Welcome to Green Social Thought’s collection of labor and economics articles. Take a deep dive into green economics and labor perspectives. As advocates for environmental responsibility and social justice, we bring you insights into a transformative economic approach that challenges the status quo, particularly degrowth and union and worker rights.
In a world grappling with the consequences of excessive consumption and environmental degradation, degrowth stands as a bold alternative. Our articles explore the the green vision of reshaping our economic landscape, with a particular focus on scaling down unnecessary and detrimental aspects, such as military expenditures and empowering workers through unionization.
Explore the economic implications of embracing degrowth policies, from redefining prosperity to creating resilient and inclusive communities. Exploration of economic alternatives that prioritize people and the planet.
In the drought-scarred hills of Rajasthan’s tribal Ghatol block, women are transforming despair into dignity and self-determination. From securing water through irrigation schemes to rescuing indigenous seeds and navigating bureaucratic hurdles, ordinary women are leading extraordinary change. With no formal education but fierce resolve, they are rewriting the narrative of marginalisation — freeing families from daily water drudgery, reviving traditional agriculture, and challenging rigid social norms. Their stories are a tribute to resilience, community solidarity, and grassroots empowerment in the face of chronic neglect. Read how seeds, water, and courage are reshaping life in Rajasthan’s tribal villages.
Argentina and the United States have signed a trade agreement in which our country assumes 113 obligations, while only 8 are mutual duties and 2 are solely for the US. The official document, which was published in English by the US embassy itself, does not include the benefits promised by the Argentine Foreign Ministry.
India is becoming a laboratory for a global experiment in dispossession. Under the banner of “reforms” and “market confidence,” indigenous agrarian systems are being dismantled, farmers pushed into debt, and food transformed from a public good into a speculative corporate asset. From backdoor privatisation of seeds to the capture of food policy by global agri-cartels, the battle over land and nourishment is also a battle over democracy, sovereignty and survival. What unfolds in India today may determine who controls food tomorrow—the people or predatory capital.
Western politicians and journalists often claim that China is doing “colonialism” in Africa. This narrative has roots in US government discourse going back nearly two decades, and is exemplified by a US Congressional hearing that was held under the headline “China in Africa: The New Colonialism?” To claim that China is exercising colonial power within the continent is empirically incorrect, stretches these terms into meaninglessness, and amounts to denying the violence of actually-existing colonialism.
Since the U.S. imperialist invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, the Western media has been awash with the familiar chorus: Cuba is about to fall. Once again, pundits, think tanks, and editorial boards dust off an old script, announcing the imminent demise of the Cuban Revolution. Hardship is paraded as destiny; scarcity is reframed as failure; endurance is mocked as denial.
On October 24, 1892, nearly 3,000 New Orleans Teamsters, Scalesmen and Packers—known as the Triple Alliance or Triple A—walked off their jobs on the levees to demand overtime pay, a 10-hour-workday, and a closed shop. Representing merchants, railroad owners, and commodities exchanges, the Board of Trade announced that it would sign an agreement with the unions representing the white Scalesmen and Packers’ unions but under no circumstance would it enter into an agreement with “niggers,” as they referred to the Black Teamsters.
