“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
Communitarianism is the political project most capable of promoting the philosophy of social ecology.
Statement by the SEC Workshop on the Occasion of the International Tribute to Murray Bookchin Friends, companions, We speak tonight on behalf of the « Atelier d’Écologie Sociale et Communalisme », a French-language editorial collective formed recently, but steadfast in…
July 30 will mark the 20th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s death. He was known as a pioneer of the environmental movement, a political theorist, and a visionary of a future society based on a confederation of free communes—one that rejects…
Communalist Social Ecology: From Imposed Institutions to the Self-Institutioning of Society Today we are launching a new format for sharing information: the infographic. This first visual aid aims to provide a concise introduction to the Atelier’s theoretical and political project—communalist…
“Caminando preguntamos.” — EZLN Two years ago—on May 11 and 12, 2024—we founded “L’Adventice,” a free association dedicated to Communalist Social Ecology. We chose our name with care: inspired by the Canadian fleabane—Erigeron canadensis—that herbaceous plant which industrial agriculture classifies…
Understanding why people continue to vote: a path toward overcoming resigned abstention and rebuilding forms of power from the ground up As we find ourselves between the two rounds of municipal elections, one question persists—all the more poignantly since it…
Solidarity contribution — pooling As ecological, social, and democratic crises deepen, one question remains central: how can we build emancipatory forms of organization without repeating the logic we contest? This requirement for consistency between means and ends is not simply…
– against stagnation – Everyone is familiar with this “action by which a body moves from one place to another”, which traverses the entire universe, from atoms to celestial bodies, including all living beings on our planet. But in recent…
Anticapitalism has become a catch-all label, empty or all-encompassing, claimed by politicians on the political spectrum from the far left to the far right, but also by a whole section of the trade union movement. It is also claimed by…
In the beginning, there were peasant communities; they were destroyed by the bourgeoisie. Dispossessed of their land, uprooted and turned into proletarians, men, women, and children alike were forced to sell their labor power in order to survive. This fundamental…
“Politics” for state institutions Today, “doing politics” means entering the game of state institutions, parties, elections, and careers as professional politicians. This game, forged by the bourgeoisie in the 16th century to accompany the rise of capitalism, claims to represent…
Elements for a lucid dialogue between social ecology and anti-industrial criticism (Based on a cross-reading of “Renewable Lies & Decarbonized Capitalism” by Nicolas Casaux and “Authoritarian Technique and Democratic Technique” by Lewis Mumford) How can we think about technical and…
