Presumably a lot more ecofascism is on the way? #2cotAED

This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect: in 2004 the English writer Sara Maitland  wrote about the “pending ecological debacle.” The expression stuck with me; it’s a debacle because it was foreseen, warned about and was avoidable. Well, it’s no longer really “pending” is it?

With a) the new “administration” (I can think of a few other words) in the US and b) undeniable ecological breakdown (though the *causes* will be disputed) I think we can reasonably expect to see more eco-fascist arguments being put forward. All the old shite about “purity”, blood and soil, untermenschen, too many people (which usually means too many people of the “wrong” skin colour in the “wrong” place.

Environmentalism has – what’s the polite word – a “problematic” history around all this stuff. Here’s an article about that from five years ago.

https://theconversation.com/beware-far-right-arguments-disguised-as-environmentalism-134830

I will look around for resources on eco-fascism and how to counter it. If you have some, please share.

(Of course, what ultimately counters it is strong dense networks of effective and at-least progressive social movement organisations large and small. But, ah, that ship sailed sometime in the 1980s I think.)