Environment, Consumption, Internationalism

What does international solidarity look like in the face of the climate crisis already unevenly impacting us? How might answers to the ever-pressing question ‘What is to be done?’ differ between Global North and South? How should we understand the contradictions and complicities of living in capitalist society today?

We are pleased to present ‚Environment, consumption, internationalism‘ at the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI), University of Toronto. The JHI-sponsored Global Marxism working group (2022-2023) has brought together U of T faculty and graduate students for interdisciplinary discussions about theory, international solidarity, colonialism, race, and more. In this end of year online event, we welcome the U of T community and beyond into discussion about climate change, capitalist consumption, and international solidarity.

Guest speaker presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion with questions from the audience.

Speakers and talk titles:

• Max Ajl (University of Ghent) ‚Agrarian Questions South and North: Ecological Planning and Convergence’
• Ying Chen (New School) ‚Creating a counter-hegemonic climate change narrative – A view from the Global South‘
• Kirstin Munro (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) ‚Waste and consumption in the Global North‘