Ecosocialist conference 2024

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.

Link to the conference site