Ecosocialism (Topical Term)

Work cat: Yeşil Sol gündem, Eylul/Ekim 2016: cover (Eko-Sosyalizm)

Oxford English Dictionary, viewed 09/09/2019: (Eco-Socialism: Socialism concerned specifically with ecological issues, based on the belief that capitalism is harmful to both society and the environment (originally in the context of German politics))

Pepper, David. Eco-socialism, 1993: summary (An eco-socialist analysis that offers a radical, socially just, environmentally benign--but fundamentally anthropocentric-- perspective on green issues)

Wikipedia, viewed 09/09/2019: (Eco-socialism, green socialism or socialist ecology is an ideology merging aspects of socialism with that of green politics, ecology and alter-globalization or anti-globalization. Eco-socialists generally believe that the expansion of the capitalist system is the cause of social exclusion, poverty, war and environmental degradation through globalization and imperialism, under the supervision of repressive states and transnational structures)

Shantz, J. A. Ecology and class; in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 19(7), 43-72 (Ecosocialism is conceived most generally as discursive practices that link ecological goals to a radical critique of capitalist society; within ecosocialist discourse this has meant an understanding that the twin logics of capital accumulation and profit result in the pollution and contamination that workers experience directly at the workplace and in home communities. Ecosocialists have tried to make environmentalists aware that the compulsion of competition and growth encourage the use of technologies which result in unemployment at the same time as they intensify the destruction of diverse ecosystems. Globalisation and the related threat of the capital strike likewise come under intense scrutiny within ecosocialist analyses. Ecosocialist arguments insist that the labour-versus-environmentalist conflicts can be shown to stem from the trade-offs made necessary by a system geared towards the private appropriation of profit)

Rogers, K. Ecosocialists Believe the Only Way to Stop Climate Change Is to Abandon Capitalism (Oct. 10, 2018); viewed on the VICE website, Feb. 7, 2020 (The concept (ecosocialism)is basically that environmental protection is incompatible with capitalism, and the best (or, some would argue, only) way to fight climate change is to move towards a socialist society. Capitalism is always going to be driven towards producing and consuming more and more)

Who will build the ark?, 2023.

Here are entered works on the belief that socialism is more compatible with environmental protection than capitalism, which is seen as harmful to society and the environment.