"Degrowth is Punk!" Combining GND and Degrowth with Riccardo Mastini
We find degrowth fascinating. For us as a show it really turns the world upside on what we should see a human progress. However, you'll be hard pressed to find its message front and center of any political parties commitments unlike the Green New Deal. So are these ideas compatible? Can parties stand on a platform of Degrowth? Or is political hope too tied to the idea of growth?
This week we are joined by Riccardo Mastini (@r_mastini) to discuss how the concept of degrowth fits inside a Green New Deal, the ideological frame work of Growth, is Modern Monetary Theory a boon for degrowthers? And are humans intrinsically good people?
Shout outs
The Trouble Webzine on eco-socialism
https://www.the-trouble.com/
@thetroublemag
Positive Money
@PositiveMoneyUK
The tragedy of Growth
https://positivemoney.org/publications/tragedy-of-growth/
Common Wealth- think tank specialising in new ownership models.
@Cmmonwealth
Retrofit Get in project Articles
Mancehster Meteor @nickjwprescott
https://themeteor.org/2020/11/12/theatre-workers-tackle-the-climate-crisis/
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/22/manchester-theatre-staff-upgrade-homes-covid-layoffs-retrofitting-scheme
Issac Rose from GM Housing Action
@_isaacrose
@gmhousingaction
Craft-D
@Craft_D
A letter to Corbyn
https://ditto.fm/letter-to-corbyn
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