ABSTRACT
The interconnectedness of global capitalism and border policies is responsible for an intricate relationship between the economic effects of increasing natural resource scarcity. The politics from the New Left and the New Right shares some similarities, such as anti-capitalist visions, environmental conservation and support for the opening of squatted social centers. This chapter analyzes this interconnectedness, claiming that a degrowth policy from the New Left based on open borders localism will be beneficial to society at large. Learning from the case of Barcelona waste-pickers, it gains insight for urban and border politics. The chapter explores the legacy of the capitalist imperative of infinite growth and the need for resource conservation and scarcity. It examines the differences between degrowth positions to discuss the key explanatory variable and refers to national borders, migrations, openness and the intensity of cultural identity.
