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A note from our good friend @… on how small political parties can exert, why we have called "minority influence" (after Romanian/French social psychologist Serge Moscovici).
Manuel descibes the "mini effect".
Dual strategies and the 'Mini effect' | degrowth.info

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.

Really pleased to publish this article.
Our new series, "Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture".
The first article.
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/03/11/the-eus-retreat-on-co…

The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability: Growth, Imperial Extraction, and the Limits of Regulation by Alice Puerto* In the series Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture In 2025, the Eur…

Really pleased to publish this article.
The first in our new series, "Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture".
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/03/11/the-eus-retreat-on-corporate-ac…

The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability: Growth, Imperial Extraction, and the Limits of Regulation by Alice Puerto* In the series Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture In 2025, the Eur…

Artículo excelente en defensa al término 'decrecimiento'.
(Excelente article in défense of the term 'degrowth'.)
En defensa del término ‘Decrecimiento’
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/decrecimiento/defensa-del-termino-decrecimiento…

En defensa del término ‘Decrecimiento’
La clave del argumento contra el término no es tanto el miedo que genera, como la incomodidad, porque la solución que apunta es radical: el ‘Decrecimiento’ sostiene que hay que romper con uno de los ídolos de nuestra sociedad (el crecimiento).

Reminder:
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide.
Details and how to submit:
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/01/21/call-for-articles-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-the-global-pict…

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

👣 Investigation shows large support for core ideas of degrowth—but not the label
#degrowth

Investigation shows large support for core ideas of degrowth—but not the label
The first major study into public attitudes toward degrowth—the notion that high-income economies should prioritize well-being over growing production—reveals significant public support for its key ideas across both the UK (74–84%) and US (67–73%).

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?…. - resilience.
Rupert Read
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-13/isnt-it-time-we-had-a-back-up-plan-just-in-…

Isn’t it time we had a back-up plan ‘just in case’ things do go catastrophically wrong?….
We need a plan B. In case society starts to, erm, collapse… We need to be prepared…It won’t do to plan to WAIT til we win intellectual debates such as that around growth/degrowth before we get together to prepare…Theo Cox, Liam Kavanagh and Rupert Read outline their new OSF-funded report, just launched this week…

The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability: Growth, Imperial Extraction, and the Limits of Regulation by Alice Puerto* In the series Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture In 2025, the European Union took what may prove to be a historic step backward. Under pressure from a consolidated right–far-right bloc in the European Parliament, led by the European People’s Party and allied with nationalist forces, the…

The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability
The EU’s Retreat on Corporate Accountability: Growth, Imperial Extraction, and the Limits of Regulation by Alice Puerto* In the series Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture In 2025, the Eur…

"There is no self deception sillier than techno-scientific optimism, as expressed as follows: 'Up til now science has always found a solution, and it will in the future too'. By the same logic, someone for whom the doctors has known how to cure their illnesses, arrives at the conclusion that they are immortal. In the same way it's an invalid extrapolation."
Wolfgang Harich, a degrowth communist from the GDR, in 1978.
Recuperar a Wolfgang Harich

Recuperar a Wolfgang Harich
El texto ‘¿Comunismo sin crecimiento?’ fue clave en el ecologismo español, cuya reedición, hoy, permite incorporar a Harich en un fructífero diálogo con otros autores con los que comparte su radicalismo socialista y ecologista.

New open-access paper: Degrowth is popular in the US and UK!
The label "degrowth" is not, but the policy substance is. "Ecosocialism" or "well-being economy" were labels that got better reactions.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/<…

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situation with regard to degrowth thinking and practice at a country level (or for large countries at a more regional level). 2) Longer pieces (up to 5,000 words) reviewing the state of degrowth and ecosocialism in…

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

The debate about 'abundance' vs 'degrowth' often still seems to be about whether or not GDP should continue to grow. That's silly. A simple example to illustrate this:
What would you prefer:

Designing for Degrowth: Energy Policy and the Architecture of Enough - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
United States examples but broad relevance.
https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/blog/designing-for-deg…

Designing for Degrowth: Energy Policy and the Architecture of Enough
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

ICYMI
We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
#degrowth #ecosocialism

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

Oh dear.
I suppose we'll have to do a critical analysis.
The chief flaw is obvious: no growth on a finite planet.
But we need to critically analyse the methodology and indicate a degrowth alternative.
Weve done a lot on the latter before, of course.
Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change - GOV.UK

Northern Growth Strategy: Case for change
This document sets out a vision for a stronger, more dynamic northern economy and how government will work in partnership with local leaders to achieve this.

We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
#degrowth #ecosocialism

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion
"We share here an executive summary authored by Milena Hanenberg of the new policy brief ‘Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion’, published by Research & Degrowth International and written by Marula Tsakgari. The policy brief provides both a scathing indictment of the current organisation of the fashion industry and clearly defined policy proposals."

Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion
A policy brief by Research & Degrowth  We share here an executive summary authored by Milena Hanenberg of the new policy brief ‘Clothing the Planet Within Limits: A Degrowth Approach to Fashion…

This article just cited the Finnish Michaux study. There are others. The whole "industrial renewable energy capture systems" wager has inadequate foundations, which is why the only way is to use much less energy. Hence #degrowth See my article and linked report for the UK case.
Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil? - CounterPunch.org

Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil?
A key issue for the accomplishment of renewables is power storage because of the impact of wind and solar intermittency, both of which are highly intermittent. Most studies assume gas will be the buffer for intermittency. Other than using fossil fuel such as gas as a buffer, an adequate power storage system to handle intermittency will require 30 times more material than what electric vehicles require with current plans, meaning the scope is much larger than the current paradigm allows.

"Conceptualising transition is a theoretical exercise which outlines how a departure from capitalism may transpire grounded in conjunctural analysis – a historically and geographically situated study of material conditions and social forces. Strategy, by contrast, is a step-by-step plan of action for a specific organisation based on that theory of transition and that conjunctural analysis."
Let’s move on from Erik Olin Wright’s modes of transformation | degrowth.info

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

5 out of 5 to Donut Economics
#amreading #climatechange #GreenGrowth Or #degrowth