The social and ecological struggles of recent years have shown that climate justice is always in conflict with private property relations. Instead of an orientation towards profit, we need a democratic economy oriented towards the common good. Current debates suggest that socialization can be the right lever for that. But how do we get there?
With our conference “Let’s Socialize! Socialization as a Strategy for Climate Justice” we are deliberately inviting pioneers of practice — activists, trade unionists and researchers — to design a radical practice of socialization that leads into a climate-just future. Together we will develop project ideas and campaigns aimed at democratic administration from below in the energy, agriculture, care work and mobility sectors. We look back at past victories and defeats in social-ecological struggles and invite different actors to connect. By focusing on questions of practice and organizing, we carry the current debates about socialization from the panels onto the streets and into the workplaces!
Whether you work in a field or in a hospital, want to expropriate coal corporations or campaign for free public transport: together we want to learn from and with each other how to think about and put into practice socialization as a practical utopia of lived solidarity for people and planet.
