Community Rights – Radical Ecological Democracy

More powerful together – Alternatives as Resistance (Part 2)

December 28, 2020April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community Rights, Conservation, Ecological democracy, Ecology, Environment, New Economy, New Politics, Power Dynamic, Sustainability

The contemporary resistance to neoliberalism is searching for ways in which it can raise up the values and relations it is fighting for. It is also looking for low-carbon, ecologically sensible, culturally grounded alternatives, which would help stop the destruction of the planet. In this second part of her series, “More Powerful Together – Alternatives as Resistance”, Jen Gobby describes how movements in Canada are challenging the stale idea of making our existing systems work better. Instead, they are offering new societal alternatives by forging resistance to colonialism and resurgence of Indigenous economies, governance structures and ways of life.

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Looking beyond the pandemic: Agroecology, and the need to rethink our food system

August 10, 2020April 13, 2022 Agriculture, Capitalism, Community Rights, Democracy, Ecology, Environment, Farming, New Economy

The on-going pandemic has laid bare the inequalities inherent in the neoliberal economy. As jobs and livelihoods of the struggling majority get severely impacted all over the world, access to food has become a critical issue for people. In this in-depth analysis of the global food system, Helena Paul underlines the growing need for reshaping our food infrastructure around agroecology, a new paradigm where producers and consumers are connected with each other, and in harmony with land and nature.

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Market Fundamentalism vs. Community Rights on the Danish Coastline

April 30, 2019April 13, 2022 Capitalism, Community Rights, Cooperatives, Energy, Environment, Europe, Market Fundamentalism

In the early 2000s, the market forces tried to upend the quiet lives of the fishing communities in northern Denmark, intending to make a fast buck on the fishing riches of the Bay of Jammerbugt coastline. Mathilde Autzen recounts the inspiring story of a smart and bold pushback organized by the Thorupstrand community to reclaim their fishing rights and lay the foundation of a sustainable future.