Socialist states and the environment

Theoretical and methodological reflections

     The International Manifesto Group sponsored on July 24, 2022, a Webinar on Socialist States and the Environment, which focused on Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro's 2021 book, Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Ecosocialist Futures, published by Pluto Press.  Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of the State University of New York, New Paltz.

      The panelists included: Max Ajl, associated researcher with the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment; Ipsita Chatterjee, associate professor in the Department of Geography, University of North Texas; Peng Zhaochang, Fudan University in Shanghai; Ingo Schmidt, academic coordinator of the Labour Studies Program at Athabasca University, Canada; and Dimitri Lascaris, lawyer, journalist, activist and former candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada.  The moderator of the Webinar was Radhika Desai, Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg…