Environment

Hyper-Nationalism, Neo-Fascism and the Destruction of Nature: Part-2

The ecological crisis, instead of simply being a crisis of nature, is a crisis of the social relations through which nature, labour and life are organised. The task is not merely to mitigate ecological destruction, but to transform the political and economic structures that produce it. This means challenging who owns land, controls energy, governs forests and minerals, determines development and bears its costs. Such a transformation cannot be achieved through institutional reform alone; it requires informed political struggle, too.

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Hyper-Nationalism, Neo-Fascism and the Destruction of Nature: Part-1

The roots of the contemporary ecological crisis lie deep in the history of capitalist production. Capitalism does not merely use nature as an external resource; it continually reorganises nature according to the requirements of accumulation. The more important question is how capital, state power, colonialism, militarisation and ecological destruction become interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Under these conditions, ecological breakdown can become compatible with neo-fascist politics.

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