Peripheral Labour and Accumulation on a World Scale in the Green Transitions

This commentary turns a critical lens on the perspectives of labour in potential green transition. It shows what changes when we focus worldwide social labour—the which most humanity currently performs—and its impact, going beyond climate to damages from mining and biodiversity other elements ecology. Such an optic forces scepticism about approaches only consider North it comes large-scale Indeed, this paper argues, using illustrative examples, how such rely suppressing historical role colonialism imperialism making First World (core) development possible. lenses as “social reproduction” or policies “universal health care” focused core reproduction patterns domination. then puts forward outlines alternative approach decent work context transition toward non-hierarchical world system.