“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
Very few economists will admit that their pseudo-science—what is generally referred to as political economy, that is, the structural dynamics of capitalism—is primarily based on large-scale plunder and rapine. Pirates and buccaneers were, by comparison, mere amateurs, seeking to emulate…
In 1923, the Institute for Social Research was founded in Frankfurt with the aim of making critical philosophy, or critical theory, an instrument of social change and transformation. The Institute quickly distanced itself from the pseudo-communism imported from the USSR…
The reality experienced by Palestinians, not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, is intolerable and unacceptable. Yet this ignominy, this ruthless crushing of a people, continues with the consent, or at least the passivity, of most governments…
Many of the most conscious individuals, and in a way the most lucid, now tend to despair about the future of humanity and the possibility of a favorable outcome for the establishment of a truly humane society. It must be…
One of the main resources of capitalism and its system of domination, one that has enabled it to endure alongside its permanent repressive logic throughout different eras and against the multiple forms of resistance it has provoked, is undoubtedly its…
The electric car, which is presented to us in France as an essential ecological advance, depends entirely on the massive extraction of minerals for the manufacture of its batteries, with particularly destructive effects where this takes place. What characterizes this…
The confusion between human activity and work is intrinsic to capitalist ideology, and it is essential to this ideology to maintain this confusion, which is reflected in the constant sacralization of the notion of work, attempting to make us forget…
It is certainly necessary to analyze in depth how capitalism works, in relation to its history, a necessity that was already largely put into practice by Marx in his time. And it cannot be denied that many authors of great…
Throughout the millennia of human history, there have been a multitude of cultures with their own customs and traditions, giving life on Earth its extraordinary palette of colors, encounters, and potential adventures. The world offered a true diversity of possibilities,…
The field of language is a crucial battleground in the war between us and the capitalist system of domination. Through its massive control of the media, through the specific forms given to what we still call “education,” and through the…
If we ask ourselves what psychologically enables certain individuals to shamelessly exercise abusive power over everything around them, we almost always encounter established forms of cynicism that serve as a smokescreen for those individuals. Whether it is the power of…
Voting does not express democracy. On the contrary, it is an expression of its failure, of its inability to establish a common ground where everyone can find their place. Not to mention the ease with which established oligarchies, the “establishment,”…
What we are trying to implement is a combative social ecology that seeks to reveal in a sensitive and tangible way the many aberrations and misguided practices that characterize the current form of society, which has been gradually established by…
