A-Infos (en) Canada, Collectif Emma Goldman - Green capitalism, carbofascism and ecofascism (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr) [machine translation]

According to certain nationalists, immigration is responsible for all 
evils. Sometimes she would endanger the French language, sometimes she 
is accused of stealing "jobs" or of being profitable; it depends on the 
time. We are therefore not surprised that some politicians point the 
finger at immigration as the main cause of the housing crisis. 
Designating a scapegoat is a recipe used many times. It allows attention 
to be diverted from the catastrophic management of various governments 
which for 40 years have left the "invisible hand" of the market and 
speculators in charge of a right as important as it is elementary as 
that of housing. When governments intervene, it is often to cut funding 
or soften (or even abolish) certain regulations for the well-being of 
owners.

Boosting the fiber of identity and nationalism also makes it possible to 
conceal the growing inequalities and to exonerate those who are truly 
responsible, that is, this minority of owners who exploit the majority 
of people. But it seems that the "angry" PQ members are jubilant and 
asking for more. Unfortunately, the next few years are likely to be 
difficult. We have not finished hearing the speeches about our so-called 
"reception capacity". As the ecological and migratory crisis worsens, 
the social and political situation risks getting dangerously worse.

Immigration and the movement of populations are not new phenomena in the 
history of humanity. But today, the departure of these people fleeing 
droughts, floods or even rising waters is not completely unrelated to 
the most deadly dynamics of global capitalism. These people pushed onto 
migratory routes are the main victims: "of international division, of 
access to work, wealth, resources but also of exposure to ecological 
nuisances" (Madelin, p.257). Advanced capitalist countries are primarily 
responsible for the majority of CO2 emissions since the industrial 
revolution. They therefore have a moral responsibility to provide 
assistance and shelter to these climate refugees.

If we do not get out of this deadly logic and do not begin a necessary 
decline, there are three scenarios that are emerging for us according to 
Pierre Madelin, the author of The Ecofascist Temptation, namely: green 
capitalism is the bet of the CAQ and the PLC which are investing 
massively in the development of renewable energies, such as the 
Northvolt project and which are generating unbridled extractivism to 
develop a renewable energy network.

The second scenario is carbofascism, a concept that is analyzed by the 
Zetkin collective in the book Fossil Fascism: The Far Right, Energy and 
Climate. It consists of a headlong rush coupled with a contempt for 
environmental issues. Today it represents important political and 
electoral forces. We only have to think of Bolsonaro's Brazil and 
Trump's USA which have promoted openly ecocidal policies: deforestation, 
industrialization, expansion of intensive agriculture, unconditional 
defense of fossil fuels, mining, etc. (Madelin, p.221 ) Canada is not 
left out with the "common sense" of Pierre Poilievre and all the trash 
talkers, the populist columnists and the Éric Duhaimes of this world who 
come to the defense of motorists and the northern way of life. American.

This headlong rush could lead to the third scenario by aggravating the 
consequences linked to the ecological crisis: "The more we experience 
the destructive effects of warming [of 2 degrees or even 3 degrees], the 
more the democratic and emancipatory options will diminish and the 
extreme solutions may become necessary. » (Madelin, p.17).

If today the nationalist project linked to fossil fuels remains 
hegemonic, it could be different in the more or less near future. A 
layer of green could be added to the traditional anti-immigration 
discourse of the far right. Although it is currently marginal, 
"ecofascism risks inspiring governments and political regimes in the 
more or less distant future" (Madelin, p.25). This ideology is already 
claimed by certain actors, notably the Finnish naturalist Pentti Linkola 
(died in 2020) or the terrorists of Christchurch (2019, New Zealand) and 
El Paso (2019, USA). The El Paso terrorist wrote in his manifesto: "I 
love the people of this country [...], but damn you are too stubborn to 
change the way you live. In this condition, the next step is to reduce 
the number of people consuming resources in America. If we can get rid 
of enough of it, then our lifestyle can become a little more sustainable 
in the long term. » (Madelin, p.208).

It is therefore not a question here of fundamentally changing the 
economic paradigm but of rationalizing or limiting, or even sacrificing 
"superfluous" or "supernumerary" populations so that the privileged 
group, following ever more exclusive ethnic and racial criteria, can 
continue to appropriate nature as it sees fit.

Ecofascism is for the moment only one of the possible futures. 
Nevertheless, it demonstrates the need to link environmental struggles 
to struggles against capitalism, racism and colonialism.

Bibliography:

Pierre Madelin, The eco-fasist temptation: ecologist and extreme right, 
Écosociété, Montreal, 2023, p.257

  by Collective Emma Goldman

http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2024/02/capitalisme-vert-carbofascisme-et.html
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