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.

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👇

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.

🐌 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👇

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...

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 👇

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.

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 👇

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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.

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👇

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

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.

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

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👇

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.

📆 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👇

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 ...

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:

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...

Last but not least, why Rojava matters to degrowth from 2025: degrowth.info/en/blog/roja...

Rojava Is Fighting for Its Survival Syria’s interim government, backed by Islamist mercenaries, has launched large-scale attacks on the autonomous Rojava region. While Western states endorse Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, domesticall...

The recent article by @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2026/01/roja...

Rojava and Syria at War – a political assessment Since the beginning of the year, events in Rojava and Syria have escalated dramatically. In view of the rapid developments, there is an urgent need for a thorough analysis of the current situation and...

From Democratic Modernity, you can check this out: democraticmodernity.com/rojava-and-s...

International Interests in the upcoming war in Syria | Ronahi Several days have passed since the fighting in Aleppo. It is easy to prove that global forces were behind the attacks in Aleppo. Gangs classified as international terrorists were involved in the attac...

Part 2: www.ronahi.eu/2026/interna...

ANALYSIS - US strategy for the Middle East and the antithesis of Democratic Modernity | Ronahi The Middle East is at chaos. What is the Middle East strategy of the US? And which democratic alternatives are there? Learn more about the democratic visions of Abdullah Öcalan in this article!

Then, a two-part analysis from Ronahî Institute. Part 1: www.ronahi.eu/2026/analysi...

How the Left Failed Syria Everything a Leftist needs to know on the Syrian Revolution

First, a long read from Fight For Future with historical background: substack.com/home/post/p-...

🧵 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 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...

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.

📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗

📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
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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...

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.

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Debating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel As a response to Jason Hickel's interview with the Break-Down Journal, the authors share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political contex...

#1 is the piece that started the debate about visions and strategies for degrowth by @vincent-liegey.bsky.social, Anitra Nelson and Terry Leahy 👇

Thank you to all the writers who collaborated with us this year and to all our readers for keeping the fire burning!

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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...

#2 is part one of a special session on delinking presented by @saramahdi.bsky.social from the Delinking & Degrowth Collective at the ISEE–Degrowth Conference 2025 in Oslo—a collective born in Pontevedra 2024 to centre Global South sovereignty in degrowth 👇

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.

#3 is a response piece from @jasonhickel.bsky.social — and part of the much-welcomed debate about visions and strategies for degrowth 👇

Let’s move on from Erik Olin Wright’s modes of transformation Building on previous strategy debates on degrowth.info, Charles Stevenson argues for degrowthers moving beyond Erik Olin Wright's typology

In #4, Charles Stevenson argues for degrowthers to move beyond Erik Olin Wright's typology 👇

Neither the either nor the or: for a sideways degrowth Here we are again: a position in the degrowth movement becomes apparent, strong, almost dominant, and the other side responds, feeling misrepresented. And in reacting, it inevitably ends up claiming t...

#5 is part of a crucial exchange on #degrowth visions and strategy that we hosted on degrowth.info — by Donatella Gasparro and Daniele Vico 👇

How to ferment your own degrowth cabaret A living recipe by Chaga Collective: for joyful resistance, guided by fungi, ferment, and the courage to not know exactly what will flourish.

#6 is a living recipe, a delicious one for today's celebrations, by Chaga Collective 👇

Book review: 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World' by Jason Hickel 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...

#7 is a revival from 2020. Written by our team member Joe Herbert [@joefherb.bsky.social], the review of @jasonhickel.bsky.social's book Less is More 👇