"In this paper we introduce the Journal of Labor and Societyâs special issue on the ecomodernist features of imperialism and argue that these concepts must be theorized in tandem. The introduction begins by showing how ecomodernism and imperialism combine in practice through the example of the Council of Foreign Relationsâ âClimate Realism Initiativeâ. It then charts ecomodernismâs emergence as a distinct theory and practice, arguing that it can take capitalist and anti-capitalist forms, both of which reproduce imperialist mechanisms of accumulation on a world scale. The paperâs third section questions the anti-modernist critique of ecomodernism offered by the concepts of extractivism and green colonialism. We then develop what we consider a more precise and rigorously anti-imperialist critique of imperialismâs ecomodernist aspects before concluding with some political propositions about the necessity of what we call a âcommunist ecological critiqueâ and by summarizing the special issueâs contributions."
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#Imperialism #AntiImperialism #Ecomodernism #Capitalism #Extractivism #GreenColonialism