“White Supremacy Meets Eco-Warriors” - Vice, 2022, 9:58 - https://youtu.be/aGXo--s15Nk
Ecofascism describes how environmental activism is used to promote a nativist agenda. It suggests that migration is a fundamental cause of environmental damage and climate change, essentially portraying immigrants as an “invasive species” responsible for all of a nation’s environmental problems. In short, they believe that racially-pure societies have a more harmonious relationship with nature.
This video provides an overview of the movement and how ecofascist rhetoric has been adopted by far-right groups around the world. They exploit concerns related to overpopulation and environmental degradation to advance anti-immigration sentiments. Moderate versions of this ideology have been embraced by conservative politics while extreme versions of the ideology have influenced mass shootings.
From the video’s description: Concerns surrounding the environment and the climate crisis are no longer just the focus of liberals and the left. Eco-fascism is a growing racist ideology on the extreme right, marrying the ideas of environmentalism with white supremacy and ethnonationalism. With the climate crisis worsening by the day, eco-fascist thought has deepened alongside it. Many modern eco-fascists blame overpopulation, immigration, and globalization for our current predicament. And they say the only way to stop a total climate catastrophe is to close borders and return to ethno-states.