ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the ongoing social and environmental crises. In this critical essay, we emphasize the impact that neo-extractivism – with particular attention to agribusiness – has had in this process, and stress that a change towards socioecological ontologies is the only way to guarantee life and the (near) future of the planet. Departing from an inquiry about the validity of returning to (ab)normality, launched by the ‘Social, Ecological, Economic, and Intercultural Pact for Latin America’, we seek to show how agroecological social movements in Brazil are turning the crisis into an opportunity to reinforce the ‘active solidarity’ between rural and urban people, making a contribution towards a new eco-social paradigm.
KEYWORDS
Agroecology; Social movements; Agribusiness; Covid-19; Neo-extractivism