Ökosozialismus

A small spectre is haunting the debates - the spectre of eco-socialism. Right-wing populists accuse green parties of eco-socialism, and they distance themselves from it. Even the Pope knows: "This economy kills", but what is the alternative to fossil capitalism? Since the 1970s, philosophers and ecologists, anarchists and Marxists, activists and social democrats, feminists and Greens have been discussing the utopia of eco-socialism. What are their criticisms of capitalist growth? How should eco-socialists organise themselves? Is ecosocialism a good motivation for a sustainable society? Is it about revolution or transformation? What needs are expressed in the talk of a system change? These questions about the utopia of ecosocialism are discussed in this book on the basis of 50 texts from 50 years of ecosocialist debate - from 1970 to 2020. It offers an overview of the political theory of ecosocialism as well as an introduction to the topic for interested activists.