An ecosocialist conference will be held in London on Saturday 7th December 2024. This conference follows a successful event held last year.
The conference will have a link for people outside London who want to participate.
The main themes of the conference are:
- The ecosocialist future (socialist planning, post capitalism);
- Dismantling Green Colonialism;
- Fighting the Far Right;
- Refugees/Climate refugees and solidarity;
- Workers led green transitions
- Ecosocialist campaigns
The preliminary list of speakers includes:
- John McDonnell MP
- Hamza Hamouchene (co-author of Dismantling Green Colonialism)
- Clara Paillard (Unite Grassroot Climate Justice Caucus)
- Asad Rehman (War on Want)
- Minhaj ul Arifeen (Working Class Climate Alliance)
- Stefania Barca (author of Workers of the Earth)
- Bob Williams-Findlay, disability rights activist, author of Disability Praxis,
- Simon Hannah (author of Reclaiming The Future: A Beginners Guide to Planning the Economy),
- Eric Meier, co-founder of the International Network of Democratic Economic Planners.
- Alex Heffron (a farmer in the southwest of Wales and a PhD student researching contemporary agrarian politics)
- Natalie Trevino, Interdisciplinary critical theorist of space exploration, ethics, and anti-colonial political and social theory
The conference organizers hope that the conference can be a platform for ecosocialist campaigns and taking concrete action. This is an inclusive initiative, and everyone willing to campaign for a transition to a sane ecological future will be welcome.