómo nuestros bosques se están muriendo, se queman, y cómo en gran parte de nuestro país, sencillamente, no llueve. Con este artículo, busco dos objetivos: en primer lugar, demostrar que, si bien la comunidad del trail existe, no vive de acuerdo a los valores de protección y cuidado sincero de nuestros bosques, ríos, océanos y montañas. Quisiera dejar claro que son mucho más que nuestro campo de juego; son nuestro sustent

 I have recently watch this talk about my dear comrade Emma River-Roberts, and it raise many questions that I wish are answer by people that know more than me on class struggle. I would like to address several points after hearing the common and largely valid claim that degrowth is not appealing to the working class.  Let's examine this issue together : ) What is the Working Class? In numerous articles, and also from my perspective, the working class comprises individuals who rely on their labor for their livelihood. This is why I find the concept of the "99%" compelling; it encapsulates the reality for most of us with limited capital and time, where working is the primary means of transforming the world and making a living.  If this definition seems too narrow or incorrect, what then is an accurate definition of the working class? Additionally, what are the cultural and material distinctions between the working and middle classes? We need clearer definitions of what we

  Class 5: Transformative science and learning   Funtowicz , S.O., Ravetz , J.R., 1994. The worth of a songbird: ecological economics as a post-normal science. Ecological Economics 10, 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-8009(94)90108-2   Ecological economics embraces post normal science, that instead of reduce uncertainties or seek for truth, aims to be useful at providing tentative answers to important questions. The article challenges economists obsession to deal with questions of evaluation by reducing the question to one number. It provides additional qualitative metrics to evaluate uncertainty, and leverages and article of the recent Nobel price Nordhaus to show the poor usage of meaningless numerical accuracy with a model full of assumptions, tweaks and tricks to give plausible numbers. Quality is assessed by the robustness of a policy given the observed amount of uncertainty. Nordhaus makes policy recommendations that shows an excessive confidence on his poor model, basical