<synthesis> Allied Grounds · BG 2023 Project · Info and Call

[Krystian Woznicki]

Hi,

The Berliner Gazette 2023 annual project “Allied Grounds” 
(https://allied-grounds.berlinergazette.de) will further pursue and 
deepen the issues of the BG project of the previous year, “After 
Extractivism.” As a reminder, the guiding questions were: How can we 
build our future on the legacies and claims of those who, yesterday as 
today, have been plunged into existential hardship by the 
ecological-economic complex? How can we make such struggles a source of 
inspiration for a common cause?

Following up on and expanding on these questions, “Allied Grounds” will 
zoom in on struggles for labor and environmental justice, revisit and 
explore further so-called “sacrifice zones” and “transition countries,” 
re-energize visions and efforts to emancipate work from capitalism’s 
grip, and, ultimately, explore the organizational practices and 
potentialities of these very struggles.

Our guiding question will be:

The means of production have become the means of climate production, so 
how can we – all kinds of exploited workers around the world – seize 
these very means and address both the eco-social and decolonial question 
of the climate crisis?

Central to the explorative nature of the project is a text series 
divided into three sections: I. Internationalism, II. Commons, and III. 
(Re-)Organization. Each section revolves around its own questions and 
focus, and yet the three are also interlinked – through the 
politicization of labor power.

The latter is usually situated in the field of political economy. 
However, recent environmental debates such as that under the heading 
climate class war challenge us to consider the politicization of labor 
power in the context of political ecology as well. The questions of 
internationalism, commons, and (re-)organization raised by the BG 
Project 2023 will serve to profile and give perspective to this 
broadening of the discussion.

Read about the three sections and their questions in the introductory 
outline entitled “Common Labor Struggles? The Eco-Social And Decolonial 
Question Of Climate Crisis.”
(https://blogs.mediapart.fr/berliner-gazette/blog/191222/common-labor-struggles-eco-social-and-decolonial-question-climate-crisis)

*Call for papers*

We have created a space for the “Allied Grounds” project within the BG 
online newspaper. Here, around 50 essays, reports, and interviews will 
be published in the course of 2023. While the texts appear in German in 
the BG, English (and other language) versions are being published in 
cooperation with the BG’s international media partners. If you would 
like to contribute a text (1,500 words) and/or subscribe to our 
newsletter, mail us at info(at)berlinergazette(.)de

*Conference and multimedia website*

The BG conference “Allied Grounds” will take place on October 5, 6, and 
7, 2023 at the Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte (House of 
Democracy and Human Rights).

By the end of 2023 the findings of the “Allied Grounds” project will be 
presented on a multimedia website such as we did for “After 
Extractivism.” (https://after-extractivism.berlinergazette.de)

Spread the word!

Please spread the word about this by sharing this email in your 
networks. As a reference you can use the following link: 
https://allied-grounds.berlinergazette.de If you do so on social media, 
please use our handle @berlinergazette or @berlinergazette at mstdn.social 
and the hashtag #AlliedGrounds.

Best wishes,

Krystian (for the BG team)

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After Extractivism: Challenging the Ecological-Economic Complex
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https://after-extractivism.berlinergazette.de

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