Matthias Schmelzer

@matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social

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Prof Uni Flensburg • economic history and social-ecological transformation • author of HEGEMONY OF GROWTH and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH • antifascism • opinions my own

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Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Fabián Muniesa, Anne Norton , and 3 more Colin F. Camerer, Fabián Muniesa, Anne Norton, Henry Jones, Nelson Flores, Matthias Schmelzer

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis

Reposted by Prokla Redaktion

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 2d

Interview im @nd-aktuell.de zu Greenlash, Wachstumskrise und antifaschistischer Transformationspolitik:

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196...

»Ein gutes Leben für alle – das geht ohne Wachstum«

Kostenloser Nahverkehr wie in Städten Brasiliens, Obergrenzen für Einkommen: Der Forscher Matthias Schmelzer über einen sozial-ökologischen Umbau, der nicht zulasten ärmerer Menschen geht.

www.nd-aktuell.de

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Matthias Kranke @mattkranke.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

Economy and Society

(Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society

www.tandfonline.com

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:

-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 5d

See you there

Interventionistische Linke [IL*] Berlin @il-berlin.bsky.social · 5d

📣Hände weg von Venezuela: Kundgebung gegen die imperialistsiche Attacke der USA auf Venezuela🥁

📆Sa., 03.01. - 18 Uhr
📍Pariser Platz - Brandenburger Tor (Gegenüber der US-amerikanischen Botschaft)

📣Fuera Yanquis de América Latina: Plantón antiimperialista contra el ataque militar de EE.UU.🥁

#b0301

📣Fuera Yanquis de América Latina: Plantón antiimperialista contra el ataque militar de EE.UU. a Venezuela🥁

📆Sábado/ Samstag 03.01 - 18hs
📍Pariser Platz - Brandenburger Tor (frente a la embajada estadounidense)

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Interventionistische Linke [IL*] Berlin @il-berlin.bsky.social · 5d

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Jason Mittell, Rebecca Solnit , and 50 more Anne Applebaum, Jason Mittell, Rebecca Solnit, Richard S.J. Tol, Norbert Schwarz, Will Jennings, Jon Pierre, Brendan Nyhan, Martin Jung, Patrick A. Jansen, Tom Clark, Steve Peers, Tom Shakespeare, Michael A. Clemens, Mary Feeney, Maarten Vink, Bruce D. Baker, Marianne Hundt, Gernot Wagner, Jörg Oechssler, Valerie Mueller, John Foot, Ameet Sarpatwari, Bonnie Honig, Alan Richardson, Adrian Daub, Michael J. Taylor, E. Wayne Ross, Douglas Guilfoyle, Gerald Friedman, Alison Johnson, Jacob T. Levy, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Robert B. Reich, Els Torreele, Michael H. Whitworth, Samantha Brennan, Peter Jacobsen, Ben Rosamond, Mark Rice, David Bartram, Cyrus Samimi, Henry Jones, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Stefan C. Aykut, Halley E. Froehlich, Umut Özkırımlı, James Connelly, Klaus Oschema, Kirstin Drenkhahn, Matthias Schmelzer, Aidan O’Sullivan, Timothy D. McBride

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5d

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Reposted by Matthias Schmelzer

Raul Zelik @raulzelik.bsky.social · 6d

1/ Raus aus dem Schlamassel!
Revolutionäre Entwürfe für 2026 im nd:

U.a. mit "sorgenden Städten" v. B. Fried/A.Wischnewski (2), Degrowth mit @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social (3), Ressoucenverbrauch (4), die Energiewende von Communia (5) und demokratische Planung bei @abenanav.bsky.social (6)

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 17d

New article in Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy with @steffenlange.bsky.social on secular stagnation and on why pursuing growth in the EU is ecologically unsustainable and economically unwise.

www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

Beyond Growth: Europe’s Path to Sustainability and Stability

Intereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe.

www.intereconomics.eu

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 17d

Klimaklage gegen Zementhersteller: Holcim muss in der Schweiz vor Gericht taz.de/Klimaklage-g...

Klimaklage gegen Zementhersteller: Holcim muss in der Schweiz vor Gericht

Das Kantonsgericht Zug nimmt die Klage von vier Indonesiern gegen den Schweizer Konzern Holcim an. Für die Schweiz ist das juristisches Neuland.

taz.de

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Linda J. Skitka, Rafael H. M. Pereira , and 8 more Jan W. Mueller, Linda J. Skitka, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Dustin Mulvaney, Brian Keegan, Erin O’Donnell, Meredith Farkas, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Matthias Schmelzer, Dan Immergluck

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 19d

The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.

Bar chart titled “Who’s Really Blocking California Development?” showing the share of CEQA lawsuits by plaintiff type. HOAs and NIMBY groups account for the majority at 54%. Business and commercial plaintiffs file 20% of cases, government entities 13%, environmental groups 8%, tribal or cultural groups 4%, and labor unions 2%. The chart notes the analysis is based on 1,234 CEQA court opinions from 1973–2025 using CourtListener data, with HOAs/NIMBYs defined as homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, and ad hoc project-opposition groups.

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 22d

We just launched the Transformation Working Paper Series.

