almost three years ago, Alberto Garzón left the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. After three years as minister, he until then head of Izquierda Unida after more than a decade as a deputy and prominent member of national parliamentarism.
Outside the political front line, but not outside the world, with the publication of several books, articles and analyzes of all kinds in the media, although with the common denominator of its focus on sustainability.
In a recent interview in video podcast by Álvaro Palau Arvizu, founder of Arpa Editorsthe former Minister of Consumer Affairs reflects on the course of the world. And in that ‘world’ it is time to dedicate a long chapter to the Donald Trump figure and what it has meant in the ecological vision of the most conservative segment.
For the former IU leader, “the extreme right does know that we are in a paradigm shift” in relation to the relevance of climate change in society, “even if they are hypocrites or do not believe in it.” “They know there is a finite world, with finite resources, they just don’t want to share it“.
It is in that scenario where “a Trump appears” and defends that “for preserve the american way of life (the American way of life) I need to guarantee a flow of natural supplies.” To achieve this, Garzón resumes, they resort to “force.”
It is in this context where concepts such as “strong diplomacy”, “militarism” or “violence” gain importance. From all this comes what the former minister calls “ecofascismothat ecological awareness that You have to live within the limits of the planet, but only for certain privileged social groups“, such as “ethnic groups, social classes…”.
“That is what we are fighting against today. Putting up a wall in Mexico, a fence in Melilla expresses that, that I want the resources of the Congo, but not the people of the Congo“, he has exemplified, always pivoting on the current policy of Donald Trump, as a reference for that “eco-fascism.”
