Sun 23 February
14:00–17:00
SOLIDARITY ACROSS DIFFERENCES: TOWARDS A PLANETARY ECOLOGICAL WORKING CLASS
— Panel discussion on eco-socialism, more-than-human trade unionism, proletarian ecology, degrowth, the ecological class and desire as plenitude
We are living in a moment where the human is understood as a purely biological mechanism that is subordinated to an economic script. This script is written for the “homo economicus”, who practices and normalises accumulation in the name of (economic) freedom. Capital is projected as the indispensable, empirical, and metaphysical source of all human life, all the while rendering the other-than-human as just a means to make profit.
Arguably, the condition of the worker applies to the nonhuman as well. What if we thought of the other-than-human—without whom our life could not be sustained—as fellow workers, whose life is rendered as labour, and who are subjected to even worse exploitation than humans? The truth is that we can no longer afford to fight towards collective political and economical emancipation without the equitable inclusion of the other-than-human. How can we fairly navigate the asymmetries within working classes—both in terms of responsibility and direct consequences of ecological breakdown—with the common goal of desiring habitable, balanced, and plentiful futures?
This panel seeks to activate the historical imagination of proletarian emancipation and inspire an interspecies, interclass political imagination. A kind of imagination that seeks to democratise the means of production, decommodify and decolonise nature, society, and the economy, and re-enchant a sustainable embeddedness to the ecologies we depend on.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
⌀ Date: Sunday 23 February 2025
⌀ Doors open: 13:30 – 14:00
⌀ Start and duration panel discussion: 14:00 – 15:30
⌀ Drinks reception: 15:30 – 17:00
⌀ Admission: €5,00 (panel discussion), €12,50 (panel discussion + exhibition)
⌀ The exhibition FEMKE HERREGRAVEN: DIALECT can be visited on 23 February between 11:00 and 17:00.
⌀ Language: English
⌀ Location: RADIUS Water Tower, Kalverbos 22
⌀ Note that the location is not wheelchair accessible. Please get in contact with us to discuss alternative ways to allow your participation.