Eine neue Open-Access-Reihe des Norbert Elias Center, die aktuelle Forschung zu gesellschaftlichem Wandel bündelt und zugleich herausragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten von Studierenden sichtbar macht
journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/ne...

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 22d

Capping income and wealth of the rich is a precondition for democracy and sustainability- and its popular

Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 24d

"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Jane Suiter, Margot C. Finn, Els Torreele , and 5 more Jane Suiter, Margot C. Finn, Els Torreele, Dana R. Fisher, Michael Jones‐Correa, Seth Frey, Prakash Kashwan, Matthias Schmelzer

Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 24d

Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV

www.nytimes.com

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Dec 8

Ich habe mit @derstandard.at über #Degrowth und eine Zukunft ohne Wirtschaftswachstum gesprochen.

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Degrowth: Gibt es eine Zukunft ohne Wirtschaftswachstum?

Wir befinden uns in einer multiplen Krisenlage. Helfen sollen Wachstumsanreize. Demgegenüber stehen die Forderungen von Forschenden und Aktivistinnen nach einem Umdenken der Wirtschaft

www.derstandard.at

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 8

My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.

thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...

Violence over water resources reaches record levels

The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.

thebulletin.org

Reposted by Matthias Schmelzer

Pavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · Dec 7

And this is what happens when you add the parallel historical trajectory of the OEEC/OECD in the picture (its analysis and periodization from the 2017 brilliant paper by @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social and M. Leimbruger.

Reposted by John Hogan

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 22

“If the current draft text is accepted here in Belém, Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.“
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon

President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end

www.theguardian.com

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 15

Verwaltungsgericht hebt Baugenehmigung für Flensburger Bahnhofshotel auf - Danke für den wichtigen Erfolg an BUND, Bürgerinitiative und die Aktivist*innen, die den Wald 2020 besetzt hatten
www.bahnhofsviertelflensburg.de/2025/11/08/b...

Bahnhofswald vor Gericht am Donnerstag, den 13.11.2025 | Bahnhofsviertel Flensburg

www.bahnhofsviertelflensburg.de

Reposted by Stefan Bach, Prokla Redaktion, Matthias Schmelzer

Christian Endt @cendt.de · Nov 14

Die AfD gibt sich als Partei der kleinen Leute – plant aber gigantische Steuersenkungen für die Reichen. Das oberste Prozent (ab 180k brutto) soll 45 Mrd € weniger zahlen, die Top 10% sogar 86 Mrd € weniger. Kaum Entlastung für Geringverdiener.
Berechnung @sbachtax.bsky.social exklusiv für @zeit.de

Reposted by Matthias Schmelzer

Holger Nohr @holgernohr.bsky.social · Nov 13

Diese Bundesregierung erhöht den Preis für das Deutschlandticket der Bahn und macht Fliegen wieder billiger (Senkung der Ticketsteuer).

Das ist völlig verrückt.

Reposted by Benjamin Braun, Matthias Schmelzer

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · Nov 13

Pleased to post this new Dig ep w/ my partner in all things @triofrancos.bsky.social on her beautiful book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. We go from Chile to Nevada, from dawn of colonialism to geoeconomic conflict between the US and China—and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...

Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos

Featuring Thea Riofrancos on Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. The green energy transition requires a vast array of inputs: copper, cobalt, rare earth elements, and the focus of this disc...

www.thedigradio.com

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KeinVergessen @keinvergessen.bsky.social · Nov 13

13.11.91, Berlin: Mete Ekşi stirbt, nachdem er 17 Tage zuvor beim Versuch einen Streit zu schlichten, von Rechten zusammengeschlagen wurde. Hintergründe: www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/todesopfer-r... #keinVergessen

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 10

“When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

www.theguardian.com

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 10

Warum kippt das Klima gegen sozial-ökologische Transformation?

Ein Beitrag mit Dennis Eversberg in @makronom.bsky.social in Debattenreihe #econ4future mit @econ4future.bsky.social

makronom.de/klima-gekipp...

Klima gekippt?

Der Widerstand gegen die grüne Transformation wird oft darauf zurückgeführt, dass die Folgen für sozial Schwächere nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt würden. Entscheidend für die momentane politische Tr...

makronom.de

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 7

„More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.“

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

www.theguardian.com

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 5

„At the center of his platform is a proposal to retrofit 500 public schools with rooftop solar, modern HVAC systems, and green spaces. Fifty of these schools would become resilience hubs - places where we can shelter during heatwaves or floods.“
www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-res...

Zohran Mamdani’s green economy vision is what NYC needs

A climate justice campaigner and NYC resident reflects on the primary victory of Zohran Mamdani and his message of progressive green change

www.greeneconomycoalition.org

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 5

„Mamdani ran on a remarkably consistent message of the injustice of economic inequality and an insistence on the possibility that the city could become a place where working people could live with dignity.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan

The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Leonhard Dobusch, Gerald Friedman , and 3 more Tom Shakespeare, Leonhard Dobusch, Gerald Friedman, Michael D. McDonald, Manuel Puppis, Matthias Schmelzer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 5

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Nov 1

A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—a potentially a big ask in the current political climate. #universalbasicservices

www.sower.world/public-diner...

What if dinner was public infrastructure?

A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—a potentially a big ask in the current political climate.

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